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Christopher Michael Sanders is an American animation director, film director, screenwriter, producer, illustrator and voice actor. He is best known for co-writing and directing Disney's Lilo & Stitch (2002) and DreamWorks' How to Train Your Dragon (2010), both of which he co-wrote and co-directed with Dean DeBlois, and for creating and voicing Stitch in Lilo & Stitch and every Western-produced work in its franchise. He also directed and co-wrote DreamWorks' The Croods (2013), along with Kirk DeMicco, and later directed 20th Century Studios' The Call of the Wild (2020), his live-action directorial debut and his first film that he directed without a co-director.
Birth Name
Christopher Michael Sanders
Born
Monday, 12 March 1962
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Once Upon a Studio | Stitch | 2023 |
Superkitties | Peanut | 2023 |
The Croods: A New Age | Belt / Belt (voice) | 2020 |
The Croods: A New Age 3D | Belt / Belt (voice) | 2020 |
Hollywood Insider | Self | 2018 |
PJ Masks | Percival | 2015 |
Penguins of Madagascar | Antarctic Penguin / Antarctic Penguin (voice) | 2014 |
FX Movie Download | Self - Guest | 2014 |
The Croods | Belt / Belt (voice) | 2013 |
Red Carpet Report | Self | 2009 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Once Upon a Studio | Stitch | 2023 |
Superkitties | Peanut | 2023 |
The Croods: A New Age | Belt / Belt (voice) | 2020 |
The Croods: A New Age 3D | Belt / Belt (voice) | 2020 |
Hollywood Insider | Self | 2018 |
PJ Masks | Percival | 2015 |
Penguins of Madagascar | Antarctic Penguin / Antarctic Penguin (voice) | 2014 |
FX Movie Download | Self - Guest | 2014 |
The Croods | Belt / Belt (voice) | 2013 |
Red Carpet Report | Self | 2009 |
Made in Hollywood: Teen Edition | Self | 2006 |
Leroy & Stitch | Leroy (voice) / Stitch / Leroy | 2006 |
Made in Hollywood | Self | 2005 |
The Story Room: The Making of 'Lilo & Stitch' | Himself / Self | 2005 |
Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch | Stitch / Stitch (voice) | 2005 |
The Lion King 1½ | Experiment 626 Stitch / Additional Voices (voice) | 2004 |
Lilo & Stitch's Island of Adventures | Stitch / Experiment 626 | 2003 |
Lilo & Stitch: The Series | Stitch / Stitch (voice) | 2003 |
Stitch! The Movie | Stitch / Stitch (voice) | 2003 |
The Buzz | Self | 2002 |
Lilo & Stitch | Stitch / Stitch (voice) | 2002 |
Tarzan | (voice) / Additional Voices (voice) | 1999 |
Barney Live! In New York City | Monkeys | 1994 |
Roughnecks | Village's Father | 1994 |
Director Filmography
Title | Year |
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The Wild Robot | 2024 |
The Call of the Wild | 2020 |
The Croods | 2013 |
How to Train Your Dragon | 2010 |
Lilo & Stitch | 2002 |
Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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Year | Type | Category | Won |
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2014 | Oscar | Best Animated Feature Film of the Year | Nominated |
2011 | Oscar | Best Animated Feature Film of the Year | Nominated |
2003 | Oscar | Best Animated Feature | Nominated |