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Chris Sanders
Chris Sanders’s screen credits include director work on How to Train Your Dragon, Stitch (voice) in Lilo & Stitch, and Belt (voice) in The Croods: A New Age.
Born March 12, 1962 Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA5 movies on MoviHero
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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.
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- 2026Lilo & ScratchAnimation · ComedyStitch (voice)Upcoming
- 2020The Croods: A New Age1h 35m · Adventure · AnimationBelt (voice)
- 2013The Croods1h 39m · Adventure · AnimationDirector · Belt (voice)
- 2010How to Train Your Dragon1h 38m · Adventure · AnimationDirector
- 2002Lilo & Stitch1h 25m · Animation · ComedyDirector · Stitch (voice)
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- 2028Lilo & Stitch 2Writer · Director · Stitch (voice)Upcoming
- 2027How to Train Your Dragon 2ProducerUpcoming
- 2025How to Train Your DragonProducer
- 2025Lilo & StitchWriter · Stitch (voice)
- 2024The Wild RobotDirector · Writer
- 2023Once Upon a StudioStitch (voice) (archive sound)
- 2020The Call of the WildDirector
- 2019How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden WorldProducer
- 2014Penguins of MadagascarAntarctic Penguin (voice)
- 2014How to Train Your Dragon 2Producer
- 2009Waking Sleeping BeautySelf (archive footage)
- 2006Leroy & StitchStitch / Leroy (voice)
- 2005The Origin of StitchStitch (voice)
- 2005Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a GlitchStitch (voice)
- 2004The Lion King 1½Additional Voices (voice)
- 2004The Story Room: The Making of 'Lilo & Stitch'Director · Self
- 2004Timon & Pumbaa Virtual Safari 2.0Experiment 626 / Stitch (voice) (archive footage)
- 2003Stitch! The MovieStitch (voice)
- 2002Lilo & Stitch Read-AlongStitch (voice)
- 1999TarzanAdditional Voices (voice)
- 1998MulanWriter
- 1994The Lion KingWriter
- 1992AladdinWriter
- 1991Beauty and the BeastWriter
- 1990The Rescuers Down UnderWriter
- 1984Toby the Badly Animated BoyDirector
- 1983Fun with FatherDirector · Writer
- The Wild Robot EscapesWriter · Producer
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Stitch
Lilo & Stitch · Lilo & Scratch
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