Chris Sanders

ActorWriterProducerCrewDirector Mar 12 (age 64) Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA 1983–2028 (45 year career)

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Biography

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…

Known For

Film

The Lion King

Production Design

Film

Toy Story

Character Designer

Film

How to Train Your Dragon

Director

Film

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

Thanks

Film

Mulan

Screenplay

Film

The Wild Robot

Director

Film

Aladdin

Story

Film

Beauty and the Beast

Story

Filmography

Acting (21)

Movies (17)

Lilo & Stitch 2

2028 Upcoming

as Stitch (Voice)

May 25

Lilo & Stitch

2025

as Stitch (voice)

7.2

Once Upon a Studio

2023

as Stitch (voice) (archive sound)

8.3

The Croods: A New Age

2020

as Belt (voice)

7.4

Penguins of Madagascar

2014

as Antarctic Penguin (voice)

6.5

The Croods

2013

as Belt (voice)

6.9

Waking Sleeping Beauty

2009

as Self (archive footage)

7.2

Leroy & Stitch

2006

as Stitch / Leroy (voice)

6.5

The Origin of Stitch

2005

as Stitch (voice)

6.6

Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch

2005

as Stitch (voice)

6.7

The Lion King 1½

2004

as Additional Voices (voice)

6.6

The Story Room: The Making of 'Lilo & Stitch'

2004

as Self

8.4

Timon & Pumbaa Virtual Safari 2.0

2004

as Experiment 626 / Stitch (voice) (archive footage)

Stitch! The Movie

as Stitch (voice)

Lilo & Stitch

as Stitch (voice)

Lilo & Stitch Read-Along

2002

as Stitch (voice)

6.0

Tarzan

1999

as Additional Voices (voice)

7.4

Television (4)

Dawn of the Croods

2015

as Additional Voices (voice)

7.4

Lilo & Stitch: The Series

2003

as Stitch (voice)

7.4

Agent Z and the Penguin from Mars

1996

as Park Keeper

7.0

Anything More Would Be Greedy

1989

5.0

Crew (44)

Movies (43)

Lilo & Stitch 2

2028 Upcoming

Screenplay

May 25

Lilo & Stitch 2

2028 Upcoming

Writer

May 25

How to Train Your Dragon 2

2027 Upcoming

Executive Producer

Jun 10

The Bad Guys 2

2025

Thanks

7.7

How to Train Your Dragon

Executive Producer

Lilo & Stitch

Original Film Writer

The Wild Robot

Director

The Wild Robot

Screenplay

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

2022

Thanks

8.2

The Croods: A New Age

2020

Characters

7.4

The Croods: A New Age

Story

The Call of the Wild

Director

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

Executive Producer

The Boss Baby

Thanks

How to Train Your Dragon 2

Executive Producer

The Croods

Director

The Croods

Screenplay

The Croods

Story

How to Train Your Dragon

2010

Director

7.9

How to Train Your Dragon

Screenplay

Leroy & Stitch

Characters

The Origin of Stitch

Characters

Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch

Characters

Stitch! The Movie

Characters

Lilo & Stitch

Character Designer

Lilo & Stitch

Director

Lilo & Stitch

Idea

Lilo & Stitch

Writer

Mulan

Screenplay

Mulan

Story Supervisor

Toy Story

Character Designer

The Lion King

Production Design

The Lion King

Story

Aladdin

Story

Beauty and the Beast

Story

Beauty and the Beast

Visual Development

Toby the Badly Animated Boy

1984

Director

Fun with Father

Animation

Fun with Father

Director

Fun with Father

Writer

The Wild Robot Escapes

Director

The Wild Robot Escapes

Executive Producer

The Wild Robot Escapes

Screenplay

Television (1)

Stitch!

2008

Creator

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