--- title: "3 Chris Sanders Quotes - Famous Film director (The Thief's Son)" description: "Christopher Michael Sanders is an American filmmaker, animator, and voice actor. Browse 3 Chris Sanders quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-chris-sanders-23586.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Chris Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-chris-sanders-23586.jpg) # Chris Sanders (1962) Film Director United States **3** quotes in **57** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Chris Sanders is a film director from the United States, best known for *The Thief's Son*. ## Quick Facts About Chris Sanders Born March 12, 1962 Nationality United States Profession Film Director Notable works The Thief's Son Known for Lilo & Stitch, How to Train Your Dragon, The Croods, Mulan, How to Train Your Dragon 2 ## About Chris Sanders Christopher Michael Sanders is an American filmmaker, animator, and voice actor. His credits include Lilo & Stitch (2002) 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), 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 film's story, and voiced Stitch in most of his media appearances. ## Awards & Honors Annie Award ## Quotes by Chris Sanders > [The animators are fantastic though. They'll shoot their own reference material, and just go into the car park or something. And they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-sanders/the-animators-are-fantastic-though-they-ll-shoot-their-own-reference/) Chris Sanders [Animation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animation/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29f/chris-sanders-76554_animation_the-animators-are-fantastic-though-they_365218.jpg) > [The use of 'conspiracy theory' as a derogatory - as an epithet almost - is something the propagandists have perfected over the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-sanders/the-use-of-conspiracy-theory-as-a-derogatory-as-an-epithet-almost-is/) Chris Sanders [Agendas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/agendas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2df/chris-sanders-76554_agendas_the-use-of-conspiracy-theory-as-a-deroga_567077.jpg) > [You know, the technology was at the right place for us to build this world. The most difficult thing about doing The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-sanders/you-know-the-technology-was-at-the-right-place-for-us-to-build-this/) Chris Sanders [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdb/chris-sanders-76554_arguing_you-know-the-technology-was-at-the-right_688919.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-sanders/#itemlist", "name": "Chris Sanders Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The animators are fantastic though. They'll shoot their own reference material, and just go into the car park or something. And they might shoot a very funny scene, or sometimes a serious scene. But they're really just trying to work out the motion. 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