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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Chris Sanders, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Personal Info
Known For
Writing
Birthday
March 12, 1962
Age
64 years old
Place of Birth
Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
Popularity Score
1.5
Filmography
Lilo & Stitch 2
Stitch (voice)
2028Movie
Lilo & Stitch 2
Writer
2028Movie
Lilo & Stitch 2
Director
2028Movie
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Executive Producer
2027Movie
Lilo & Scratch
Stitch (voice)
2026Movie
Lilo & Stitch
Stitch (voice)
2025Movie
How to Train Your Dragon
Executive Producer
2025Movie
Lilo & Stitch
Original Film Writer
2025Movie
The Bad Guys 2
Thanks
2025Movie
The Wild Robot
Director
2024Movie
The Wild Robot
Screenplay
2024Movie
Once Upon a Studio
Stitch (voice) (archive sound)
2023Movie
How Not to Draw
Stitch (voice)
2022TV
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Thanks
2022Movie
The Croods: Family Tree
Creator
2021TV
The Croods: A New Age
Belt (voice)
2020Movie
The Call of the Wild
Director
2020Movie
The Croods: A New Age
Characters
2020Movie
The Croods: A New Age
Story
2020Movie
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Executive Producer
2019Movie
The Boss Baby
Thanks
2017Movie
Dawn of the Croods
Belt (voice)
2015TV
Penguins of Madagascar
Antarctic Penguin (voice)
2014Movie
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Executive Producer
2014Movie
The Croods
Belt (voice)
2013Movie
The Croods
Director
2013Movie
The Croods
Screenplay
2013Movie
The Croods
Story
2013Movie
DreamWorks Dragons
Creator
2012TV
How to Train Your Dragon
Director
2010Movie
How to Train Your Dragon
Screenplay
2010Movie
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Self (archive footage)
2009Movie
Stitch!
Creator
2008TV
Leroy & Stitch
Stitch / Leroy (voice)
2006Movie
Leroy & Stitch
Characters
2006Movie
Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch
Stitch (voice)
2005Movie
The Origin of Stitch
Stitch (voice)
2005Movie
Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch
Characters
2005Movie
The Origin of Stitch
Characters
2005Movie
Timon & Pumbaa Virtual Safari 2.0
Experiment 626 / Stitch (voice) (archive footage)
2004Movie
The Story Room: The Making of 'Lilo & Stitch'
Self
2004Movie
The Lion King 1½
Additional Voices (voice)
2004Movie
The Story Room: The Making of 'Lilo & Stitch'
Director
2004Movie
Stitch! The Movie
Stitch (voice)
2003Movie
Lilo & Stitch: The Series
Stitch (voice)
2003TV
Stitch! The Movie
Characters
2003Movie
Lilo & Stitch: The Series
Characters
2003TV
Lilo & Stitch: The Series
Creator
2003TV
Lilo & Stitch
Stitch (voice)
2002Movie
Lilo & Stitch Read-Along
Stitch (voice)
2002Movie
Lilo & Stitch
Director
2002Movie
Lilo & Stitch
Character Designer
2002Movie
Lilo & Stitch
Idea
2002Movie
Lilo & Stitch
Writer
2002Movie
Tarzan
Additional Voices (voice)
1999Movie
Mulan
Screenplay
1998Movie
Mulan
Story Supervisor
1998Movie
Agent Z and the Penguin from Mars
Park Keeper
1996TV
Toy Story
Character Designer
1995Movie
The Lion King
Production Design
1994Movie
The Lion King
Story
1994Movie
Aladdin
Story
1992Movie
Beauty and the Beast
Story
1991Movie
Beauty and the Beast
Visual Development
1991Movie
The Rescuers Down Under
Storyboard
1990Movie
The Rescuers Down Under
Visual Development
1990Movie
Garfield: His 9 Lives
Other
1988Movie
Toby the Badly Animated Boy
Director
1984Movie
Fun with Father
Director
1983Movie
Fun with Father
Writer
1983Movie
Fun with Father
Animation
1983Movie
The Wild Robot Escapes
Screenplay
—Movie
The Wild Robot Escapes
Executive Producer
—Movie