Christopher Michael "Chris" Sanders (born March 12, 1962) is an American animation director and illustrator. He graduated from the California Institute of the Arts in 1984. Chris was the director and screenplay writer for How to Train Your Dragon and the executive producer of How to Train Your Dragon 2 and How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World.
Biography
Christ Sanders was born and raised in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. He fell in love with animation at the age of ten after seeing Ward Kimball animated shorts on The Wonderful World of Disney. He went to Arvada High School in Arvada, Colorado. Chris decided to apply to the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) when his grandmother told him about the animation program at school. He graduated by 1984.
Selected Filmography
| Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Garfield: His 9 Lives | Animation stylist - segment: "Diana's Piano" | Television special |
| 1990 | The Rescuers Down Under | Storyboard artist | Feature film |
| Visual development | |||
| Character designer | |||
| 1991 | Beauty and the Beast | Writer | |
| Visual development artist | |||
| 1992 | Aladdin | Writer | |
| 1994 | The Lion King | Production designer | |
| Writer | |||
| 1998 | Mulan | Little Brother | |
| Writer | |||
| Story supervisor | |||
| 1999 | Fantasia 2000 | Developer of original concept: Pines of Rome | |
| 2001 | Drawn to Animation | Himself | Video short |
| 2002 | Lilo & Stitch | Stitch | Feature film |
| Director | |||
| Writer | |||
| Character designer | |||
| 2003 | Stitch! The Movie | Stitch | |
| Creator | |||
| 2004 | Stitch's Great Escape! | Stitch (voice) | Theme park attraction |
| 2005 | Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch | Stitch | Feature film |
| Creator | |||
| Kingdom Hearts II | Stitch (English version, voice) | Video game | |
| 2003—2006 | Lilo & Stitch: The Series | Stitch | Television series |
| Experiment 627 (voice, 1 episode) | |||
| Creator | |||
| 2010 | Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep | Stitch (voice) | Video game |
| 2011 | Kinect: Disneyland Adventures | ||
| 2020 | The Croods 2 | Writer | Feature film |
DreamWorks Dragons Filmography
| Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | How to Train Your Dragon | Director | Feature film |
| Screenplay writer | |||
| 2014 | How to Train Your Dragon 2 | Executive producer | |
| 2019 | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World |
Concept Art
External Links
- Official website
Chris Sanders on Wikipedia- Chris Sanders on IMDb
- Chris Sanders on Rotten Tomatoes
- Chris Sanders at DeviantArt
- Chris Sanders on Facebook
- Chris Sanders on Instagram
