Chris Sanders
Director
First look: DreamWorks' 3-D 'How to Train Your Dragon'...he says. "He is the wussiest of Vikings." The story originally skewed younger and was less bold and epic-like until Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois (Lilo & Stitch) took over as co-directors about halfway through. "Previous versions... In this article: Jay Baruchel, How to Train Your Dragon, DreamWorks, Hiccup, Dean DeBlois, USA Today, Chris Sanders, Wart, Roger Deakins, and Coen brothers |
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Wikipedia | November 05, 2009
Lilo & Stitch
...feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics, it was written and directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois, and features the voices of Sanders, Daveigh Chase, Tia Carrere, David Ogden Stiers, Kevin McDonald, Ving Rhames, and Jason...
In this article: Stitch, Nani Pelekai, Lilo & Stitch, Walt Disney Pictures, Cobra Bubbles, DVD, Gantu, Agent Pleakley, and David Ogden Stiers
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Wikipedia | November 05, 2009
Dean DeBlois
...on Thumbelina and A Troll in Central Park. He also co-wrote the movie Mulan for Disney. In 2003 he directed Lilo & Stitch with Chris Sanders . He also made his directing tribute on Heima. He is now at DreamWorks Animation working with Chris...
In this article: Dean DeBlois, How to Train Your Dragon, Heima, Disney, The Raccoons, Mulan, Lilo & Stitch, A Troll in Central Park, and Thumbelina
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Wikipedia | November 05, 2009
Chris Sanders (director)
On December 16, 2006 several internet animation fan sites, including AnimatedNews.com, reported that Sanders had been removed as the director of the upcoming Disney animated film American Dog by John Lasseter. AnimatedNews.com and...
In this article: Disney, DreamWorks, Lilo & Stitch, John Lasseter, Mulan, California Institute of the Arts, Crood Awakening, How to Train Your Dragon, and DreamWorks Animation
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Wikipedia | November 01, 2009
Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch
...Trial" shown on the first ''Lilo & Stitch DVD. The layout of the house has changed, but this is because '' was not created by Chris Sanders, it was created by Jess Winfield, who most likely did not know the layout they were giving it in...
In this article: Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch, Stitch, Daveigh Chase, Lilo & Stitch, DVD, Stitch!, Dakota Fanning, Lilo & Stitch 2: Island Favorites, and Disney Animation Studios
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Wikipedia | October 31, 2009
Bolt (2008 film)
..."redonkulous"). At first, the film was going to be titled American Dog, and was written and directed by Chris Sanders . Eventually, Sanders was removed from the project and replaced by Chris Williams and Byron Howard. The film's previous...
In this article: Bolt, Disney, John Lasseter, Dog, DVD, Blu-ray Disc, and Hollywood
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AWN's Headline News | July 24, 2009
SDCC News: Tr2n VFX Test, Toy Story 3, Batman 3, Train Your Dragon
...to Gary Oldman (Commissioner Gordon), speaking today at the Warner Bros. BOOK OF ELI panel. Also, DreamWorks Animation announced that Chris Sanders, director of HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON (bowing March 26, 2010), will be handing out limited...
In this article: Batman, Toy Story 3, Disney, BOOK OF ELI, Barbie, How to Train Your Dragon, Commissioner Gordon, Lee Unkrich, DreamWorks Animation, and Gary Oldman
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ENI News | May 28, 2009
DreamWorks Animation Announces Plans to Release Five Feature Films Every Two Years
...is based on the book of the same name by Cressida Cowell, will be released on March 26, 2010. It is being written and directed by Chris Sanders (Lilo & Stitch) and Dean DeBlois (Lilo & Stitch), produced by Bonnie Arnold (Over the Hedge, Toy...
In this article: DreamWorks Animation, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, Shrek, Andrew Adamson, Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda, and Antonio Banderas
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Entertainment Weekly | November 11, 2008
Movie Preview: Bolt
...canine (voiced by Travolta) discovers that he's just a TV star, not an actual daredevil superpooch. The original director, Chris Sanders (Lilo & Stitch), envisioned an edgy, underground-comics feel, but he exited the project after Pixar's...
In this article: Dog, Ed Catmull, Disney, Pixar, John Travolta, The Truman Show, and Lilo & Stitch
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Reuters | October 23, 2008
Animator John Lasseter making Disney a top draw
...also led him to part ways with filmmakers who don't share his vision -- as he did with Chris Sanders, who was originally attached to direct "Bolt." Sanders had conceived of "Bolt" under a different title, "American Dog." It was in...
In this article: Walt Disney Imagineering, John Lasseter, Pixar, Steve Jobs, Ed Catmull, Michael Eisner, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Ollie Johnston, and Bolt
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PR Newswire | October 02, 2007
Acclaimed Filmmaker Chris Sanders Joins DreamWorks Animation for a 'Crood Awakening'
...Calif., March 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DreamWorks Animation (NYSE: DWA) today announced that talented filmmaker Chris Sanders is set to helm the upcoming project "Crood Awakening," a comedy set in the Stone Age. Sanders will be...
In this article: DreamWorks Animation, Crood Awakening, Jeffrey Katzenberg, NYSE, DreamWorks, Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, Mulan, and Lilo & Stitch
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For three football players of the same name see Chris Sanders (football player).
Christopher Michael Sanders (born March 12, 1962) is an American film animator and voice actor best known for co-directing the Disney animated feature Lilo & Stitch, and providing the voice of Experiment 626 from Lilo & Stitch and Leroy from Disney's Leroy & Stitch.
A 1984 graduate of the California Institute of the Arts, Sanders began his career as a character designer for Muppet Babies. He also served as a storyboard artist, artistic director, and character designer on Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, and Mulan.
On December 16, 2006 several internet animation fan sites, including AnimatedNews.com, reported that Sanders had been removed as the director of the upcoming Disney animated film Bolt by John Lasseter. AnimatedNews.com and JimHillMedia.com (among others) speculated that Sanders was removed as director of Bolt allegedly because Lasseter thought Sander's take on the film was "too quirky for its own good."According to a February 8, 2007 story in Variety, Sanders has left Disney and directing duties on Bolt were given over to Chris Williams, a Disney writer.
In March 2007, Variety reported that Chris Sanders had moved to DreamWorks and had then taken over as director on Crood Awakening, a project previously with Aardman Studios before their departure from Dreamworks. At the time, Chris had this to say about the move:
Chris Sanders also draws the popular webcomic Kiskaloo.
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