Biography
Dean DeBlois is a Canadian filmmaker, writer and director. He studied Classical Animation at Sheridan College while working as an assistant animator and layout artist.
DeBlois co-wrote and co-directed the animated feature Lilo & Stitch (2002) with Chris Sanders for Walt Disney Animation Studios. He later co-wrote and directed the How to Train Your Dragon animated trilogy for DreamWorks Animation: How to Train Your Dragon (2010, also with Sanders), How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) and How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019). He also directed the 2007 music documentary Heima about the band Sigur Rós.
DeBlois wrote, directed and produced the live-action remake How to Train Your Dragon (2025), his first live-action feature film.
