Chris Sanders

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.

Crew

Beauty and the Beast

(Story)

How to Train Your Dragon

(Director)

How to Train Your Dragon

(Screenplay)

Mulan

(Screenplay)

Lilo & Stitch

(Director)

Toby the Badly Animated Boy

(Director)

The Croods

(Screenplay)

The Croods

(Director)

The Wild Robot

(Screenplay)

The Wild Robot

(Director)

How to Train Your Dragon 2

(Executive Producer)

Toy Story

(Character Designer)

Lilo & Stitch

(Character Designer)

Beauty and the Beast

(Visual Development)

Aladdin

(Story)

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

(Thanks)

Lilo & Stitch

(Idea)

The Lion King

(Production Design)

The Call of the Wild

(Director)

The Lion King

(Story)

The Boss Baby

(Thanks)

Lilo & Stitch

(Writer)

Fun with Father

(Animation)

Fun with Father

(Writer)

Fun with Father

(Director)

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

(Executive Producer)

The Croods: A New Age

(Characters)

The Croods: A New Age

(Story)

The Croods

(Story)

How to Train Your Dragon

(Executive Producer)

Lilo & Stitch

(Original Film Writer)

Stitch! The Movie

(Characters)

Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch

(Characters)

Leroy & Stitch

(Characters)

The Origin of Stitch

(Characters)

Lilo & Stitch 2

(Writer)

The Bad Guys 2

(Thanks)

How to Train Your Dragon 2

(Executive Producer)

Mulan

(Story Supervisor)

The Wild Robot Escapes

(Screenplay)

The Wild Robot Escapes

(Executive Producer)

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

(Director)

The Rescuers Down Under

(Storyboard)

The Rescuers Down Under

(Visual Development)

Stitch!

(Creator)

Lilo & Stitch: The Series

(Creator)

DreamWorks Dragons

(Creator)

The Croods: Family Tree

(Creator)