Dean DeBlois
Writing
- Born
- June 7, 1970 (age 56) · Brockville, Ontario, Canada
Dean Allan DeBlois (/dəˈblwɑː/ də-BLWAH; born June 7, 1970) is a Canadian filmmaker and writer. He is best known for writing and directing the Oscar-nominated animated feature films Lilo & Stitch for Walt Disney Animation Studios (with Chris Sanders), the How to Train Your Dragon film trilogy for DreamWorks Animation (the first film also with Sanders), and directing the documentary Heima about the Icelandic band Sigur Rós.
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Known for
How to Train Your Dragon
March 18, 2010
How to Train Your Dragon 2
June 5, 2014
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
January 3, 2019
Lilo & Stitch
June 21, 2002
The Wild Robot
September 12, 2024
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
June 2, 2001
How to Train Your Dragon
June 6, 2025
Lilo & Stitch
May 17, 2025
Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch
August 22, 2005
Stitch! The Movie
September 10, 2003
Leroy & Stitch
June 23, 2006
Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury
November 15, 2011
Behind the camera22
- 2027How to Train Your Dragon 2 Producer, Director, Writer
- 2025How to Train Your Dragon Producer, Director, Writer
- 2025Lilo & Stitch Original Film Writer
- 2024The Wild Robot Executive Producer
- 2022Ten Director, Director of Photography
- 2019How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World Director, Executive Producer, Writer
- 2018The Other Side of the Wind Co-Producer
- 2015Where No One Goes: The Making of How to Train Your Dragon 2 Executive Producer
- 2014How to Train Your Dragon 2 Director, Writer, Executive Producer