PH Awards: THE WILD ROBOT

This event is sponsored by Universal Pictures/DreamWorks Animation. All tickets are free of charge.

Veteran animator Chris Sanders returned to the medium in which he made his name for the first time in a decade with THE WILD ROBOT. A visionary achievement about chosen family, motherhood, and the essential bonds shared by all living creatures, Sanders has once again created a work full of child-like wonder, profound empathy, and a typically resplendent visual style. Beautifully paced by editor Mary Blee and featuring an all-timer of a voice performance from Lupita Nyong’o, THE WILD ROBOT is a new film that already feels like a classic.

Chris Sanders is a filmmaker best known for co-writing/co-directing the acclaimed animated features THE WILD ROBOT, THE CROODS (Oscar nom.), HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON (Oscar nom.), and LILO & STITCH (Oscar nom.), in addition to directing his first live-action film in 2020, THE CALL OF THE WILD. He also co-wrote the screenplay for MULAN (1998) and was a storywriter on ALADDIN and BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.

Mary Blee is an editor best known for cutting THE WILD ROBOT and THE BOSS BABY: FAMILY BUSINESS. She also was assistant editor on ATLANTIS: THE LOST EMPIRE, TREASURE PLANET, and SHARK TALE, among others, and associate editor on HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON and HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD, among others.