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...
Known For
Complete Filmography

How to Train Your Dragon
2025
Executive Producer
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
2025
as Stitch (voice)
The wildly funny and touching story of a lonely Hawaiian girl and the fugitive alien who helps to mend her broken family.

Lilo & Stitch
2025
Original Film Writer
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
2024
Director, Screenplay
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
2023
as Stitch (voice) (archive footage)
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
2022
Thanks
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
2020
as Belt (voice)
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
2020
Characters, Story
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
2020
Director
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
2020
Additional Construction Grip
Adventure Intriguing

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
2019
Executive Producer
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
2017
Thanks
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
2014
as Antarctic Penguin (voice)
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
2014
Executive Producer
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
2013
as Belt (voice)
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
2013
Director, Screenplay, Story
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
2010
Director, Screenplay
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
2009
as Self (archive footage)
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
2006
as Stitch / Leroy (voice)
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
2006
Characters
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
2005
as Stitch (voice)
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
2005
Characters
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
2005
as Stitch (voice)
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
2005
Characters
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
2004
as Additional Voices (voice)
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'
2004
as Self
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)
Take on yet another virtual safari with Timon and Pumbaa.

Stitch! The Movie
2003
as Stitch (voice)
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
2003
Characters
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
2002
as Stitch (voice)
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
2002
as Stitch (voice)
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
2002
Director, Character Designer, Idea
As Stitch, a runaway genetic experiment from a faraway planet, wreaks havoc on the Hawaiian Islands, he becomes the mischievous adopted alien "puppy" ...

Tarzan
1999
as Additional Voices (voice)
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
1998
Screenplay
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
1995
Character Designer
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
1994
Production Design, Story
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
1992
Story
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
1991
Story, Visual Development
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
A child terminally becomes bad animation and is sent to an asylum of abandoned and lost cartoon characters.

Fun with Father
1983
Writer, Animation, Director
A kitten helps his father defeat a pack of marshmallows.
Untitled The Wild Robot Sequel
N/A
Director
A sequel to DreamWorks' 2024 film The Wild Robot, currently in development