Dean DeBlois
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Dean DeBlois at 2014 WonderCon | |
| Born | Dean Allan DeBlois June 7, 1970 Aylmer, Quebec, Canada |
| Alma mater | Sheridan College |
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| Years active | 1988–present |
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Dean Allan DeBlois (/dəˈblwɑː/ də-BLWAH; born June 7, 1970) is a Canadian filmmaker and animator. He is best known for co-writing and directing the Oscar-nominated animated feature films Lilo & Stitch (2002) for Walt Disney Animation Studios (with Chris Sanders), the How to Train Your Dragon film series (2010–2019) for DreamWorks Animation (the first film also with Sanders), and directing the documentary Heima (2007) about the Icelandic band Sigur Rós. He also returned to write and direct the 2025 live action remake of How to Train Your Dragon.