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Dean DeBlois (born June 7, 1970) is a Canadian film director, film producer, screenwriter, animator and editor. He is best known for co-writing and co-directing the Oscar-nominated animated films ''Lilo & Stitch'' for Walt Disney Feature Animation, ''How to Train Your Dragon'' and its sequel for DreamWorks Animation, and directed the ''Sigur Rós'' documentary/music film ''Heima''. ==Life and career== 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. 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). Upon graduation from Sheridan College in 1990, DeBlois was hired by Sullivan Bluth Studios in Dublin, Ireland. There, he worked as a layout artist, character designer, and storyboard assistant to Don Bluth on such feature animated films as ''A Troll in Central Park'' and ''Thumbelina''. In 1994, DeBlois left Dublin for Los Angeles to begin work for Walt Disney Feature Animation as a storyboard artist, where he soon replaced his frequent collaborator, Chris Sanders, as Head of Story on ''Mulan''. Shortly thereafter, they re-teamed to create ''Lilo & Stitch''. Following its release in 2002, DeBlois sold several original live action feature film projects to write, direct, and produce, including an Irish ghost story (''The Banshee and Finn Magee''),〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.fmx.de/program2015/speaker/1533 )〕 a psychological thriller (''The Lighthouse''), and a family adventure series (''Sightings''), set-up at Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, and Universal Studios respectively. DeBlois' feature length music documentary film ''Heima'' chronicles the homecoming concert of Iceland's Sigur Rós. In October 2008, DeBlois returned to feature animation to co-write and co-direct DreamWorks Animation's then-troubled ''How to Train Your Dragon'', once again re-teaming with Sanders. The duo re-envisioned the film's story and shepherded the production to its March 2010 release. The resulting film became the studio's top grossing film in North America outside of the "Shrek" franchise.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=dwanimation.htm )〕 During that same time, DeBlois also directed another feature-length music film for Sigur Rós front-man Jónsi, entitled ''Go Quiet'', as well as a feature length concert film entitled ''Jónsi: Live at The Wiltern''. DeBlois wrote and directed the fantasy/action film ''How to Train Your Dragon 2'', a sequel to the original, which was released on June 13, 2014. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dean DeBlois」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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