Chris Sanders

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1962-03-12 (63 years old)

Place of Birth

Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

Chris Sanders

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 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. Descriptio...

Acting

2002

Lilo & Stitch

as Stitch (voice)

2004

Timon & Pumbaa Virtual Safari 2.0

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

2005

The Origin of Stitch

as Stitch (voice)

2023

Once Upon a Studio

as Stitch (voice) (archive footage)

2009

Waking Sleeping Beauty

as Self (archive footage)

2003

Stitch! The Movie

as Stitch (voice)

2013

The Croods

as Belt (voice)

2025

Lilo & Stitch

as Stitch (voice)

2006

Leroy & Stitch

as Stitch / Leroy (voice)

2014

Penguins of Madagascar

as Antarctic Penguin (voice)

2004

The Lion King 1½

as Additional Voices (voice)

2020

The Croods: A New Age

as Belt (voice)

1999

Tarzan

as Additional Voices (voice)

2002

Lilo & Stitch Read-Along

as Stitch (voice)

Production

2010

1998

Mulan

as Screenplay

2002

Lilo & Stitch

as Director

2013

The Croods

as Director

2013

The Croods

as Screenplay

2024

The Wild Robot

as Director

2024

The Wild Robot

as Screenplay

2014

How to Train Your Dragon 2

as Executive Producer

1995

Toy Story

as Character Designer

2002

Lilo & Stitch

as Character Designer

2020

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as Additional Construction Grip

1991

Beauty and the Beast

as Visual Development

1992

Aladdin

as Story

2002

1994

The Lion King

as Production Design

2020

1994

2017

The Boss Baby

as Thanks

2002

Lilo & Stitch

as Writer

1983

Fun with Father

as Director

1983

1983

Fun with Father

as Animation

2020

2013

The Croods

as Story

2025

How to Train Your Dragon

as Executive Producer

2025

Lilo & Stitch

as Original Film Writer

2003

Stitch! The Movie

as Characters

2006

Leroy & Stitch

as Characters

2005

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