2024Winner
Best Picture
The Wild Robot
Dean DeBlois
Actor · Director · Producer · Writer
Brockville, Ontario, Canada
June 7, 1970
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2025Nominee
Best Writing
Lilo & Stitch
2025Winner
Best Performance
How to Train Your Dragon
Career Highlights
2002Highlight
Best Director
Lilo & Stitch
2010Highlight
Best Writing
How to Train Your Dragon