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Chris Sanders at an event for The Croods (2013)

Awards

Chris Sanders

19 wins & 39 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • Mark Hamill, Pedro Pascal, Lupita Nyong'o, Piotr Michael, and Kit Connor in The Wild Robot (2024)
    2025 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Animated Feature Film
    • The Wild Robot
    Shared with: Jeff Hermann
  • Nicolas Cage, Catherine Keener, Cloris Leachman, Ryan Reynolds, Clark Duke, Chris Sanders, Randy Thom, and Emma Stone in The Croods (2013)
    2014 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
    • The Croods
    Shared with: Kirk DeMicco · Kristine Belson
  • Jay Baruchel and Randy Thom in How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
    2011 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
    • How to Train Your Dragon
    Shared with: Dean DeBlois
  • Chris Sanders in Lilo & Stitch (2002)
    2003 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Animated Feature
    • Lilo & Stitch

Annie Awards

  • Mark Hamill, Pedro Pascal, Lupita Nyong'o, Piotr Michael, and Kit Connor in The Wild Robot (2024)
    2025 Winner Annie
    • Outstanding Achievement for Directing in an Animated Feature
    • The Wild Robot
  • Nicolas Cage, Catherine Keener, Cloris Leachman, Ryan Reynolds, Clark Duke, Chris Sanders, Randy Thom, and Emma Stone in The Croods (2013)
    2014 Nominee Annie
    • Outstanding Achievement in Directing in an Animated Feature Production
    • The Croods
    Shared with: Kirk DeMicco
  • Jay Baruchel and Randy Thom in How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
    2011 Winner Annie
    • Best Writing in an Animated Feature Production
    • How to Train Your Dragon
    Shared with: William Davies · Dean DeBlois
  • Jay Baruchel and Randy Thom in How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
    2011 Winner Annie
    • Best Directing in a Feature Production
    • How to Train Your Dragon
    Shared with: Dean DeBlois
  • Chris Sanders in Lilo & Stitch (2002)
    2003 Nominee Annie
    • Outstanding Character Design in an Animated Feature Production
    • Lilo & Stitch

BAFTA Awards

  • Mark Hamill, Pedro Pascal, Lupita Nyong'o, Piotr Michael, and Kit Connor in The Wild Robot (2024)
    2025 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Children's & Family Film
    • The Wild Robot
    Shared with: Jeff Hermann
  • Mark Hamill, Pedro Pascal, Lupita Nyong'o, Piotr Michael, and Kit Connor in The Wild Robot (2024)
    2025 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Animated Feature Film
    • The Wild Robot
    Shared with: Jeff Hermann

Critics Choice Awards

  • Jay Baruchel and Randy Thom in How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
    2011 Nominee Critics Choice Award
    • Best Animated Feature
    • How to Train Your Dragon
    Shared with: Dean DeBlois

Hugo Awards

  • Mark Hamill, Pedro Pascal, Lupita Nyong'o, Piotr Michael, and Kit Connor in The Wild Robot (2024)
    2025 Nominee Hugo
    • Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form
    • The Wild Robot
    Shared with: Peter Brown
  • Jay Baruchel and Randy Thom in How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
    2011 Nominee Hugo
    • Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form
    • How to Train Your Dragon
    Shared with: Dean DeBlois · William Davies
  • Robin Williams, Jonathan Freeman, Gilbert Gottfried, Linda Larkin, Douglas Seale, Scott Weinger, and Frank Welker in Aladdin (1992)
    1993 Nominee Hugo
    • Best Dramatic Presentation
    • Aladdin
    Shared with: Ron Clements · John Musker · Ted Elliott · Terry Rossio · Ed Gombert · Burny Mattinson · Roger Allers · Daan Jippes · Kevin Harkey · Sue C. Nichols · Francis Glebas · Darrell Rooney · Larry Leker · James Fujii · Kirk Hanson · Kevin Lima · Rebecca Rees · David S. Smith · Brian Pimental
  • Robby Benson and Paige O'Hara in Beauty and the Beast (1991)
    1992 Nominee Hugo
    • Best Dramatic Presentation
    • Beauty and the Beast
    Shared with: Kirk Wise · Gary Trousdale · Linda Woolverton · Brenda Chapman · Roger Allers · Burny Mattinson · Kevin Harkey · Brian Pimental · Bruce Woodside · Joe Ranft · Tom Ellery · Kelly Asbury · Robert Lence · Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont

Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Mark Hamill, Pedro Pascal, Lupita Nyong'o, Piotr Michael, and Kit Connor in The Wild Robot (2024)
    2025 Nominee KCFCC Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • The Wild Robot

San Diego Film Critics Society Awards

  • Mark Hamill, Pedro Pascal, Lupita Nyong'o, Piotr Michael, and Kit Connor in The Wild Robot (2024)
    2024 Nominee SDFCS Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • The Wild Robot

San Sebastián International Film Festival

  • Mark Hamill, Pedro Pascal, Lupita Nyong'o, Piotr Michael, and Kit Connor in The Wild Robot (2024)
    2024 Winner Greenpeace - Lurra Award
    • The Wild Robot

Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America

  • Jay Baruchel and Randy Thom in How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
    2011 Nominee Bradbury Award
    • How to Train Your Dragon
    Shared with: William Davies · Dean DeBlois

USC Scripter Award

  • Mark Hamill, Pedro Pascal, Lupita Nyong'o, Piotr Michael, and Kit Connor in The Wild Robot (2024)
    2025 Nominee USC Scripter Award
    • Film
    • The Wild Robot
    Based on Peter Brown's beloved children's book of the same name
    Shared with: Peter Brown

Venice Film Festival

  • Jay Baruchel and Randy Thom in How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
    2010 Winner 3-D Award
    • Most Creative 3D Film Stereoscopic Film of the Year
    • How to Train Your Dragon
    Tied with James Cameron for Avatar (2009).
    Shared with: Dean DeBlois

Savannah Film Festival

  • Chris Sanders at an event for The Croods (2013)
    2024 Winner Icon Award
    • Icon of Animation Award

National Cartoonist Society

  • Chris Sanders at an event for The Croods (2013)
    2002 Winner NCS Division Award
    • Feature Animation

Seattle Film Critics Awards

  • Nicolas Cage, Catherine Keener, Cloris Leachman, Ryan Reynolds, Clark Duke, Chris Sanders, Randy Thom, and Emma Stone in The Croods (2013)
    2014 Nominee Seattle Film Critics Award
    • Best Animated Feature
    • The Croods
    Shared with: Kirk DeMicco

Visual Effects Society Awards

  • Mark Hamill, Pedro Pascal, Lupita Nyong'o, Piotr Michael, and Kit Connor in The Wild Robot (2024)
    2025 Winner VES Award
    • Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature
    • The Wild Robot
    Shared with: Jeff Budsberg · Jeff Hermann · Jakob Hjort Jensen
  • Nicolas Cage, Catherine Keener, Cloris Leachman, Ryan Reynolds, Clark Duke, Chris Sanders, Randy Thom, and Emma Stone in The Croods (2013)
    2014 Nominee VES Award
    • Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
    • The Croods
    Shared with: Jane Hartwell · Kirk DeMicco · Markus Manninen

Sarajevo Film Festival

  • Chris Sanders in Lilo & Stitch (2002)
    2002 Winner Audience Award
    • Lilo & Stitch
    Shared with: Dean DeBlois

International Cinephile Society Awards

  • Mark Hamill, Pedro Pascal, Lupita Nyong'o, Piotr Michael, and Kit Connor in The Wild Robot (2024)
    2025 Nominee ICS Award
    • Best Animated Film
    • The Wild Robot

North Texas Film Critics Association, US

  • Jay Baruchel and Randy Thom in How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
    2011 Nominee NTFCA Award
    • Best Animated Film
    • How to Train Your Dragon
    Shared with: Dean DeBlois

St. Louis Film Critics Association, US

  • Nicolas Cage, Catherine Keener, Cloris Leachman, Ryan Reynolds, Clark Duke, Chris Sanders, Randy Thom, and Emma Stone in The Croods (2013)
    2013 Nominee SLFCA Award
    • Best Animated Film
    • The Croods
    Shared with: Kirk DeMicco
  • Jay Baruchel and Randy Thom in How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
    2010 Nominee SLFCA Award
    • Best Animated Film
    • How to Train Your Dragon
    Shared with: Dean DeBlois

Alliance of Women Film Journalists

  • Mark Hamill, Pedro Pascal, Lupita Nyong'o, Piotr Michael, and Kit Connor in The Wild Robot (2024)
    2025 Nominee EDA Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • The Wild Robot
    Shared with: Peter Brown
  • Nicolas Cage, Catherine Keener, Cloris Leachman, Ryan Reynolds, Clark Duke, Chris Sanders, Randy Thom, and Emma Stone in The Croods (2013)
    2013 Nominee EDA Award
    • Best Animated Feature Film
    • The Croods
    Shared with: Kirk DeMicco
  • Jay Baruchel and Randy Thom in How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
    2011 Nominee EDA Award
    • Best Animated Feature Film
    • How to Train Your Dragon
    Shared with: Dean DeBlois

Indiana Film Journalists Association, US

  • Mark Hamill, Pedro Pascal, Lupita Nyong'o, Piotr Michael, and Kit Connor in The Wild Robot (2024)
    2024 Nominee IFJA Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • The Wild Robot

CinEuphoria Awards

  • Nicolas Cage, Catherine Keener, Cloris Leachman, Ryan Reynolds, Clark Duke, Chris Sanders, Randy Thom, and Emma Stone in The Croods (2013)
    2014 Nominee CinEuphoria
    • Best Animated Film - International Competition
    • The Croods
    Shared with: Kirk DeMicco

Tokyo Anime Award

  • Chris Sanders in Lilo & Stitch (2002)
    2004 Winner International Theater Award
    • Lilo & Stitch
    Shared with: Dean DeBlois

Heartland Film

  • Mark Hamill, Pedro Pascal, Lupita Nyong'o, Piotr Michael, and Kit Connor in The Wild Robot (2024)
    2024 Winner Truly Moving Picture Award
    • Truly Moving Picture Award
    • The Wild Robot

Awards Circuit Community Awards

  • Jay Baruchel and Randy Thom in How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
    2010 Nominee Davis Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • How to Train Your Dragon
    Shared with: William Davies · Dean DeBlois
  • Robby Benson and Paige O'Hara in Beauty and the Beast (1991)
    1991 Nominee ACCA
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Beauty and the Beast
    Shared with: Linda Woolverton · Roger Allers · Brenda Chapman · Burny Mattinson · Kevin Harkey · Brian Pimental · Bruce Woodside · Joe Ranft · Tom Ellery · Kelly Asbury · Robert Lence

International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)

  • Mark Hamill, Pedro Pascal, Lupita Nyong'o, Piotr Michael, and Kit Connor in The Wild Robot (2024)
    2025 Nominee INOCA
    • Best Animated Film
    • The Wild Robot
    Shared with: Jeff Hermann
  • Nicolas Cage, Catherine Keener, Cloris Leachman, Ryan Reynolds, Clark Duke, Chris Sanders, Randy Thom, and Emma Stone in The Croods (2013)
    2014 Nominee INOCA
    • Best Animated Feature
    • The Croods
    5th place.
    Shared with: Kirk DeMicco
  • Jay Baruchel and Randy Thom in How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
    2011 Nominee INOCA
    • Best Animated Feature
    • How to Train Your Dragon
    Shared with: Dean DeBlois
  • Chris Sanders in Lilo & Stitch (2002)
    2003 Nominee INOCA
    • Best Animated Feature
    • Lilo & Stitch

Gold Derby Awards

  • Mark Hamill, Pedro Pascal, Lupita Nyong'o, Piotr Michael, and Kit Connor in The Wild Robot (2024)
    2025 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
    • Animated Feature
    • The Wild Robot
    Shared with: Jeff Hermann

Latino Entertainment Journalists Association Film Awards

  • Mark Hamill, Pedro Pascal, Lupita Nyong'o, Piotr Michael, and Kit Connor in The Wild Robot (2024)
    2025 Nominee LEJA Award
    • Best Animated Feature
    • The Wild Robot
    Shared with: Jeff Hermann

North Dakota Film Society

  • Mark Hamill, Pedro Pascal, Lupita Nyong'o, Piotr Michael, and Kit Connor in The Wild Robot (2024)
    2025 Winner NDFS Award
    • Best Animated Feature
    • The Wild Robot
    Shared with: Jeff Hermann

Chicago Indie Critics Awards (CIC)

  • Mark Hamill, Pedro Pascal, Lupita Nyong'o, Piotr Michael, and Kit Connor in The Wild Robot (2024)
    2025 Winner Windie
    • Best Animated Film
    • The Wild Robot
    Shared with: Jeff Hermann
  • Mark Hamill, Pedro Pascal, Lupita Nyong'o, Piotr Michael, and Kit Connor in The Wild Robot (2024)
    2025 Nominee Windie
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • The Wild Robot

Columbus Film Critics Association

  • Mark Hamill, Pedro Pascal, Lupita Nyong'o, Piotr Michael, and Kit Connor in The Wild Robot (2024)
    2025 Winner COFCA Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • The Wild Robot

Seattle Film Critics Society

  • Mark Hamill, Pedro Pascal, Lupita Nyong'o, Piotr Michael, and Kit Connor in The Wild Robot (2024)
    2024 Winner SFCS Award
    • Best Animated Film
    • The Wild Robot

Ursa Major Award

  • Chris Sanders in Lilo & Stitch (2002)
    2003 Winner Ursa Major Award
    • Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture
    • Lilo & Stitch
    Shared with: Dean DeBlois

Critics Association of Central Florida Awards

  • Chris Sanders in Lilo & Stitch (2002)
    2023 Winner CACF Award
    • Hall of Fame
    • Lilo & Stitch
    Shared with: Dean DeBlois

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