Lilo & Stitch
2002
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Chris applied for and was accepted to CalArts' Animation Program, and went on to work for Marvel Productions, and then Disney Studios. He worked as a story artist on The Rescuers Down Under, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and The Lion King, before he was made head of story on Mulan.
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Christopher Michael "Chris" Sanders is an American director, illustrator, voice actor, animator, screenwriter, storyboard artist, and producer.
For Disney, he directed the 2002 animated feature film Lilo & Stitch, as well as provided the voice of Stitch in mostly all Western areas of the franchise and the upcoming live-action adaptation. He also voiced 627 in Lilo & Stitch: The Series and Leroy in Leroy & Stitch. Additionally, he provided the voice of Little Brother from Mulan.
Sanders was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, into an artistic family and is the middle of three children. As a child, he was completely surrounded by art. His family used to paint together and encourage drawing. Sanders, however, also enjoyed writing short stories and sharing them with his family. At age ten, he became interested in animation after seeing Ward Kimball animated shorts on The Wonderful World of Disney. While attending Arvada High School, his storytelling skills enabled him to serve as the school newspaper cartoonist.
It wasn't until Sanders heard about the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) that he considered art as a means of making a living. After applying to CalArts' Animation Program, he was accepted to the program and majored in character animation. Sanders completed his education at CalArts and graduated in 1984.
Sanders began his career as a character designer for Muppet Babies. He also served as a storyboard artist, artistic director, production designer, and character designer for Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, and Mulan before ultimately bringing to life Lilo & Stitch.
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. A New York Times interview with Lasseter later revealed that Sanders was negotiating his exit from Disney. After the departure of Sanders from Disney, directing duties were handed to Chris Williams and the film was retitled Bolt. Sanders has since worked for DreamWorks Animation, directing How to Train Your Dragon (2010) and The Croods (2013), as well as serving as an executive producer for How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) and How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019). Sanders worked for 20th Century Studios on a film adaptation of The Call of the Wild, which was released in February 21, 2020. Due to Disney's official acquisition of Fox in March 2019, the film marks the first time since the 2000s that Sanders directed a film under the Walt Disney Company. However, his return was only under the circumstances of the acquisition and not intended to be permanent; he would return to DreamWorks to work on an animated film adaptation of The Wild Robot.
•The main reason behind Lilo & Stitch featuring songs of Elvis Presley came from Chris Sanders being a fan of Elvis himself.
1."Lilo & Stitch: A Little More Conversation with directors Chris Sanders & Dean De Blois!". Animated Views (Mar 25, 2009).
Sanders created the Lilo & Stitch character Stitch, and voiced the character. Sanders began his career as a character designer for Jim Henson's Muppet Babies. He soon became the head storyboard artist for Walt Disney Feature Animation.
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Sep 16, 2021 · So after the six-year-long production of Mulan, animator Chris Sanders pushed for the studio to diversify the scope of the movies. “Each film we produced was more complex and more expensive...
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Chris applied for and was accepted to CalArts’ Animation Program, and went on to work for Marvel Productions, and then Disney Studios. He worked as a story artist on The Rescuers Down Under, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and The Lion King, before he was made head of story on Mulan.
5′ 11″ (1.80 m) Mini Bio. 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.
