Chris Sanders

Chris Sanders (b. 1962) is an animation artist, director, writer, and voice actor known for directing Lilo & Stitch (and voicing Stitch) and How to Train Your Dragon. Early in his career, he worked as a model designer on Muppet Babies and Little Muppet Monsters.
Sanders discussed his Muppet Babies work in a 2023 podcast interview: 
Sanders did models for the "Glo Friends" portion of My Little Pony and Friends while still at Marvel Productions, and then worked at Film Roman, designing a stylized segment of the special Garfield: His Nine Lives. By 1990, Sanders was at Disney as a visual development and storyboard artist, with credits including The Rescuers Down Under, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King, and Mulan. He followed up Lilo & Stitch with a planned project, American Dog, which ultimately was reworked without him as Bolt. Sanders moved to DreamWorks Animation, helming How to Train Your Dragon, The Croods, and The Wild Robot in addition to character design or animation work on other features (including Kung Fu Panda and Shrek Forever After). He directed the 2020 film Call of the Wild, combining live actors (including Harrison Ford) with a computer animated St. Bernard dog. 
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Category:Animators