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Chris Buck
Director, Writer, Actor, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn February 24, 1958 (67 years)
Chris Buck is a film director known for directing Tarzan and Surf's Up. He also worked as supervising animator on Home on the Range and Chicken Little.
Buck's other credits at Disney include the 1995 animated feature Pocahontas, where he oversaw the animation of three central characters: Percy, Grandmother Willow and Wiggins. Buck also helped design characters for the 1989 animated blockbuster The Little Mermaid, performed experimental animation for The Rescuers Down Under and Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, and was an animator on The Fox and the Hound.
Buck helped develop several films at Hyperion Pictures and served as a directing animator on the feature Bebe's Kids. He storyboarded director Tim Burton's live-action featurette Frankenweenie and worked with Burton again as directing animator on the Brad Bird-directed "Family Dog" episode of Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories and as director of the subsequent primetime animated series.
Buck's credits include a number of animated commercials (including some with the Keebler Elves) for such Los Angeles-based production entities as FilmFair, Kurtz & Friends, and Duck Soup.
A native of Wichita, Kansas, Buck studied character animation for two years at CalArts, where he also taught from 1988–1993.
Buck's other credits at Disney include the 1995 animated feature Pocahontas, where he oversaw the animation of three central characters: Percy, Grandmother Willow and Wiggins. Buck also helped design characters for the 1989 animated blockbuster The Little Mermaid, performed experimental animation for The Rescuers Down Under and Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, and was an animator on The Fox and the Hound.
Buck helped develop several films at Hyperion Pictures and served as a directing animator on the feature Bebe's Kids. He storyboarded director Tim Burton's live-action featurette Frankenweenie and worked with Burton again as directing animator on the Brad Bird-directed "Family Dog" episode of Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories and as director of the subsequent primetime animated series.
Buck's credits include a number of animated commercials (including some with the Keebler Elves) for such Los Angeles-based production entities as FilmFair, Kurtz & Friends, and Duck Soup.
A native of Wichita, Kansas, Buck studied character animation for two years at CalArts, where he also taught from 1988–1993.
Chris Buck Filmography
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| 1993 | Family Dog (TV Series) |
| 2015 | |
| 2007 | Surf's Up · as Screenplay |
| 2007 | Surf's Up · as Filmmaker (voice) |
| 1979 | Doctor of Doom · as Pepe |
| 2020 | Into the Unknown: Making Frozen II (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2020 | Prop Culture (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | |
| 2014 | |
| 2014 | The Oscars · as Self - Winner |
| 2014 | 2014 EE British Academy Film Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2014 | 19th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards · as Self - Accepting Award |
| 2014 | 71st Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Accepting Award |
| 2011 | One Plus One (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2010 | Not Your Time · as Himself |
| 2008 | The 80th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2006 | Made in Hollywood: Teen Edition (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | Made In Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2000 | The 72nd Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 1997 | Ylen aamu (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1991 | Movie Days (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee |
| 1987 | Biography (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2022 | Free Money · as Executive Producer |
| 2025 | Frozen: The Hit Broadway Musical · as Based On The Disney Film Directed By |
| 2023 | Wish · as Story |
| 2019 | Frozen II · as Story |
| 2017 | Olaf's Frozen Adventure · as Characters |
| 2016 | Surf's Up 2: WaveMania · as Based On Characters Created By |
| 2013 | Frozen · as Story |
| 2010 | Not Your Time · as Animation |
| 1995 | Pocahontas · as Story |
| 1989 | The Little Mermaid · as Character Designer |
| 1988 | Oliver & Company · as Animation |
| 1987 | The Brave Little Toaster · as Character Designer |
| 1985 | Amazing Stories (1985) (TV Series) · as Animation Supervisor |
| 1985 | The Black Cauldron · as Animation |