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Chris Sanders

Chris Sanders

Writer · Born March 12, 1962 · Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

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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 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Chris Sanders, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Wrote 20

1980s

  1. 1983

    Fun with Father

    Writer

Acted in 19

1990s

  1. 1999

    Tarzan

    Additional Voices (voice)

    78
  2. 1996

    Agent Z and the Penguin from Mars

    Park Keeper · 1 episode

Directed 8

1980s

  1. 1984

    Toby the Badly Animated Boy

    Director

  2. 1983

    Fun with Father

    Director

Visual effects 5

1980s

  1. 1983

    Fun with Father

    Animation

Produced 4

Created 3

Art department 2

1980s

  1. 1988

    Garfield: His 9 Lives

    Other

Other crew 1

2000s

  1. 2008

    Stitch!

    Creator

    54
Appearances2

2000s

  1. 2004

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

    Self

Thanked in the credits4