Biography
Dean Allan DeBlois (/dəˈblwɑː/ də-BLWAH; born June 7, 1970) is a Canadian filmmaker and writer. He is best known for writing and directing the Oscar-nominated animated feature films Lilo & Stitch for Walt Disney Animation Studios (with Chris Sanders), the How to Train Your Dragon film trilogy for DreamWorks Animation (the first film also with Sanders), and directing the documentary Heima about the Icelandic band Sigur Rós. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dean DeBlois, licensed unde...
Known For
Complete Filmography

How to Train Your Dragon 2
2027
Producer, Director, Writer
The second live-action adaptation of the animated trilogy. Plot TBA.

Soaring to Life: The Making of How To Train Your Dragon
2025
as Self
A behind-the-scenes look at the making of the live-action film "How to Train Your Dragon," following writer and director Dean DeBlois' journey of reim...

How to Train Your Dragon
2025
Director, Producer, Writer
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
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
Executive Producer
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...

Nimona
2023
Thanks
A knight framed for a tragic crime teams with a scrappy, shape-shifting teen to prove his innocence.

Ten
2022
Director, Director of Photography
Tíu is a glorious journey through sight and sound into the world of the multi-platinum Icelandic band Of Monsters and Men, as they commemorate the 10t...

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
2019
Director, Screenplay, Story
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 Other Side of the Wind
2018
Co-Producer
Surrounded by fans and sceptics, grizzled director J.J. "Jake" Hannaford returns from years abroad in Europe to a changed Hollywood, where he attempts...

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...

Floyd Norman: An Animated Life
2016
as Himself
Animator. Storyman. Troublemaker. At 80 years old, see how Disney Legend Floyd Norman, the first African-American animator at Disney, continues to imp...

Where No One Goes: The Making of How to Train Your Dragon 2
2015
as Himself
A documentary about the making of Dreamworks' How to Train Your Dragon 2.

Where No One Goes: The Making of How to Train Your Dragon 2
2015
Executive Producer
A documentary about the making of Dreamworks' How to Train Your Dragon 2.

How to Train Your Dragon 2
2014
Director, Writer, 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...

Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury
2011
Executive Producer
Hiccup and Toothless go on an exciting adventure and discover an island of new dragons.

How to Train Your Dragon: The Technical Artistry of Dragon
2010
as Self
Featurette for How to Train Your Dragon takes an in-depth look at how the 3D medium effects the style to the film.

Jónsi: Go Quiet
2010
Director
Jonsi awakens to a trashed house in the wake of his New Year's Eve party. He avoids cleaning up and instead plays songs that reflect the night before,...

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...

Heima
2007
Director
Ethereal post-rock pioneers Sigur Rós play a string of impromptu gigs in their native Iceland after finishing a world tour in 2006. As they travel thr...

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
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
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 Story Room: The Making of 'Lilo & Stitch'
2004
as Self
An in-depth look at the making of Lilo & Stitch (2002).

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
2002
Director, Writer
As Stitch, a runaway genetic experiment from a faraway planet, wreaks havoc on the Hawaiian Islands, he becomes the mischievous adopted alien "puppy" ...

Atlantis: The Lost Empire
2001
Story Artist
A young linguist named Milo Thatch joins an intrepid group of explorers to find the mysterious lost continent of Atlantis.