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.
Filmography (31)
Icons Unearthed: Transformers
2026
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
2022
Fly Trap: Catching a Classic
2019
The Amazing Colossal Woman
2016
Fanarchy
2015
Toy Masters
2014
The Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry
2010
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
2007
I Was a Teenage Movie Maker: Don Glut's Amateur Movies
2006
The Sci-Fi Boys
2006
Countess Dracula's Orgy of Blood
2004
Battle-Axe: the Making of 'Strait-Jacket'
2002
Psychette: William Castle and "Homicidal"
2002
Taking the Punishment Poll
2002
The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster
1999
Vampires: Thirst for the Truth
1996
Bikini Drive-In
1995
Dinosaur Movies
1993
Hollywood Dinosaur Chronicles
1987
King Kong
1976
Schlock
1973
Spider-Man
1969
The Graduate
1967
Atom Man vs. Martian Invaders
1967
Von Ryan's Express
1965
Captain America Battles the Red Skull
1964
Batman and Robin
1964
The Human Torch
1963
The Adventures of the Spirit
1963
The Teenage Frankenstein
1959
13 Ghosts: The Magic of Illusion-O