Dean DeBlois
22 movies · 1 TV show
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- Jun 7, 1970 (age 56)
- Place of birth
- Brockville, Ontario, Canada
- Also known as
- Dean DeBois · Dean Allan DeBlois
Biography
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.
Known for
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★ 7.9 How to Train Your Dragon
2010 · Film
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★ 7.7 How to Train Your Dragon 2
2014 · Film
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★ 7.8 How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
2019 · Film
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★ 7.6 Lilo & Stitch
2002 · Film
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★ 7.1 Atlantis: The Lost Empire
2001 · Film
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★ 7.9 How to Train Your Dragon
2025 · Film
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★ 7.2 Lilo & Stitch
2025 · Film
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★ 6.7 Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch
2005 · Film
Dean DeBlois: movies and TV shows
Acting (1)
- 2025 How to Train Your Dragon
as Viking (uncredited)
Behind the camera (25)
- Upcoming How to Train Your Dragon 2
Producer, Director, Writer
- Upcoming The Wild Robot Escapes
Executive Producer
- 2025 How to Train Your Dragon
Producer, Director, Writer
- 2025 Lilo & Stitch
Original Film Writer
- 2024 The Wild Robot
Executive Producer
- 2023 Nimona
Thanks
- 2022 Ten
Director, Director of Photography
- 2019 How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Director, Executive Producer, Writer
- 2018 The Other Side of the Wind
Co-Producer
- 2017 The Boss Baby
Thanks
- 2015 Where No One Goes: The Making of How to Train Your Dragon 2
Executive Producer
- 2014 How to Train Your Dragon 2
Director, Writer, Executive Producer
- 2011 Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury
Executive Producer
- 2010 Jónsi - Go Live
Director
- 2010 Jónsi: Go Quiet
Director, Camera Operator
- 2010 How to Train Your Dragon
Screenplay, Director
- 2007 Heima
Director
- 2006 Leroy & Stitch
Characters
- 2005 The Origin of Stitch
Characters
- 2005 Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch
Characters
- 2004
- 2003
- 2003 Stitch! The Movie
Characters
- 2002 Lilo & Stitch
Director, Writer
- 2001 Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Story Artist
Talk shows and appearances (4)
- 2025
- 2025
- 2016
- 2010