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Chris Sanders
Director 64 years old

Chris Sanders

Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

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... Read full bio →

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6 titles
Lilo & Stitch 2

Lilo & Stitch 2

Chris Sanders 2028

The second instalment in the live-action adaptation franchise. Plot TBA.

The Wild Robot

The Wild Robot

Chris Sanders 2024 1h 42m 6.6

After a shipwreck, an intelligent robot called Roz is stranded on an uninhabited island. To survive the harsh environment, Roz bonds with the island's animals and cares for an orphaned baby goose.

The Call of the Wild

The Call of the Wild

Chris Sanders 2020 1h 40m 5.8

Buck is a big-hearted dog whose blissful domestic life is turned upside down when he is suddenly uprooted from his California home and transplanted to the exotic wilds of the Yukon during the Gold Rush of the 1890s.

The Croods

The Croods

Chris Sanders, Kirk DeMicco 2013 1h 39m 6.9

The prehistoric Croods family live in a particularly dangerous moment in time. Patriarch Grug, his mate Ugga, teenage daughter Eep, son Thunk, and feisty Gran gather food by day and huddle together in a cave at night.

How to Train Your Dragon

How to Train Your Dragon

Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois 2010 1h 38m 8.2

In the mythical world of burly Vikings and wild dragons, Hiccup is a Viking teenager who doesn’t exactly fit in with his tribe’s longstanding tradition of heroic dragon slayers. Hiccup’s world is turned upside down when he encounters a dragon that challenges him and his fellow Vikings to see the world from an entirely different point of view.

Lilo & Stitch

Lilo & Stitch

Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois 2002 1h 25m 7.5

A Hawaiian girl adopts an unusual pet who is actually an notorious extra-terrestrial fugitive from the law.

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