
Donald F. Glut
Known for department: Directing
Birthday: 1944-02-19
Place of birth: Pecos, Texas, USA
Biography
Donald F. Glut has been active in both the entertainment and publishing industries since 1966, and has had a long and varied career. He has been a professional musician, actor, film director, executive producer, photographer, magazine editor, proofreader and copywriter, but is mostly known for his long career as a freelance writer. He has written and directed feature-length motion pictures, documentaries and music videos, authored approximately 80 fiction and non-fiction published books, TV scripts (live action and animation shows, network and syndicated), comic-book scripts, short stories, magazine articles, even music and theatre. He has been involved with numerous popular franchises such as Star Wars, The Monkees, Tarzan, Spider-Man, Transformers, G.I. Joe, Vampirella, Masters of the Universe, The Flintstones, Jonny Quest and many others, and created original comic-book characters for Gold Key, Marvel and DC. He is arguably best known for his novelization of the second "Star Wars" movie, The Empire Strikes Back.
Known for

The Human Torch
1963
The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster
1999Self
I Was a Teenage Movie Maker: Don Glut's Amateur Movies
2006Self
The Teenage Frankenstein
1959
Captain America Battles the Red Skull
1964Steve Rogers
Schlock
1973Movie patron
Vampires: Thirst for the Truth
1996SelfFly Trap: Catching a Classic
2019Self
Hollywood Dinosaur Chronicles
1987
The Graduate
1967College Student (uncredited)
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
2007SelfBoris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
2022Self - Interviewee
The Adventures of the Spirit
1963Spirit/Wolf Man/Green Hornet/Rocket Man
Bikini Drive-In
1995
Fanarchy
2015Self
Dinosaur Movies
1993Host
The Amazing Colossal Woman
2016Paleontologist
King Kong
1976Guy in Ampitheater
Atom Man vs. Martian Invaders
1967Atom-Man