Christopher Michael Sanders is an American filmmaker, animator, and voice actor. His credits include Lilo & Stitch (2002) for Walt Disney Animation Studios, and How to Train Your Dragon (2010), both of which he co-wrote and directed with Dean DeBlois; The Croods (2013) with Kirk DeMicco; and The Wild Robot (2024) for DreamWorks Animation, receiving nominations for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for all of them. In 2020, he made his live-action directorial debut with the adventure-drama The Call of the Wild. He created the popular Disney character Stitch in 1985, wrote the story of Lilo & Stitch, and has voiced Stitch in most of his media appearances.
- Occupation
- film director, screenwriter, animator, dub actor
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- March 12, 1962
