Chris Buck

Chris Buck
Background information
Born	Christopher James Buck February 24, 1958 (age 63) Wichita, Kansas, United States
Nationality	American
Occupation	Animator, film director, screenwriter
Years active	1978-present
Spouse	Shelley Hinton
Children	Ryder †, Woody, Reed

Christopher James "Chris" Buck is an American film director and animator who has worked at Walt Disney Animation Studios since 1978. He is most well-known for directing Tarzan (along with Kevin Lima) and Frozen and its sequel (both along with Jennifer Lee). Outside of Disney, he co-directed the 2007 Sony computer-animated feature film, Surf's Up, along with Ash Brannon.

Filmography

Year	Film	Position
1981	The Fox and the Hound	Character Animator
1982	Fun with Mr. Future	Animator
1987	Sport Goofy in Soccermania	Supervising Animator
1987	The Brave Little Toaster	Character Designer
1989	The Little Mermaid	Character Designer
1990	The Rescuers Down Under	Character Designer / Visual Development Artist
1995	Pocahontas	Story / Character Designer / Visual Development Artist / Supervising Animator: Percy, Grandmother Willow and Wiggins
1999	Tarzan	Director
2001	The Legend of Tarzan	Director
2004	Home on the Range	Supervising Animator: Maggie
2004	Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas	Animator
2013	Frozen	Director / Creative Leadership / Art Director
2014	Big Hero 6	Creative Leadership
2015	Frozen Fever	Director / Art Director
2016	Zootopia	Creative Leadership
2019	Frozen II	Director / Creative Leadership / Art Director
2020	Once Upon a Snowman	Creative Consultant

Gallery

Chris Buck with Ash Brannon at the Surf's Up premiere in May 2007.

Chris Buck attending the 2011 D23 Expo.

Chris Buck with an ice sculpture of Olaf.

Buck at the premiere of Disney's Frozen at the El Capitan Theatre in November 2013.

Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, and Peter Del Vecho at the 86th annual Academy Awards in March 2014.

Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee discussing the development of Frozen in September 2014.

Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, and Peter Del Vecho at the premiere of Frozen II in November 2019.

Gallery

Percy

Grandmother Willow

Wiggins

Maggie

Trivia

• The Frozen II character Ryder is named after Chris Buck’s oldest son, who died shortly before the premiere of the original Frozen.

External links

• Chris Buck on Wikipedia
• Chris Buck on IMDb

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1920’s—1970’s Disney's Nine Old Men: Milt Kahl • Frank Thomas • Ollie Johnston • Les Clark • John Lounsbery • Marc Davis • Ward Kimball • Eric Larson • Wolfgang Reitherman Animators: Bill Tytla • Art Babbitt • Lee Blair • Preston Blair • Fred Moore • Shamus Culhane • Cy Young • Don Lusk • Norman Ferguson • Hal King • Jack Hannah • Dick Kinney • Hal Ambro • Ken O'Brien • Judge Whitaker • Bill Justice • Don Bluth • Gary Goldman • Charles A. Nichols • Blaine Gibson • John Ewing • Walt Stanchfield • Fred Hellmich • Amby Paliwoda • Wilfred Jackson • Xavier Atencio • Ben Sharpsteen • Earl Hurd • Dale Oliver • Eric Cleworth • David Hand • Fred Spencer • Julius Svendsen • Ed Benedict • Kenneth Muse • Rudolf Ising Visual Development, Layout, Background Artists and Character Designers: Gustaf Tenggren • Mary Blair • Marjorie Ralston • Lillian Bounds • Joe Grant • Mel Shaw • Claude Coats • Don DaGradi • John Hench • Eyvind Earle • Ken O'Connor • Thor Putnam • Albert Hurter • John Hubley • Herbert Ryman • Don Griffith • Basil Davidovich • Jack Boyd • Peter Ellenshaw Storyboard Artists and Writers: Bill Peet • Ralph Wright • Dick Huemer • Floyd Norman • Yale Gracey • Ted Sears • Erdman Penner • Joe Rinaldi • Winston Hibler • Otto Englander • William Cottrell • Bill Berg • Al Bertino • T. Hee • Homer Brightman • Ted Osbourne • Larry Clemmons • Harry Reeves Directors: Clyde Geronimi • Hamilton Luske • Jack Kinney • Ted Berman • Richard Rich • Nathan Greno • George Scribner • Riley Thomson Producers: Walt Disney • Ron Miller • Ken Anderson • Don Duckwall • Perce Pearce 1980’s—Present Renaissance Directors: Rob Minkoff • Roger Allers • Gary Trousdale • Kirk Wise • Chris Sanders • Mark Dindal • John Musker Story Trust Directors: Ron Clements • Chris Buck • Byron Howard • Don Hall • Chris Williams • Rich Moore • Stephen J. Anderson Producers: Peter Del Vecho • Clark Spencer • Roy Conli • Dorothy McKim • Don Hahn Chief Creative Officer: Jennifer Lee Associated Figures: Bob Iger • Roy Edward Disney • Michael Eisner • John Lasseter • Ed Catmull • Jeffrey Katzenberg • Bob Chapek Signature Voice Actors: Jim Cummings • Alan Tudyk • Katie Lowes • John DiMaggio • Maurice LaMarche • Jodi Benson • David Ogden Stiers • Jesse Corti • Paul Briggs • Raymond S. Persi • Phil Johnston • Frank Welker • Bill Farmer • Brian Cummings Signature Musicians: Sherman Brothers • Robert B. Sherman • Richard Sherman • Alan Menken • Kristen Anderson-Lopez • Robert Lopez • Lin-Manuel Miranda • Howard Ashman • Tim Rice • Phil Collins • Glenn Slater • Stephen Schwartz • Marc Shaiman Supervising Animators: Glen Keane • Andreas Deja • Alex Kupershmidt • Eric Goldberg • Mark Henn • John Pomeroy • Randy Haycock • Dale Baer • T. Daniel Hofstedt • Tony Bancroft • Tom Bancroft • Tony Fucile • Anthony DeRosa • Russ Edmonds • Michael Surrey • Bruce W.Smith • Duncan Marjoribanks • Ruben Aquino • Nik Ranieri • Ron Husband • Rick Farmiloe • Tom Sito • Tony Anselmo • Randy Cartwright Visual Development & Storyboard Artists: Dean DeBlois • Lisa Keene • Claire Keane • Brittney Lee • Jin Kim • Shiyoon Kim • Cory Loftis