“The Wild Robot” director Chris Sanders was feeling a little lost ... whose style was so distinct that others could tell which storyboards were his without even looking at the credits.

Below, four-time Oscar nominee Chris Sanders talks about his incredible ... but got his big break when he was asked to work on storyboards for the 1990s animated film Rescuers Down Under.

Below, four-time Oscar nominee Chris Sanders talks about his incredible ... but got his big break when he was asked to work on storyboards for the 1990s animated film Rescuers Down Under.

Chris Sanders has been a leading force in animated ... which he’d initially thought of as a temp voiceover to accompany the storyboards. He recalls telling his co-director, Dean DeBlois ...

Filmmaker Chris Sanders loves robots – in movies ... “wrapping geometry” onto storyboards. There was even a moment of panic, when Sanders wondered if they had gone too far.