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Christopher Sanders

Highest Rated: 99% How to Train Your Dragon (2010)

Lowest Rated: 20% Stitch! The Movie (2003)

Birthday: Mar 12, 1962

Birthplace: Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

Christopher Sanders came into animation at a glorious time, joining Disney right as the company was resurrecting itself in animation with such classics as "Aladdin" (1992) and "The Lion King" (1994). Sanders also transitioned well into the age of computer and 3D animation with the crowd-pleasing hit "How to Train Your Dragon" (2010). Sanders was born on March 12, 1960 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He became fascinated with animation when he was ten years old, and once he came of age, Sanders attended the legendary Cal Arts school, which at the time also had Tim Burton among its students. Sanders graduated from the famous CalArts art school in 1984. Sanders first went to work for Marvel Comics, and he also drew characters for the "Muppet Babies" (CBS 1984-1991) children's show. Working his way into Disney, Sanders did some work on "The Rescuers Down Under" (1990), then moved up to the films that revitalized Disney animation, "Beauty and the Beast" (1991), "Aladdin" (1992) and "The Lion King" (1994). While these movies created new modern classics for families and made Disney a major force in animation again, Sanders eventually left Disney when DreamWorks Animation made him an offer he couldn't refuse. Although Sanders made DreamWorks his new home, he returned to Disney to write and direct the alien comedy "Lilo and Stitch" (2002), which was another success for the studio. Sanders also made the transition into computer drawn 3D animation when he co-wrote and co-directed "How to Train Your Dragon" (2010). "Dragon" proved a very successful movie for DreamWorks and two sequels went into development. Sanders followed up "Dragon" with another potential franchise, the caveman family adventure "The Croods" (2013).

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Highest-Rated Movies

99% 91% How to Train Your Dragon Watchlist 97% 98% The Wild Robot Watchlist 93% 93% The Lion King Watchlist 92% 85% Mulan Watchlist 92% 90% How to Train Your Dragon 2 Watchlist 90% 87% How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World Watchlist 87% 78% Lilo & Stitch Watchlist
71% 77% The Croods
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63% 89% The Call of the Wild Watchlist
40% 53% Leroy & Stitch
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Filmography

Movies TV Shows
Lilo & Stitch 2025 Stitch Voice The Wild Robot 97% 98% 2024 Director, Screenwriter The Mean One 23% 50% 2022 Narrator The Call of the Wild 63% 89% 2020 Director How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World 90% 87% 2019 Executive Producer How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World 2019 Executive Producer How to Train Your Dragon 2 92% 90% 2014 Executive Producer The Croods 71% 77% 2013 Belt Voice, Director, Screenwriter The Croods 2013 Director, Screenwriter The Croods 2013 Director, Screenwriter How to Train Your Dragon 99% 91% 2010 Director, Screenwriter Leroy & Stitch 40% 53% 2006 Stitch/Leroy Voice Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch 40% 56% 2005 Stitch Voice Stitch! The Movie 20% 50% 2003 Stitch Voice Lilo & Stitch 87% 78% 2002 Stitch Voice, Director, Writer Mulan 92% 85% 1998 Screenwriter Mulan 1998 Screenwriter The Lion King 93% 93% 1994 Production Design
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