Acting · Directing · Writing · age 64

Chris Sanders

Best rated: How to Train Your Dragon (8.1)

Films: 5
Avg rating: 7.48
Peak run: 2002’24
7+ run: 3 films

Films: 5
Avg rating: 7.48
Peak run: 2002’24
7+ run: 3 films

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The career

Chris Sanders, directing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run

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20025 films2024

Current formLast 5: 7.48 vs career 7.48 (−0.00)

As a director, films with 1,000+ votes

Chris by the numbers

Average

7.48

5 rated films

Vote weighted

7.51

bigger films count more

Median

7.4

half are better

Consistency

±0.62

rating spread

Career

23y

2002 to 2024

Total votes

1.72M

across every film

Best

8.1

How to Train Your Dragon

Worst

6.7

The Call of the Wild

Newest first

Filmography

Acting filmography

2025	Lilo & Stitch	Stitch	6.7	98,936
2013	The Croods	Belt	7.1	256K
2002	Lilo & Stitch	Stitch	7.4	248K

Better together?

Chris Sanders's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

Takes

On Chris Sanders

4 nominations, 0 wins

Awards record

Best Animated Feature · Academy Awards 2025
Chris Sanders and Jeff Hermann
Nominated
Best Animated Feature · Academy Awards 2014
Chris Sanders, Kirk DeMicco and Kristine Belson
Nominated
Best Animated Feature · Academy Awards 2011
Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
Nominated
Best Animated Feature · Academy Awards 2003
Chris Sanders
Nominated

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