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name: "Stephen Anderson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/stephen-j-anderson"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "5 June 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 75
updated: "2026-09-17T06:44:04.330991+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Stephen Anderson

Actor. Born 5 June 1970 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 5 June 1970, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- **Active:** 2000–2013
- **Also known as:** Stephen J. Anderson, Stephen John Anderson, Steve Anderson
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 80 (1), 2010s 72 (2)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7609556, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0027459/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16842

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Emperor's New Groove*](https://film.one/film/the-emperors-new-groove.md) (80), [*Frozen*](https://film.one/film/frozen.md) (75)

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## Biography

Stephen J. Anderson is an American animator, film director, screenwriter and voice actor. He studied at the California Institute of the Arts and worked as an animator at Hyperion Animation before joining Walt Disney Feature Animation in 1995 as a story artist on *Tarzan* (1999). He advanced to story supervisor on *The Emperor's New Groove* (2000) and *Brother Bear* (2003), and contributed additional voices to the former.

Anderson made his feature directorial debut with *Meet the Robinsons* (2007), which he also wrote. He co-directed *Winnie the Pooh* (2011) with Don Hall. He has since worked as a storyboard artist on films including *The Garfield Movie* (2024) and served as supervising director on the first season of the series *Monsters at Work* (2021). He has received Annie Award nominations for his contributions to *The Emperor's New Groove* and *Winnie the Pooh*.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, traditionalanimation.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Frozen* (2013), Fi1m 75, as Kai (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/frozen.md)
- *Wreck-It Ralph* (2012), Fi1m 70, Additional Storyboarding — [page](https://film.one/film/wreck-it-ralph.md)
- *The Emperor's New Groove* (2000), Fi1m 80, as Additional Voices (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-emperors-new-groove.md)

## Also known for

- *Tarzan* (1999), Story
- *Meet the Robinsons* (2007), Director, Screenplay
- *The Garfield Movie* (2024), Story Artist
- *Winnie the Pooh* (2011), Director, Story

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