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"The Wild Robot" director Chris Sanders was feeling a little lost himself. In 2020, he ventured into live-action filmmaking with "The Call of the Wild," an ambitious, imperfect adaptation of Jack ...
“It’s all based on Chris Sanders’ original artistic style [who directed the animated original with Dean DeBlois and returns ...
Chris Sanders is a one-of-a-kind artist ... Katzenberg invited Sanders to DreamWorks Animation. Sanders started working on what would eventually become “The Croods,” noodling on an idea ...
Sanders, who also co-directed The Croods for DreamWorks, knew what he wanted this movie to be. And now that computer technology is finally capable of approaching the look of hand-drawn animation ...
When director Chris Sanders decided to take on The Wild Robot, the script had been at DreamWorks Animation for a few years. In what he deems to be a stroke of luck, Sanders came in at the perfect ...
Director Chris Sanders, production designer Raymond Zibach ... technique ‘The Wild Robot‘Steven MacLeod/DreamWorks Animation “DreamWorks had made these wonderful advancements in creating ...
While most people woke up very early for the Oscar nomination announcements this morning, Chris Sanders watched the ... fell in love with when I first saw animation, and all the reasons I got ...
The filmmakers talk us through how they approached this adaptation, the importance of finding the right voice cast, and what it is about animation they think resonates with people. Chris also ...
In writer-director Chris Sanders’ adaptation of Peter Brown ... It’s not slickly stylized, ironic or plasticized as so much current animation can be. Gentle colors can be exquisite.
Chris Sanders also directed “How to Train Your Dragon” (DreamWorks Animation) That kind of passion certainly helped get the movie done quicker. It was produced in just three years, a mind ...