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Christopher James "Chris" Buck is an American film director and animator who has worked for 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 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
1988	Oliver & Company	Character Animator
1988	Who Framed Roger Rabbit	Animator
1989	The Little Mermaid	Character Designer
1990	The Rescuers Down Under	Character Designer/Visual Development Artist
1995	Pocahontas	Character Designer/Visual Development Artist/Supervising Animator: Percy/Grandmother Willow/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

Gallery

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1920s—1970s

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 • Rolly Crump • Fred Hellmich • Amby Paliwoda • Wilfred Jackson • Xavier Atencio • Ben Sharpsteen • Earl Hurd • Dale Oliver • Eric Cleworth • David Hand • Fred Spencer • Julius Svendsen • Jack Bradbury • Kenneth Muse • Rudolf Ising • Hugh Harman • Friz Freleng • Walt Kelly • Leo Salkin • John Dehner • Retta Scott • David Swift • Mel Shaw • Jack Cutting • Grant Simmons • Art Stevens • Frank Tashlin • Wathel Rogers • Tyrus Wong • Johnny Cannon • Bernard Wolf
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 • Ruthie Tompson • Earl Duvall • Retta Davidson • Ub Iwerks • Vance Gerry • Hazel Sewell • James Bodrero • Lance Nolley • Grace Bailey • Maurice Noble • Dale Barnhart • Andy Engman • Eustace Lycett • John Emerson • Joe Hale • Leota Toombs
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 • Jesse Marsh • Chuck Couch • Webb Smith • Dick Sebast
Directors: Clyde Geronimi • Hamilton Luske • Jack Kinney • Ted Berman • Richard Rich • George Scribner • Riley Thomson • Dick Lundy • Jack King • Burt Gillett • James Algar • Bill Roberts • Larry Lansburgh • Richard Irvine
Producers: Walt Disney • Ron Miller • Ken Anderson • Don Duckwall • Perce Pearce • Margaret J. Winkler

1980s—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 • Nathan Greno • Fawn Veerasunthorn
Producers: Peter Del Vecho • Clark Spencer • Roy Conli • Dorothy McKim • Don Hahn • Shane Morris
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: Robert B. Sherman • Richard M. Sherman • Alan Menken • Kristen Anderson-Lopez • Robert Lopez • Lin-Manuel Miranda • Howard Ashman • Tim Rice • Phil Collins • Stephen Schwartz • Marc Shaiman • Danny Troob
Supervising Animators: Glen Keane • Andreas Deja • Eric Goldberg • Mark Henn • John Pomeroy • Randy Haycock • Dale Baer • Tony Bancroft • Tom Bancroft • Tony Fucile • Anthony DeRosa • Russ Edmonds • Randy Haycock • Bruce W. Smith • Duncan Marjoribanks • Ruben Aquino • Nik Ranieri • Ron Husband • Rick Farmiloe • Tom Sito • Tony Anselmo • Will Finn • Kathy Zielinski
Visual Development & Storyboard Artists: Dean DeBlois • Claire Keane • Brittney Lee • Jin Kim • Shiyoon Kim • Ryan Green

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-cn.png|Chris Buck with Ash Brannon at ''Surf's Up'' premiere.
+cn.png|Chris Buck with [[Ash Brannon]] at ''Surf's Up'' premiere in May 2007.
+Chris Buck D23.jpg|Chris Buck attending the 2011 D23 Expo.
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+ChrisBuckshuggingOlafIceSculpture.jpg|Chris Buck with an ice sculpture of [[Olaf]].
-Chris_Buck,_Frozen_premiere,_2013.jpg|Buck at the premier of Disney's ''Frozen'' at the El Capitan Theatre.
+Chris_Buck,_Frozen_premiere,_2013.jpg|Buck at the premier of Disney's ''Frozen'' at the [[El Capitan Theatre]] in November 2013.
-ksl.png|Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, and Peter Del Vecho at Oscars.
-dcs.png|Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee at event of 71st Golden Globe Awards
+ksl.png|Chris Buck, [[Jennifer Lee]], and [[Peter Del Vecho]] at the 86th annual Academy Awards in March 2014.
-455029929.jpg|Chris Buck with Josh Gad, Jennifer Lee, and Peter Del Vecho.
+Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck.jpg|Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee discussing the development of ''Frozen'' in September 2014.
+Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee & Peter Del Vecho Frozen 2 premiere.jpg|Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee and Peter Del Vecho at premiere of ''Frozen II'' in November 2019.
-Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck.jpg
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