Long ago up North on the Island of Berk, the young Viking, Hiccup, wants to join his town’s fight against the dragons that continually raid their town. However, his macho father and village leader, Stoik the Vast, will not allow his small, clumsy, but inventive son to do so. Regardless, Hiccup ventures out into battle and downs a mysterious Night Fury dragon with his invention, but can’t bring himself to kill it. Instead, Hiccup and the dragon, whom he dubs Toothless, begin a friendship that would open up both their worlds as the observant boy learns that his people have misjudged the species. But even as the two each take flight in their own way, they find that they must fight the destructive ignorance plaguing their world. –IMDb

Director

Dean DeBlois

Dean DeBlois (born June 7, 1970) is a Canadian film director, screenwriter and animator. He is best known for co-writing and co-directing the Disney animated film Lilo & Stitch, and Dreamworks animated film How to Train Your Dragon and directing the Sigur Rós documentary/film Heima. His other credits include Mulan and the forthcoming The Banshee and Fin Magee, as well as the 1980s Canadian animated series The Raccoons.

DeBlois started his career at Hinton Animation Studios and worked as animator on The Raccoons and The Teddy Bears’ Picnic. He then joined Don Bluth’s Sullivan Bluth Studios in Ireland and worked on Thumbelina and A Troll in Central Park. He also co-wrote the movie Mulan for Disney. In 2003 he directed Lilo & Stitch with Chris Sanders. He also made his directing debut on Heima, and later shot Go Quiet for Jonsi. He is now at DreamWorks Animation, where… read more

Chris Sanders

Christopher Michael Sanders (born March 12, 1962) is an American animation director and illustrator best known for creating the Disney animated feature Lilo & Stitch and DreamWorks How to Train Your Dragon, and providing the voice of Experiment 626 from Lilo & Stitch. After leaving Walt Disney Animation Studios, Sanders went on to work for DreamWorks Animation, directing the highly acclaimed animated feature film How to Train Your Dragon. He is currently serving as co-director and co-writer on the upcoming feature, The Croods, along with Kirk DeMicco

A 1984 graduate of the California Institute of the Arts, Sanders began his career as a character designer for Muppet Babies. He also served as a storyboard artist, artistic director, production designer, and character designer on Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, and Mulan.
On December 16, 2006 several internet animation fan sites, including AnimatedNews.com, reported that Sanders had been removed as the director of the upcoming Disney animated film American Dog by John Lasseter. A New York Times interview with John Lasseter later revealed that Chris Sanders was negotiating his exit from Disney. After the departure of Sanders from Disney, directing duties were handed to Chris Williams, a Disney writer, and the film was retitled Bolt. Despite his departure from Disney, Sanders reprised his role as Stitch in the English version of the Square Enix/Disney collaboration game Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep.
In March 2007, Variety reported that Chris Sanders had moved to DreamWorks and had then taken over as director on Crood Awakening, a project previously with Aardman Studios before their departure from DreamWorks. At the time, Chris had this to say about the move:
“I’ve been so anxious to start working on things, and so I talked to a lot of people…I like the way DreamWorks looks at animation. Animation still has a lot of different places to go, and I don’t want to miss out on a chance to try some new things with it.”
On September 24, 2008, it was reported that Sanders and Lilo & Stitch co-director and co-writer Dean DeBlois would be screenwriting and directing How to Train Your Dragon for DreamWorks Animation. The film was released March 26, 2010 and was well-received by critics. The film grossed nearly $500 million worldwide. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Score at the 83rd Academy Awards, but lost to Toy Story 3 and The Social Network, respectively. The movie also won ten Annie Awards, including Best Animated Feature.
After completing How to Train Your Dragon, Chris returned to The Croods, which is scheduled to be released by Fox on March 22, 2013. The Croods is being written and directed by Chris Sanders and Kirk DeMicco and produced by Kristine Belson and Jane Hartwell. The film stars Nicolas Cage, Ryan Reynolds, Emma Stone, Catherine Keener, Clark Duke, and Cloris Leachman.
Sanders also draws the popular webcomic Kiskaloo, but, since a post from Chris on September 30, 2008 stating “I’ll be drawing and posting the new comic in a just a couple of days!”, hasn’t been drawn since. –Wikipedia

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gizem

5May13

a beautiful movie about why we need empathy in our life.

David

22Mar13

Amazing flying scenes.

Kirby

24Feb13

Dreamworks has been going in a great direction with Kung Fu Panda and this. Maybe they've finally learned that pop culture references don't make a movie.