Chris Sanders

Chris Sanders Movies and TV Shows

Christopher Michael "Chris" Sanders (born March 15, 1960) is an American film animator and voice actor best-known for co-directing and co-writing the Disney animated feature Lilo & Stitch, and providing the voice of Experiment 626 from Lilo & Stitch and Leroy from Disney's Leroy & Stitch. After being later dismissed from Walt Disney Animation Studios, Sanders went on to work for DreamWorks Animation, directing the highly acclaimed animated feature film, How to Train Your Dragon. He is currently serving as co-director on the upcoming feature, The Croods. Description above from the Wikipedia article Chris Sanders (director), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Personal info

Gender: Male
Date of birth: 1962-03-12 (62 years old)
Place of birth: Colorado, USA

Year

Genre

Available on the following streaming services in Canada

How to Train Your Dragon

How to Train Your Dragon (2025)

role:
Executive Producer

Not available

2025

Adventure

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Not available

Lilo & Stitch

Lilo & Stitch (2025)

role:
Characters

Not available

2025

Comedy

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Not available

The Wild Robot

The Wild Robot (2024)

8.2

84%

role:
Screenplay

2024

Animation

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

8.2

84%

Once Upon a Studio

Once Upon a Studio (2023)

8.3

85%

role:
Stitch (voice) (archive footage)

2023

Animation

Comedy

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

8.3

85%

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022)

7.8

82%

role:
Thanks

2022

Adventure

Animation

Comedy

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.8

82%

The Croods: A New Age

The Croods: A New Age (2020)

6.9

75%

role:
Story & 2 more

2020

Adventure

Animation

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.9

75%

The Call of the Wild

The Call of the Wild (2020)

6.7

76%

role:
Director

2020

Adventure

Drama

Family

6.7

76%

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)

7.4

78%

role:
Executive Producer

2019

Adventure

Animation

Family

7.4

78%

The Boss Baby

The Boss Baby (2017)

6.3

65%

role:
Thanks

2017

Animation

Comedy

Family

6.3

65%

Penguins of Madagascar

Penguins of Madagascar (2014)

6.6

65%

role:
Antarctic Penguin (voice)

2014

Adventure

Animation

Comedy

Family

6.6

65%

How to Train Your Dragon 2

How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)

7.8

77%

role:
Executive Producer

2014

Action

Adventure

Animation

Comedy

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.8

77%

The Croods

The Croods (2013)

7.1

69%

role:
Story & 3 more

2013

Action

Adventure

Animation

Comedy

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.1

69%

How to Train Your Dragon

How to Train Your Dragon (2010)

8.1

78%

role:
Screenplay & 1 more

2010

Adventure

Animation

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

8.1

78%

Waking Sleeping Beauty

Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009)

7.5

72%

role:
Self (archive footage)

2009

Documentary

7.5

72%

Leroy & Stitch

Leroy & Stitch (2006)

6.2

66%

role:
Original Film Writer & 1 more

2006

Animation

Comedy

Family

6.2

66%

Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch

Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch (2005)

6.3

66%

role:
Stitch (voice)

2005

Animation

Comedy

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.3

66%

The Lion King 1½

The Lion King 1½ (2004)

6.5

66%

role:
Experiment 626 Stitch (voice)

2004

Animation

Comedy

Family

6.5

66%

Lilo & Stitch: The Series

Lilo & Stitch: The Series (2003)

6.8

74%

role:
Stitch (voice)

2003

Animation

Comedy

Family

6.8

74%

Stitch! The Movie

Stitch! The Movie (2003)

6.2

65%

role:
Stitch (voice)

2003

Adventure

Animation

Comedy

Family

6.2

65%

Lilo & Stitch

Lilo & Stitch (2002)

7.3

75%

role:
Character Designer & 3 more

2002

Animation

Family

7.3

75%

Tarzan

7.3

74%

role:
Additional Voices (voice) & 1 more

1999

Adventure

Animation

Drama

Family

7.3

74%

Mulan

7.7

79%

role:
Screenplay & 1 more

1998

Adventure

Animation

Family

7.7

79%

Toy Story

Toy Story (1995)

8.3

80%

role:
Character Designer

1995

Adventure

Animation

Comedy

Family

8.3

80%

The Lion King

The Lion King (1994)

8.5

83%

role:
Story & 1 more

1994

Animation

Drama

Family

8.5

83%

Aladdin

8.0

77%

role:
Story

1992

Adventure

Animation

Family

Romance

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

8.0

77%

Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast (1991)

8.0

77%

role:
Visual Development & 1 more

1991

Animation

Family

Romance

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

8.0

77%

Love and Death

Love and Death (1975)

7.6

76%

role:
Joseph

1975

Comedy

History

7.6

76%

: Some movies or TV shows available in Canada starring or involving Chris Sanders are, for example, Once Upon a Studio, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish and The Croods: A New Age.
: The streaming services with the largest selection are iTunes, Amazon and Google Play.
: The best StreamFat ratings are The Lion King (8.4), Once Upon a Studio (8.4) and Toy Story (8.2).