Chris Sanders

Chris Sanders

1962-03-12 Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA 41 Credits

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...

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How to Train Your Dragon

How to Train Your Dragon

2025

Executive Producer

7.9
Producing

On the rugged isle of Berk, where Vikings and dragons have been bitter enemies for generations, Hiccup stands apart, defying centuries of tradition wh...

Lilo & Stitch

Lilo & Stitch

2025

as Stitch (voice)

7.1
Acting

The wildly funny and touching story of a lonely Hawaiian girl and the fugitive alien who helps to mend her broken family.

Lilo & Stitch

Lilo & Stitch

2025

Original Film Writer

7.1
Writing

The wildly funny and touching story of a lonely Hawaiian girl and the fugitive alien who helps to mend her broken family.

The Wild Robot

The Wild Robot

2024

Director, Screenplay

8.3
Directing Writing

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...

Once Upon a Studio

Once Upon a Studio

2023

as Stitch (voice) (archive footage)

8.3
Acting

Created for Disney's 100th anniversary, the short features Mickey Mouse corralling a gallery of legendary Disney characters for a group photo.

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

2022

Thanks

8.2

Puss in Boots discovers that his passion for adventure has taken its toll: He has burned through eight of his nine lives, leaving him with only one li...

The Croods: A New Age

The Croods: A New Age

2020

as Belt (voice)

7.5
Acting

Searching for a safer habitat, the prehistoric Crood family discovers an idyllic, walled-in paradise that meets all of its needs. Unfortunately, they ...

The Croods: A New Age

The Croods: A New Age

2020

Characters, Story

7.5
Writing

Searching for a safer habitat, the prehistoric Crood family discovers an idyllic, walled-in paradise that meets all of its needs. Unfortunately, they ...

The Call of the Wild

The Call of the Wild

2020

Director

7.5
Directing

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...

TIẾNG GỌI NƠI HOANG DÃ

TIẾNG GỌI NƠI HOANG DÃ

2020

Additional Construction Grip

9.0

Adventure Intriguing

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

2019

Executive Producer

7.8
Producing

As Hiccup fulfills his dream of creating a peaceful dragon utopia, Toothless’ discovery of an untamed, elusive mate draws the Night Fury away. When da...

The Boss Baby

The Boss Baby

2017

Thanks

6.5

A story about how a new baby's arrival impacts a family, told from the point of view of a delightfully unreliable narrator, a wildly imaginative 7 yea...

Penguins of Madagascar

Penguins of Madagascar

2014

as Antarctic Penguin (voice)

6.5
Acting

Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private join forces with undercover organization The North Wind to stop the villainous Dr. Octavius Brine from destroying ...

How to Train Your Dragon 2

How to Train Your Dragon 2

2014

Executive Producer

7.7
Producing

Five years have passed since Hiccup and Toothless united the dragons and Vikings of Berk. Now, they spend their time charting unmapped territories. Du...

The Croods

The Croods

2013

as Belt (voice)

6.9
Acting

The prehistoric Croods family live in a particularly dangerous moment in time. Patriarch Grug, his mate Ugga, teenage daughter Eep, son Thunk, and fei...

The Croods

The Croods

2013

Director, Screenplay, Story

6.9
Directing Writing

The prehistoric Croods family live in a particularly dangerous moment in time. Patriarch Grug, his mate Ugga, teenage daughter Eep, son Thunk, and fei...

How to Train Your Dragon

How to Train Your Dragon

2010

Director, Screenplay

7.8
Directing Writing

As the son of a Viking leader on the cusp of manhood, shy Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III faces a rite of passage: he must kill a dragon to prove his wa...

Waking Sleeping Beauty

Waking Sleeping Beauty

2009

as Self (archive footage)

7.2
Acting

By the mid-1980s, the fabled animation studios of Walt Disney had fallen on hard times. The artists were polarized between newcomers hungry to innovat...

Leroy & Stitch

Leroy & Stitch

2006

as Stitch / Leroy (voice)

6.6
Acting

Lilo, Stitch, Jumba, and Pleakley have finally caught all of Jumba's genetic experiments and found the one true place where each of them belongs. Stit...

Leroy & Stitch

Leroy & Stitch

2006

Characters

6.6

Lilo, Stitch, Jumba, and Pleakley have finally caught all of Jumba's genetic experiments and found the one true place where each of them belongs. Stit...

The Origin of Stitch

The Origin of Stitch

2005

as Stitch (voice)

7.2
Acting

Stitch discovers Jumba’s secret computer that reveals what creatures Jumba had used to create Stitch, and also hints at his other 625 experiments. Sti...

The Origin of Stitch

The Origin of Stitch

2005

Characters

7.2

Stitch discovers Jumba’s secret computer that reveals what creatures Jumba had used to create Stitch, and also hints at his other 625 experiments. Sti...

Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch

Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch

2005

as Stitch (voice)

6.7
Acting

Now, we find the rowdy extraterrestrial getting used to life with his new ʻohana. However, a malfunction in the ultimate creation of Dr. Jumba soon em...

Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch

Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch

2005

Characters

6.7

Now, we find the rowdy extraterrestrial getting used to life with his new ʻohana. However, a malfunction in the ultimate creation of Dr. Jumba soon em...

The Lion King 1½

The Lion King 1½

2004

as Additional Voices (voice)

6.6
Acting

Timon the meerkat and Pumbaa the warthog are best pals and the unsung heroes of the African savanna. This prequel to the smash Disney animated adventu...

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

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

2004

as Self

8.4
Acting

An in-depth look at the making of Lilo & Stitch (2002).

Timon & Pumbaa Virtual Safari 2.0

2004

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

Acting

Take on yet another virtual safari with Timon and Pumbaa.

Stitch! The Movie

Stitch! The Movie

2003

as Stitch (voice)

6.4
Acting

The continuing adventures of Lilo, a little Hawaiian girl, and Stitch, the galaxy's most-wanted extraterrestrial. Stitch, Pleakley, and Dr. Jumba are ...

Stitch! The Movie

Stitch! The Movie

2003

Characters

6.4

The continuing adventures of Lilo, a little Hawaiian girl, and Stitch, the galaxy's most-wanted extraterrestrial. Stitch, Pleakley, and Dr. Jumba are ...

Lilo & Stitch Read-Along

Lilo & Stitch Read-Along

2002

as Stitch (voice)

6.0
Acting

The movie story comes to life on-screen with words and pictures featuring word-for-word narration, original character voices, and vivid sound effects.

Lilo & Stitch

Lilo & Stitch

2002

as Stitch (voice)

7.6
Acting

As Stitch, a runaway genetic experiment from a faraway planet, wreaks havoc on the Hawaiian Islands, he becomes the mischievous adopted alien "puppy" ...

Lilo & Stitch

Lilo & Stitch

2002

Director, Character Designer, Idea

7.6
Directing Writing

As Stitch, a runaway genetic experiment from a faraway planet, wreaks havoc on the Hawaiian Islands, he becomes the mischievous adopted alien "puppy" ...

Tarzan

Tarzan

1999

as Additional Voices (voice)

7.4
Acting

Tarzan was a small orphan who was raised by an ape named Kala since he was a child. He believed that this was his family, but on an expedition Jane Po...

Mulan

Mulan

1998

Screenplay

7.9
Writing

To save her father from certain death in the army, a young woman secretly enlists in his place and becomes one of China's greatest heroines in the pro...

Toy Story

Toy Story

1995

Character Designer

8.0

Led by Woody, Andy's toys live happily in his room until Andy's birthday brings Buzz Lightyear onto the scene. Afraid of losing his place in Andy's he...

The Lion King

The Lion King

1994

Production Design, Story

8.3
Writing

Young lion prince Simba, eager to one day become king of the Pride Lands, grows up under the watchful eye of his father Mufasa; all the while his vill...

Aladdin

Aladdin

1992

Story

7.7
Writing

In the boorish city of Agrabah, kind-hearted street urchin Aladdin and Princess Jasmine fall in love, although she can only marry a prince. He and pow...

Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast

1991

Story, Visual Development

7.7
Writing

Follow the adventures of Belle, a bright young woman who finds herself in the castle of a prince who's been turned into a mysterious beast. With the h...

Toby the Badly Animated Boy

1984

Director

Directing

A child terminally becomes bad animation and is sent to an asylum of abandoned and lost cartoon characters.

Fun with Father

Fun with Father

1983

Writer, Animation, Director

5.5
Writing Directing

A kitten helps his father defeat a pack of marshmallows.

Untitled The Wild Robot Sequel

N/A

Director

Directing

A sequel to DreamWorks' 2024 film The Wild Robot, currently in development