Dean DeBlois (/dəˈblwɑː/; born June 7, 1970) is a Canadian film director, film producer, screenwriter, and animator. He is best known for co-writing and co-directing the Oscar-nominated animated films Lilo & Stitch for Walt Disney Feature Animation, the How to Train Your Dragon film trilogy for DreamWorks Animation, and directed the Sigur Rós documentary/music film Heima.\n', '

DeBlois was born in Aylmer, Quebec. As a young boy, he was interested in comic books, which later influenced his drawing ability, sense of imagination and story-telling. Growing up poor, he visited on weekends a little smoke shop in a strip mall close to his house, where they let him read everything for free. Memorizing the comics, he went home and drew.\n', '

DeBlois began his career as an assistant animator and layout artist for Hinton Animation Studios/Lacewood Productions in Ottawa, Ontario, while simultaneously attending Sheridan College\'s three year Classical Animation program in Oakville, Ontario. From 1988 to 1990, DeBlois contributed to such productions as The Raccoons (TV series), The Teddy Bears\' Picnic (TV special), and The Nutcracker Prince (feature animated film).\n', '

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