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Chris Sanders and Maia Kealoha in Lilo & Stitch (2025)

Chris Sanders, Maia Kealoha, and Sydney Agudong in Lilo & Stitch (2025)

Chris Sanders and Sydney Agudong in Lilo & Stitch (2025)

Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders in Lilo & Stitch (2002)

Chris Sanders at an event for The Wild Robot (2024)

Chris Sanders, Lupita Nyong'o, and Kit Connor

Chris Sanders, Lupita Nyong'o, and Kit Connor at an event for The Wild Robot (2024)

Kristine Belson, Kirk DeMicco, Jane Hartwell, and Chris Sanders

Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders at an event for How to Train Your Dragon (2010)

Bonnie Arnold, Dean DeBlois, and Chris Sanders at an event for How to Train Your Dragon (2010)

Dean DeBlois, Tim Johnson, and Chris Sanders

Dean DeBlois, Bill Plympton, and Chris Sanders

Tom Sito, Dean DeBlois, and Chris Sanders

Winsor McCay Award winner Jeffrey Katzenberg with presenters Chris Sanders, Bonnie Arnold and Dean DeBlois

Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders at an event for Bringing Down the House (2003)

Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders, and Paul Parisi in Love (2015)

Chris Sanders at an event for The Croods (2013)

Born and raised in Colorado, Chris Sanders fell in love with animation at the age of ten after seeing Ward Kimball animated shorts on 'The Wonderful World of Disney'. He began drawing, and applied to CalArts after his grandmother told him about the animation program at the school. He majored in character animation, and graduated in 1984, moving on to work at Marvel Comics. He helped draw the characters for the show _Muppet Babies (1984)_. He then moved over to the Walt Disney Company in 1987, working in the visual development department. After doing some minor work on The Rescuers Down Under (1990), Sanders catapulted to the top of Disney animation through his work on Beauty and the Beast (1991) and The Lion King (1994). He helped write the 1998 Disney animated hit Mulan (1998), which moved him into the position to write, direct, and voice Lilo & Stitch (2002). Sanders moved to Dreamworks where he co-wrote, co-directed and did character design for How to Train Your Dragon (2010). Regardless of which studio he works for, he has become a recognizable force as an animator in both cel- and CGI-based features.

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