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Dean DeBlois

{{Short description|Canadian filmmaker (born 1970)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2011}}

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| birth_name = Dean Allan DeBlois

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|6|7}}

| birth_place = Aylmer, Quebec, Canada

| alma_mater = Sheridan College

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| yearsactive = 1988–present

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Dean Allan DeBlois ({{IPAc-en|d|ə|ˈ|b|l|w|ɑː}} {{respell|də|BLWAH}};{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQtcYibvmuM&t=1m11s|title=How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World - DreamWorks Tour|work=Jabba's Movies|date=8 January 2019|access-date=22 November 2021}} born June 7, 1970){{cite news|url= https://www.tribute.ca/people/dean-deblois/8444/|title=Dean DeBlois Biography|work=Tribute| publisher=Tribute Entertainment Media Group|location=Toronto, Ontario|access-date=6 February 2019|archive-date=10 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710231451/https://www.tribute.ca/people/dean-deblois/8444/|url-status= live}} is a Canadian filmmaker and writer. 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 for DreamWorks Animation (the first film also with Sanders), and directing the documentary Heima (2007) about the Icelandic band Sigur Rós.

Early life

DeBlois was born and raised in Aylmer, Quebec, Canada.{{cite news|url=https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/movies/how-to-train-your-dragon-hidden-world-1.27273592| title='How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World' brings the franchise to its end| first=Frank|last=Lovece|work=Newsday|date=14 February 2019|archive-date=15 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190215050458/https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/movies/how-to-train-your-dragon-hidden-world-1.27273592 |url-status=live}} As a boy, he was interested in comic books, which he later said influenced his drawing ability, imagination and storytelling. Growing up in poverty, he would visit a nearby smoke shop on weekends, where the proprietor let him read comics for free. Memorizing them, he went home and drew.{{cite web|last1=Lu|first1=Alexander|title=Interviews: Dean DeBlois and Richard Hamilton Reimagine Berk in "How to Train Your Dragon" GNs|url=http://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-dean-dubois-and-richard-hamilton-reimagine-berk-in-how-to-train-your-dragon-gns/|publisher=Comics Beat|access-date=22 October 2015|date=21 October 2015}} DeBlois attended Darcy McGee High School.

Career

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 worked alongside his frequent collaborator, Chris Sanders, as Head of Story on Mulan. Shortly thereafter, they re-teamed to create Lilo & Stitch. DeBlois left production on Atlantis: The Lost Empire in order to work on Lilo & Stitch.{{cite web |first=Petrana |last=Radulovic |url=https://www.polygon.com/features/22675483/lilo-and-stitch-disney-animation-chris-sanders-dean-deblois |title='We're going to hide it': How Lilo & Stitch succeeded by staying off Disney's radar |date=September 16, 2021 |access-date=June 4, 2025 |website=Polygon |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916164727/https://www.polygon.com/features/22675483/lilo-and-stitch-disney-animation-chris-sanders-dean-deblois |archive-date=September 16, 2021 |url-status=live}}

Following its release in 2002, DeBlois sold several original live action feature film projects to write, direct, and produce, including an Irish ghost story titled The Banshee and Finn Magee,{{cite web|title=Dean DeBlois, DreamWorks Animation, Writer / Director / Executive Producer|url=http://www.fmx.de/program2015/speaker/1533|publisher=FMX|access-date=October 9, 2015|archive-date=March 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305072054/http://www.fmx.de/program2015/speaker/1533|url-status=dead}}{{cite web |title=Registration record PAU002592135 - The Banshee and Finn Magee |url=https://publicrecords.copyright.gov/detailed-record/10377898 |publisher=United States Copyright Office |access-date=March 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230125042426/https://publicrecords.copyright.gov/detailed-record/10377898 |archive-date=January 25, 2023 |date=May 23, 2001}} a psychological thriller titled The Lighthouse{{cite news|last1=Kit|first1=Borys|title='Lighthouse' turns on Touchstone|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/film/brief_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002199907|access-date=October 9, 2015|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=March 21, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060903063709/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/film/brief_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002199907|archive-date=September 3, 2006}} (not to be confused with the 2016 and 2019 films titled The Lighthouse) and a family adventure series titled Sightings,{{cite news|last1=Snyder|first1=Gabriel|title=U sets sights on 'Sightings'|url=https://variety.com/2006/film/markets-festivals/u-sets-sights-on-sightings-1200338850/|access-date=October 9, 2015|work=Variety|date=July 27, 2006|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304231933/http://variety.com/2006/film/markets-festivals/u-sets-sights-on-sightings-1200338850/|url-status=dead}} which were optioned 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.{{cite web|title=DreamWorks Animation|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=dwanimation.htm|publisher=Box Office Mojo|access-date=October 9, 2015}}

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, followed by How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World on February 22, 2019.

On September 23, 2019, DeBlois was attached to write and direct a film adaptation of the Micronauts.{{cite news|last1=Kit|first1=Borys|title='How to Train Your Dragon' Filmmaker Dean DeBlois Tackling 'Micronauts' for Paramount, Hasbro (Exclusive)|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/how-train-your-dragon-filmmaker-tackling-micronauts-film-1241159|access-date=September 23, 2019|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=September 23, 2019}}

In February 2023, a live-action adaptation of How to Train Your Dragon was announced, with DeBlois set to write and direct, making the film his live action debut.

Personal life

DeBlois is openly gay, and told The Advocate that people in the industry "knew that one of us was gay" but mistakenly assumed it was his heterosexual writing partner Chris Sanders, because DeBlois "hobbled in there looking like a redneck".{{cite news|last=Steele|first=Bruce C.|title=Disney dude: Dean DeBlois, the out codirector of Lilo & Stitch, talks about making a cartoon supporting alternative families, including extraterrestrials who do drag.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eGQEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22Dean+DeBlois%22+out&pg=PA52|access-date=January 9, 2011|newspaper=The Advocate|date=July 9, 2002|page=52}}

Filmography

= Films =

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"

|+

!Title

!Year

!Director

!Writer

!Producer

!Notes

scope="row" |Mulan

|1998

|{{No}}

|{{Partial|Story}}

|{{No}}

| credited as "Story Co-Head"

scope="row" |Lilo & Stitch

|2002

|{{Yes}}

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

| alongside Chris Sanders

scope="row" |Heima (documentary)

|2007

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

|{{No}}

|also camera operator

scope="row" |How to Train Your Dragon

| rowspan="2"|2010

|{{Yes}}

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

| alongside Chris Sanders

scope="row" |Go Quiet (direct-to-video short)

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

|{{No}}

|also camera operator & editor

scope="row" |How to Train Your Dragon 2

|2014

|{{Yes}}

|{{Yes}}

|{{Partial|Executive}}

|

scope="row" |How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

|2019

|{{Yes}}

|{{Yes}}

|{{Partial|Executive}}

|

scope="row" |How to Train Your Dragon

|2025

|{{Yes}}

|{{Yes}}

|{{Partial|Executive}}

|live action debut

== Producer only ==

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"

!Title

!Year

!Notes

scope="row" |Gift of the Night Fury

|2011

|Executive producer
Direct-to-video short

scope="row" |The Other Side of the Wind

|2018

|Co-producer

scope="row" |The Wild Robot

|2024

|Executive producer{{cite web |last=Taylor |first=Drew |title=Director Chris Sanders Returns to DreamWorks Animation With 'The Wild Robot' (Exclusive) |url=https://www.thewrap.com/the-wild-robot-movie-chris-sanders-dreamworks-animation/ |website=TheWrap |access-date=28 September 2023 |date=28 September 2023}}

== Animation department ==

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"

!Title

!Year

!Notes

scope="row" |The Teddy Bears' Picnic (short direct-to-TV)

|1989

|assistant animator

scope="row" |The Nutcracker Prince

|1990

|assistant animator / layout artist

scope="row" |Thumbelina

| rowspan="3"| 1994

| rowspan="3"|layout artist

scope="row" |The Lion King
scope="row" |A Troll in Central Park
scope="row" |Atlantis: The Lost Empire

|2001

|story artist

== Acting only ==

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"

!Title

!Year

!Notes

scope="row" |How to Train Your Dragon

|2025

|Fat viking warrior

= Television series =

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"

|+

!Title

!Year

!Credited as

!Notes

scope="row" |The Raccoons

|1989

|assistant animator

|9 episodes

scope="row" |Quack Pack

|1996

|character designer / storyboard artist / prop designer

|7 episodes

scope="row" |Histeria!

|1998–1999

|storyboard artist

|17 episodes

Selected awards and nominations

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style="width:20%;" scope="col"| Ceremony

! style="width:5%;" scope="col"| Year

! style="width:40%;" scope="col"| Category

! style="width:20%;" scope="col"| Nominated work

! style="width:10%;" scope="col"| Result

! style="width:5%;" scope="col"| {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2"| 3D Creative Arts Awards

| rowspan="2"| 2015

| Best Feature Film – Animation

| rowspan="2" | How to Train Your Dragon 2

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{Cite web |last=Giardina |first=Carolyn |date=January 20, 2015 |title=How to Train Your Dragon 2, Boxtrolls, Planet of the Apes Get 3D Society Nods |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/how-train-your-dragon-2-765036/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221219054346/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/how-train-your-dragon-2-765036/ |archive-date=December 19, 2022 |access-date=May 2, 2025 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}

Best Stereoscopic Feature Film – Animation

| {{won}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{Cite web |last=Giardina |first=Carolyn |date=January 28, 2015 |title=Guardians of the Galaxy, T.S. Spivet Among 3D Society Award Winners |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/guardians-galaxy-ts-spivet-3d-767955/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220427231911/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/guardians-galaxy-ts-spivet-3d-767955/ |archive-date=April 27, 2022 |access-date=May 2, 2025 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}

scope="row" rowspan="4"| Academy Awards

| 2003

| rowspan="4"| Best Animated Feature

| Lilo & Stitch

| {{nom}}

| align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2003|title=The 75th Academy Awards {{pipe}} 2003|date=October 5, 2014 |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|access-date=May 1, 2025}}

2011

| How to Train Your Dragon

| {{nom}}

| align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2011|title=The 83rd Academy Awards {{pipe}} 2011|date=October 7, 2014 |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|access-date=May 1, 2025}}

2015

| How to Train Your Dragon 2

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{Cite web |date=February 22, 2015 |title=Oscars 2015: The Winners List |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/oscars-2015-winners-list-776233/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510092242/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/oscars-2015-winners-list-776233/ |archive-date=May 10, 2022 |access-date=May 2, 2025 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}

2020

| How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{Cite web |date=February 9, 2020 |title=Oscars: The Complete Winners List |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/oscar-winners-2020-updating-live-full-list-1275973/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200210061041/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/oscar-winners-2020-updating-live-full-list-1275973/ |archive-date=February 10, 2020 |access-date=May 2, 2025 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}

scope="row" rowspan="9"| Annie Awards

| rowspan="2"| 2003

| Outstanding Directing in a Feature Production

| rowspan="2"| Lilo & Stitch

| {{nom}}

| align="center" rowspan="2"| {{cite web|url=https://annieawards.org/legacy/30th-annie-awards|title=30th Annie Awards|publisher=ASIFA-Hollywood|access-date=May 1, 2025}}

Outstanding Writing in a Feature Production

| {{nom}}

rowspan="2"| 2011

| Outstanding Directing in a Feature Production

| rowspan="2"| How to Train Your Dragon

| {{won}}

| align="center" rowspan="2"| {{cite web|url=https://annieawards.org/legacy/38th-annie-awards|title=38th Annie Awards|publisher=ASIFA-Hollywood|access-date=May 1, 2025}}

Outstanding Writing in a Feature Production

| {{won}}

rowspan="3" | 2015

| Best Animated Feature

| rowspan="3" | How to Train Your Dragon 2

| {{won}}

| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web |date=December 1, 2014 |title=Complete list of Annie Award 2014 nominees |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-complete-list-of-annie-award-2014-nominees-20141201-story.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150310132436/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-complete-list-of-annie-award-2014-nominees-20141201-story.html |archive-date=March 10, 2015 |access-date=May 2, 2025 |website=Los Angeles Times}}

Outstanding Achievement for Directing in a Feature Production

| {{won}}

Outstanding Achievement for Writing in an Animated Feature Production

| {{nom}}

rowspan="2"| 2020

| Best Animated Feature

| rowspan="2" | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

| {{nom}}

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web |date=January 25, 2020 |title=Klaus Wins Big at Annie Awards for Animation |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2020-annie-award-winners-complete-list-1258805/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200126061754/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2020-annie-award-winners-complete-list-1258805/ |archive-date=January 26, 2020 |access-date=May 2, 2025 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}

Outstanding Achievement for Writing in an Animated Feature Production

| {{nom}}

scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2"| British Academy Children's Awards

| rowspan="2"| 2014

| Kid's Vote — Film

| rowspan="2" | How to Train Your Dragon 2

| {{nom}}

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| {{Cite web |last=Wolfe |first=Jennifer |date=October 21, 2014 |title=Gumball Gets Fourth Consecutive BAFTA Children's Award Nomination |url=https://www.awn.com/news/gumball-gets-fourth-consecutive-bafta-children-s-award-nomination |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113101228/https://www.awn.com/news/gumball-gets-fourth-consecutive-bafta-children-s-award-nomination |archive-date=November 13, 2014 |access-date=May 2, 2025 |website=Animation World Network}}{{Cite web |last=Fletcher |first=Harry |date=November 24, 2014 |title=Katie Morag wins twice at BAFTA Children's Awards 2014 |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a611975/katie-morag-wins-twice-at-bafta-childrens-awards-2014/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228080130/https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a611975/katie-morag-wins-twice-at-bafta-childrens-awards-2014/ |archive-date=February 28, 2022 |access-date=May 2, 2025 |website=Digital Spy}}

Feature Film

| {{nom}}

scope="row" | BAFTA Awards

| 2011

| Best Animated Film

| How to Train Your Dragon

| {{nom}}

| align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.bafta.org/awards/search?search=Chris+Sanders|title=Chris Sanders – Awards Database|publisher=British Academy of Film and Television Arts|access-date=May 1, 2025}}

scope="row" rowspan="2" | Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

| 2014

| rowspan="2" | Best Animated Film

| How to Train Your Dragon 2

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{Cite web |last=Dietz |first=Jason |date=December 1, 2014 |title=Best of 2014: Film Awards & Nominations Scorecard |url=https://www.metacritic.com/feature/movie-awards-and-nominations-2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510095713/https://www.metacritic.com/feature/movie-awards-and-nominations-2014 |archive-date=May 10, 2022 |access-date=May 1, 2025 |website=Metacritic}}

2019

| How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{Cite web |date=December 12, 2019 |title=Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood Leads Chicago Critics Nominations |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/features/once-upon-a-time--in-hollywood-leads-chicago-critics-nominations |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412013114/https://www.rogerebert.com/features/once-upon-a-time--in-hollywood-leads-chicago-critics-nominations |archive-date=April 12, 2020 |access-date=May 1, 2025 |website=RogerEbert.com}}{{Cite web |last=Bennett |first=Anita |date=December 14, 2019 |title=Chicago Film Critics Give Best Picture To Parasite And Best Director To Bong Joon Ho |url=https://deadline.com/2019/12/chicago-film-critics-give-best-picture-to-parasite-1202809578/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215130353/https://deadline.com/2019/12/chicago-film-critics-give-best-picture-to-parasite-1202809578/ |archive-date=December 15, 2019 |access-date=May 2, 2025 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}

scope="row" rowspan="4"| Critics' Choice Movie Awards

| 2003

| rowspan="4"| Best Animated Feature

| Lilo & Stitch

| {{nom}}

| align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.bfca.org/ccawards/2002.php|title=The 8th Critics' Choice Movie Awards Winners and Nominees|publisher=Critics Choice Association|access-date=May 1, 2025|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120701004112/https://www.bfca.org/ccawards/2002.php|archive-date=July 1, 2012}}

2011

| How to Train Your Dragon

| {{nom}}

| align="center"| {{cite web|last=Alexander|first=Bryan|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/black-swan-leads-critics-choice-59107/|title='Black Swan' Leads Critics' Choice With Record 12 Nominations|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=December 13, 2010|access-date=May 1, 2025}}

2015

| How to Train Your Dragon 2

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{Cite web |date=January 15, 2015 |title=Critics' Choice Awards: The Winners |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/critics-choice-awards-2015-winners-764183/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510100327/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/critics-choice-awards-2015-winners-764183/ |archive-date=May 10, 2022 |access-date=May 1, 2025 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}

2020

| rowspan="2" | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{Cite web |last1=Nordyke |first1=Kimberly |last2=Howard |first2=Annie |date=January 12, 2020 |title=Critics' Choice Awards: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Named Best Picture; Full Winners List |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2020-critics-choice-awards-winners-list-full-1267901/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113034136/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2020-critics-choice-awards-winners-list-full-1267901/ |archive-date=January 13, 2020 |access-date=May 2, 2025 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}

scope="row" | Detroit Film Critics Society Awards

| 2019

| Best Animated Feature

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{Cite web |last=Marini |first=Miriam |date=December 9, 2019 |title=Detroit Film Critics Society announces 2019 winners |url=https://www.clickondetroit.com/entertainment/2019/12/06/detroit-film-critics-society-announces-2019-nominees/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622014917/https://www.clickondetroit.com/entertainment/2019/12/06/detroit-film-critics-society-announces-2019-nominees/ |archive-date=June 22, 2020 |access-date=May 2, 2025 |website=WDIV-TV}}

scope="row" rowspan="2" | Florida Film Critics Circle Awards

| 2014

| rowspan="2" | Best Animated Film

| How to Train Your Dragon 2

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{Cite web |last=Adams |first=Ryan |date=February 3, 2015 |title=Florida Film Critics Circle Nominations |url=https://www.awardsdaily.com/2014/12/17/florida-film-critics-circle-nominations/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208061550/https://www.awardsdaily.com/2014/12/17/florida-film-critics-circle-nominations/ |archive-date=December 8, 2015 |access-date=May 1, 2025 |website=Awards Daily}}{{Cite web |last=Persall |first=Steve |date=December 20, 2014 |title=Florida Film Critics Circle picks winners |url=https://www.tampabay.com/things-to-do/movies/florida-film-critics-circle-picks-winners/2210900/ |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416212359/https://www.tampabay.com/things-to-do/movies/florida-film-critics-circle-picks-winners/2210900/ |archive-date=April 16, 2015 |access-date=May 1, 2025 |website=Tampa Bay Times}}

2019

| How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{Cite web |last=Dietz |first=Jason |date=December 3, 2019 |title=Best of 2019: Film Awards & Nominations Scorecard |url=https://www.metacritic.com/feature/2019-film-awards-and-nominations-scorecard |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200421162558/https://www.metacritic.com/feature/2019-film-awards-and-nominations-scorecard |archive-date=April 21, 2020 |access-date=May 2, 2025 |website=Metacritic }}

scope="row" rowspan="2" | Georgia Film Critics Association Awards

| 2015

| rowspan="2" | Best Animated Feature

| How to Train Your Dragon 2

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{Cite web |last=Zusel |first=Yvonne |date=January 9, 2015 |title=Georgia Film Critics Association awards the best movies of 2014 |url=https://www.ajc.com/blog/talk-town/georgia-film-critics-association-awards-the-best-movies-2014/GPoAn8E36hbpP3Q4QSy4OO/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503140027/https://www.ajc.com/blog/talk-town/georgia-film-critics-association-awards-the-best-movies-2014/GPoAn8E36hbpP3Q4QSy4OO/ |archive-date=May 3, 2022 |access-date=May 1, 2025 |website=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution}}

2020

| How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row" rowspan="3" | Golden Globe Awards

| 2011

| rowspan="3" | Best Animated Feature Film

| How to Train Your Dragon

| {{nom}}

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2015

| How to Train Your Dragon 2

| {{won}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{Cite web |date=January 11, 2015 |title=Golden Globes: The Complete Winners List |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/golden-globes-winners-2015-list-761202/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612232215/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/golden-globes-winners-2015-list-761202/ |archive-date=June 12, 2021 |access-date=May 1, 2025 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}

2020

| How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{Cite web |date=January 5, 2020 |title=Golden Globes: The Complete Winners List |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2020-golden-globes-winners-full-list-updating-live-1265577/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509023336/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2020-golden-globes-winners-full-list-updating-live-1265577/ |archive-date=May 9, 2022 |access-date=May 2, 2025 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}

scope="row" | Hollywood Film Awards

| 2014

| Hollywood Animation Award

| How to Train Your Dragon 2

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{Cite magazine |last=Blake |first=Emily |date=November 14, 2014 |title=Hollywood Film Awards 2014: And the winners are... |url=https://ew.com/article/2014/11/14/hollywood-film-awards-2014-winners/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220511122421/https://ew.com/article/2014/11/14/hollywood-film-awards-2014-winners/ |archive-date=May 11, 2022 |access-date=May 1, 2025 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}

scope="row" | Hollywood Critics Association Awards

| 2020

| Best Animated Film

| How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row" rowspan="2" | Houston Film Critics Society Awards

| 2015

| rowspan="2" | Best Animated Film

| How to Train Your Dragon 2

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{Cite web |date=December 17, 2014 |title=Birdman leads Houston Film Critics nominations for 8th Annual Awards |url=https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/article/Birdman-leads-Houston-Film-Critics-nominations-9870846.php |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510102515/https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/article/Birdman-leads-Houston-Film-Critics-nominations-9870846.php |archive-date=May 10, 2022 |access-date=May 1, 2025 |website=Houston Chronicle}}{{Cite web |last=Luman |first=Betty |date=January 12, 2015 |title=Boyhood dominates Houston Film Critics Society Awards |url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/entertainment/movies_tv/article/Boyhood-dominates-Houston-Film-Critics-Society-6008571.php |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510102528/https://www.houstonchronicle.com/entertainment/movies_tv/article/Boyhood-dominates-Houston-Film-Critics-Society-6008571.php |archive-date=May 10, 2022 |access-date=May 1, 2025 |website=Houston Chronicle}}

2020

| How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{Cite web |last=Haar |first=Pete Vonder |date=December 20, 2019 |title=It's Hooray For Hollywood (and Marriage) As The Houston Film Critics Society Announces Its 2019 Nominees |url=https://www.houstonpress.com/arts/things-to-do-houston-film-critics-society-best-of-2019-awards-11400080 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408045918/https://www.houstonpress.com/arts/things-to-do-houston-film-critics-society-best-of-2019-awards-11400080 |archive-date=April 8, 2022 |access-date=May 2, 2025 |website=Houston Press}}{{Cite web |last=Darling |first=Cary |date=January 3, 2020 |title=Houston critics name Parasite best film |url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/entertainment/movies_tv/article/Houston-critics-name-Parasite-best-film-14946948.php |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220519162232/https://www.houstonchronicle.com/entertainment/movies_tv/article/Houston-critics-name-Parasite-best-film-14946948.php |archive-date=May 19, 2022 |access-date=May 2, 2025 |website=Houston Chronicle}}

scope="row" | International Cinephile Society Awards

| 2015

| Best Animated Film

| How to Train Your Dragon 2

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{Cite web |last=Borden |first=J.D. |date=February 3, 2015 |title=If Only The Oscars Looked Like These Award Nominations... |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2015/02/if-only-the-oscars-looked-like-these-award-nominations-215694/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220504091913/https://www.indiewire.com/2015/02/if-only-the-oscars-looked-like-these-award-nominations-215694/ |archive-date=May 4, 2022 |access-date=May 1, 2025 |website=IndieWire}}{{Cite web |last=Anderson |first=Erik |date=February 20, 2015 |title=International Cinephile Society (ICS) Awards: Stranger by the Lake is Top Film of 2014 |url=https://awardswatch.com/international-cinephile-society-ics-awards-stranger-by-the-lake-is-top-film-of-2014/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220504091422/https://awardswatch.com/international-cinephile-society-ics-awards-stranger-by-the-lake-is-top-film-of-2014/ |archive-date=May 4, 2022 |access-date=May 1, 2025 |website=AwardsWatch}}

scope="row" | Movieguide Awards

| 2020

| Best Movie for Families

| How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{Cite web |last=Howard |first=Annie |date=February 25, 2020 |title=The Lego Movie 2, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Take Top Prizes at Movieguide Awards |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/movieguide-awards-winners-2020-1269997/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209214711/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/movieguide-awards-winners-2020-1269997/ |archive-date=February 9, 2022 |access-date=May 2, 2025 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}

scope="row" rowspan="2" | National Board of Review Awards

| 2014

| rowspan="2" | Best Animated Film

| How to Train Your Dragon 2

| {{won}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{Cite web |last=Lewis |first=Hilary |date=December 2, 2014 |title=A Most Violent Year Named Best Film by National Board of Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/national-board-review-awards-2014-753330/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220522000328/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/national-board-review-awards-2014-753330/ |archive-date=May 22, 2022 |access-date=May 1, 2025 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}

2019

| How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

| {{won}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{Cite web |last=Lewis |first=Hilary |date=December 3, 2019 |title=The Irishman Named Best Film by National Board of Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/irishman-tops-national-board-review-2019-honorees-full-list-1259206/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506002456/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/irishman-tops-national-board-review-2019-honorees-full-list-1259206/ |archive-date=May 6, 2021 |access-date=May 2, 2025 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}

scope="row" | Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards

| 2015

| Favorite Animated Movie

| rowspan="2" | How to Train Your Dragon 2

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{Cite web |date=March 29, 2015 |title=Full List: Winners, 2015 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards |url=https://www.rappler.com/entertainment/88278-nickelodeon-kids-choice-awards-2015-winners-full-list/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510221835/https://www.rappler.com/entertainment/88278-nickelodeon-kids-choice-awards-2015-winners-full-list/ |archive-date=May 10, 2022 |access-date=May 1, 2025 |website=Rappler}}

scope="row" rowspan="2" | Online Film Critics Society Awards

| 2014

| rowspan="2" | Best Animated Film

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{Cite web |date=December 8, 2014 |title=Boyhood, Grand Budapest lead with online film critics nominations |url=https://uproxx.com/hitfix/boyhood-grand-budapest-lead-with-2014-online-film-critics-nominations/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419002712/https://uproxx.com/hitfix/boyhood-grand-budapest-lead-with-2014-online-film-critics-nominations/ |archive-date=April 19, 2017 |access-date=May 1, 2025 |website=Uproxx}}{{Cite web |last=Lattanzio |first=Ryan |date=December 15, 2014 |title=Grand Budapest Hotel Named Best Picture by Online Film Critics |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2014/12/grand-budapest-hotel-named-best-picture-by-online-film-critics-189711/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021022731/https://www.indiewire.com/2014/12/grand-budapest-hotel-named-best-picture-by-online-film-critics-189711/ |archive-date=October 21, 2020 |access-date=May 1, 2025 |website=IndieWire}}

2020

| How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row" rowspan="2" | People's Choice Awards

| 2015

| rowspan="2" | Favorite Family Movie

| How to Train Your Dragon 2

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{Cite web |date=January 7, 2015 |title=People's Choice Awards 2015: Full Winners List |url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/peoples-choice-awards-winners-list-2015-1201395501/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220430210333/https://variety.com/2015/film/news/peoples-choice-awards-winners-list-2015-1201395501/ |archive-date=April 30, 2022 |access-date=May 1, 2025 |website=Variety}}

2019

| How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{Cite web |last1=Nordyke |first1=Kimberly |last2=Howard |first2=Annie |date=November 10, 2019 |title=People's Choice Awards: Avengers: Endgame Named Best Movie |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2019-peoples-choice-awards-winners-list-full-1250529/item/comedy-movie-2019-peoples-choice-awards-nominations-2019-1236415 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191111054342/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2019-peoples-choice-awards-winners-list-full-1250529/item/movie-2019-peoples-choice-awards-nominations-2019-1236394 |archive-date=November 11, 2019 |access-date=May 2, 2025 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}

scope="row" | Producers Guild of America Awards

| 2015

| Best Animated Motion Picture

| rowspan="2" | How to Train Your Dragon 2

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{Cite web |last=Block |first=Alex Ben |date=January 22, 2015 |title=PGA Awards: Birdman Takes Top Film Award |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/pga-awards-2015-winners-list-765959/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220302041355/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/pga-awards-2015-winners-list-765959/ |archive-date=March 2, 2022 |access-date=May 1, 2025 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}

scope="row" rowspan="2" | San Diego Film Critics Society Awards

| 2014

| rowspan="2" | Best Animated Film

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"|

2019

| rowspan="2" | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row" | San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards

| 2019

| Best Animated Feature

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row" | San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards

| 2014

| Best Animated Feature

| rowspan="2" | How to Train Your Dragon 2

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row" rowspan="2" | Satellite Awards

| 2015

| rowspan="2" | Best Animated or Mixed Media Feature

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{Cite web |last=Pond |first=Steve |date=February 16, 2015 |title=Satellite Awards: Complete Winners List |url=https://www.thewrap.com/satellite-awards-complete-winners-list/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150709152012/https://www.thewrap.com/satellite-awards-complete-winners-list/ |archive-date=July 9, 2015 |access-date=May 1, 2025 |website=TheWrap}}

2019

| How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row" rowspan="2" | Saturn Awards

| 2015

| rowspan="2" | Best Animated Film

| How to Train Your Dragon 2

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{Cite magazine |last=Blake |first=Emily |date=March 4, 2015 |title=2015 Saturn Awards: Captain America: Winter Soldier, Walking Dead lead nominees |url=https://ew.com/article/2015/03/04/saturn-awards-captain-america-walking-dead/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191111174504/https://ew.com/article/2015/03/04/saturn-awards-captain-america-walking-dead/ |archive-date=November 11, 2019 |access-date=May 1, 2025 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}

2019

| rowspan="2" | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{Cite web |last=Anderton |first=Ethan |date=September 14, 2019 |title=2019 Saturn Awards Winners: Avengers: Endgame Dominates with Six Total Awards |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/2019-saturn-awards-winners-avengers-endgame-dominates-with-six-total-awards/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211015953/https://www.slashfilm.com/2019-saturn-awards-winners-avengers-endgame-dominates-with-six-total-awards/ |archive-date=December 11, 2019 |access-date=May 2, 2025 |website=/Film}}

scope="row" | Seattle Film Critics Society Awards

| 2019

| Best Animated Feature

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row" | Seattle International Film Festival Awards

| 2014

| Golden Space Needle Award – Best Film

| rowspan="2" | How to Train Your Dragon 2

| {{runner-up|Second runner-up}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{Cite web |last=Stedman |first=Alex |date=June 8, 2014 |title=Boyhood Wins Best Film at Seattle Film Fest: Full Winners List |url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/seattle-film-festival-winners-boyhood-1201215911/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709004821/https://variety.com/2014/film/news/seattle-film-festival-winners-boyhood-1201215911/ |archive-date=July 9, 2022 |access-date=May 1, 2025 |website=Variety}}

scope="row" rowspan="2" | St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards

| 2014

| rowspan="2" | Best Animated Feature

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{Cite web |date=December 11, 2014 |title=Birdman, Grand Budapest lead St. Louis film critics nominations |url=https://uproxx.com/hitfix/birdman-grand-budapest-lead-st-louis-film-critics-nominations/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418163821/https://uproxx.com/hitfix/birdman-grand-budapest-lead-st-louis-film-critics-nominations/ |archive-date=April 18, 2017 |access-date=May 1, 2025 |website=Uproxx}}{{Cite web |date=December 15, 2014 |title=St. Louis critics award Boyhood, Jake Gyllenhaal, Rosamund Pike |url=https://uproxx.com/hitfix/st-louis-critics-award-boyhood-jake-gyllenhaal-rosamund-pike/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510022040/https://uproxx.com/hitfix/st-louis-critics-award-boyhood-jake-gyllenhaal-rosamund-pike/ |archive-date=May 10, 2021 |access-date=May 1, 2025 |website=Uproxx}}

2019

| How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row" rowspan="2" | Toronto Film Critics Association Awards

| 2014

| rowspan="2" | Best Animated Film

| How to Train Your Dragon 2

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{Cite web |last=Patches |first=Matt |date=December 16, 2014 |title=Guess what? Toronto critics love Boyhood too... |url=https://uproxx.com/hitfix/toronto-film-critics-association-name-boyhood-its-best-film-of-2014/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220405131930/https://uproxx.com/hitfix/toronto-film-critics-association-name-boyhood-its-best-film-of-2014/ |archive-date=April 5, 2022 |access-date=May 1, 2025 |website=Uproxx}}

2019

| How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{Cite web |last=Samhan |first=Jamie |date=December 8, 2019 |title=Marriage Story And Booksmart Among Winners From The Toronto Film Critics Association Awards |url=https://etcanada.com/news/554914/marriage-story-and-booksmart-among-winners-from-the-toronto-film-critics-association-awards/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812121132/https://etcanada.com/news/554914/marriage-story-and-booksmart-among-winners-from-the-toronto-film-critics-association-awards/ |archive-date=August 12, 2020 |access-date=May 2, 2025 |website=Entertainment Tonight Canada}}

scope="rowgroup"| Visual Effects Society Awards

| 2015

| Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature

| How to Train Your Dragon 2

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web |date=January 13, 2015 |title=Visual Effects Society Awards Nominations Announced |url=https://deadline.com/2015/01/ves-awards-nominations-visual-effects-society-movies-2015-full-list-1201348607/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150207230703/http://deadline.com/2015/01/ves-awards-nominations-visual-effects-society-movies-2015-full-list-1201348607/ |archive-date=February 7, 2015 |access-date=May 1, 2025 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}{{Cite web |last1=Pedersen |first1=Erik |last2=Bloom |first2=David |date=February 4, 2015 |title=VES Awards: Apes Wins Top Live-Action Movie Prize; Big Hero 6 Leads All With Five Nods |url=https://deadline.com/2015/02/dawn-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-wins-ves-award-visual-effects-in-a-visual-effects-driven-movie-1201366485/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150207230748/http://deadline.com/2015/02/ves-awards-winners-2015-visual-effects-society-award-winner-list-1201366460/ |archive-date=February 7, 2015 |access-date=May 1, 2025 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}

scope="row" rowspan="2" | Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards

| 2014

| rowspan="2" | Best Animated Feature

| rowspan="2" | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

| {{nom}}

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2019

| {{nom}}

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