Dean DeBlois (born June 7, 1970) is a Canadian film director, film producer, screenwriter, animator, camera operator, and editor. He is best known for co-writing and co-directing The Oscar-nominated animated films Lilo & Stitch and How to Train Your Dragon, and for directing the acclaimed Sigur Rós documentary/music film Heima.
On the rugged isle of Berk, where Vikings and dragons have been bitter enemies for generations, Hiccup stands apart, defying centuries of tradition when he befriends Toothless, a feared Night Fury dragon. Their unlikely bond reveals the true nature of dragons, challenging the very foundations of Viking society.
Release Date: 2025-06-11
Department: Production
Job: Producer
The wildly funny and touching story of a lonely Hawaiian girl and the fugitive alien who helps to mend her broken family.
Release Date: 2025-05-21
Department: Writing
Job: Original Film Writer
After a shipwreck, an intelligent robot called Roz is stranded on an uninhabited island. To survive the harsh environment, Roz bonds with the island's animals and cares for an orphaned baby goose.
Release Date: 2024-09-12
Department: Production
Job: Executive Producer
Vote Count: 4368
A knight framed for a tragic crime teams with a scrappy, shape-shifting teen to prove his innocence.
Release Date: 2023-06-23
Department: Crew
Job: Thanks
Vote Count: 1142
Tíu is a glorious journey through sight and sound into the world of the multi-platinum Icelandic band Of Monsters and Men, as they commemorate the 10th anniversary of their groundbreaking debut album My Head Is An Animal.
Release Date: 2022-06-09
Department: Camera
Job: Director of Photography
As Hiccup fulfills his dream of creating a peaceful dragon utopia, Toothless’ discovery of an untamed, elusive mate draws the Night Fury away. When danger mounts at home and Hiccup’s reign as village chief is tested, both dragon and rider must make impossible decisions to save their kind.
Release Date: 2019-01-03
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Vote Count: 6517
Surrounded by fans and sceptics, grizzled director J.J. "Jake" Hannaford returns from years abroad in Europe to a changed Hollywood, where he attempts to make his innovative comeback film. This film was started in 1970 but never completed during Welles's lifetime.
Release Date: 2018-11-02
Department: Production
Job: Co-Producer
Vote Count: 216
A story about how a new baby's arrival impacts a family, told from the point of view of a delightfully unreliable narrator, a wildly imaginative 7 year old named Tim.
Release Date: 2017-03-23
Department: Crew
Job: Thanks
Vote Count: 7122
Animator. Storyman. Troublemaker. At 80 years old, see how Disney Legend Floyd Norman, the first African-American animator at Disney, continues to impact animation and stir up "trouble" after the company forced him to retire at age 65.
Release Date: 2016-02-05
Character: Himself
Vote Count: 30
A documentary about the making of Dreamworks' How to Train Your Dragon 2.
Release Date: 2015-02-12
Department: Production
Job: Executive Producer
Character: Himself
Vote Count: 2
Five years have passed since Hiccup and Toothless united the dragons and Vikings of Berk. Now, they spend their time charting unmapped territories. During one of their adventures, the pair discover a secret cave that houses hundreds of wild dragons -- and a mysterious dragon rider who turns out to be Hiccup's mother, Valka. Hiccup and Toothless then find themselves at the center of a battle to protect Berk from a power-hungry warrior named Drago.
Release Date: 2014-06-05
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Vote Count: 9708
Hiccup and Toothless go on an exciting adventure and discover an island of new dragons.
Release Date: 2011-11-15
Department: Production
Job: Executive Producer
Vote Count: 381
Featurette for How to Train Your Dragon takes an in-depth look at how the 3D medium effects the style to the film.
Release Date: 2010-10-15
Character: Self
Jonsi awakens to a trashed house in the wake of his New Year's Eve party. He avoids cleaning up and instead plays songs that reflect the night before, the bittersweetness of new year, and the melancholy of one gone by.
Release Date: 2010-04-28
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Vote Count: 10
As the son of a Viking leader on the cusp of manhood, shy Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III faces a rite of passage: he must kill a dragon to prove his warrior mettle. But after downing a feared dragon, he realizes that he no longer wants to destroy it, and instead befriends the beast – which he names Toothless – much to the chagrin of his warrior father.
Release Date: 2010-03-18
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 13239
Ethereal post-rock pioneers Sigur Rós play a string of impromptu gigs in their native Iceland after finishing a world tour in 2006. As they travel through the country, the band visits a wide variety of venues, from a large outdoor festival to a coffee shop.
Release Date: 2007-09-27
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Vote Count: 81
Lilo, Stitch, Jumba, and Pleakley have finally caught all of Jumba's genetic experiments and found the one true place where each of them belongs. Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley are offered positions in the Galactic Alliance, turning them down so they can stay on Earth with Lilo, but Lilo realizes her alien friends have places where they belong – and it's finally time to say "aloha".
Release Date: 2006-06-23
Department: Writing
Job: Original Film Writer
Vote Count: 531
An in-depth look at the making of Lilo & Stitch (2002).
Release Date: 2004-09-22
Character: Himself
Vote Count: 17
This animated series chronicles the further adventures of renegade scientist Dr. Jumba Jookiba's beloved Experiment 626, who is now living happily as Lilo's alien buddy Stitch. Jumba’s remaining experiments have landed all over Hawaii in the form of dehydrated pods. Lilo and Stitch’s mission is to catch Stitch’s "cousins" before they fall into the clutches of the evil Dr. Jacques von Hamsterviel!
Release Date: 2003-09-20
Department: Creator
Job: Creator
Vote Count: 570
As Stitch, a runaway genetic experiment from a faraway planet, wreaks havoc on the Hawaiian Islands, he becomes the mischievous adopted alien "puppy" of an independent little girl named Lilo and learns about loyalty, friendship, and ʻohana, the Hawaiian tradition of family.
Release Date: 2002-06-21
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Vote Count: 6310
The world's most highly qualified crew of archaeologists and explorers is led by historian Milo Thatch as they board the incredible 1,000-foot submarine Ulysses and head deep into the mysteries of the sea. The underwater expedition takes an unexpected turn when the team's mission must switch from exploring Atlantis to protecting it.
Release Date: 2001-06-02
Department: Writing
Job: Story Artist
Vote Count: 4793
A new adpatation of the classic pirate novel
Department: Production
Job: Producer