Directing · Writing · age 56

Dean DeBlois

Best rated: Sigur Rós: Heima (8.4)

Films: 6
Avg rating: 7.80
Peak run: 2007’25
7+ run: 6 films

Films: 6
Avg rating: 7.80
Peak run: 2007’25
7+ run: 6 films

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The career

Dean DeBlois, directing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run

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20026 films2025

Current formLast 5: 7.88 vs career 7.80 (+0.08)

As a director, films with 1,000+ votes

Dean by the numbers

Average

7.80

6 rated films

Vote weighted

7.78

bigger films count more

Median

7.8

half are better

Consistency

±0.39

rating spread

Career

24y

2002 to 2025

Total votes

1.9M

across every film

Best

8.4

Sigur Rós: Heima

Worst

7.4

Lilo & Stitch

Newest first

Filmography

Directing filmography

2025	How to Train Your Dragon	7.7	142K
2019	How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World	7.4	184K
2014	How to Train Your Dragon 2	7.8	408K
2010	How to Train Your Dragon	8.1	911K
2007	Sigur Rós: Heima	8.4	8,399
2002	Lilo & Stitch	7.4	248K

Better together?

Dean DeBlois's regulars

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

Takes

On Dean DeBlois

3 nominations, 0 wins

Awards record

Best Animated Feature · Academy Awards 2020
Dean DeBlois, Bradford Lewis and Bonnie Arnold
Nominated
Best Animated Feature · Academy Awards 2015
Dean DeBlois and Bonnie Arnold
Nominated
Best Animated Feature · Academy Awards 2011
Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
Nominated

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