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Chris Sanders

Writer, Director, Actor, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn March 12, 1962 (63 years)
Christopher Michael Sanders (born March 12, 1962) is an American filmmaker, animator, and voice actor. His credits include Lilo & Stitch (2002) and its live-action adaptation and How to Train Your Dragon (2010), both of which he co-wrote and directed with Dean DeBlois; The Croods (2013) with Kirk DeMicco; and The Wild Robot (2024), receiving nominations for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for all of them. In 2020, he made his live-action directorial debut with the adventure drama The Call of the Wild. He created the character Stitch in 1985, wrote the film's story, and voiced Stitch in almost all his media appearances.

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Known For

  • How to Train Your Dragon
  • Beauty and the Beast
  • The Croods
  • The Wild Robot
  • Lilo & Stitch
  • How to Train Your Dragon 2
  • Mulan
  • The Call of the Wild
  • Lilo & Stitch
  • Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch
  • How to Train Your Dragon
  • The Croods: A New Age
  • Stitch! The Movie
  • Lilo & Stitch: The Series
  • Leroy & Stitch
  • The Origin of Stitch
  • Stitch!

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    Filmography

    2025
    Lilo & Stitch · as Original Film Writer
    2024
    The Wild Robot · as Screenplay
    2013
    The Croods · as Screenplay
    2010
    How to Train Your Dragon · as Screenplay
    1998
    Mulan · as Screenplay

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