Chris Buck

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.

Frozen (2013)

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Young princess Anna of Arendelle dreams about finding true love at her sister Elsa’s coronation. Fate takes her on a dangerous journey in an attempt to end the eternal winter that has fallen over the kingdom. She's accompanied by ice delivery man Kristoff, his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chris Buck  •  Jennifer Lee
CAST:  Kristen Bell  •  Idina Menzel  •  Jonathan Groff  •  Josh Gad

Young princess Anna of Arendelle dreams about finding true love at her sister Elsa’s coronation. Fate takes her on a dangerous journey in an attempt to end the eternal winter that has fallen over the kingdom. She's accompanied by ice delivery man Kristoff, his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chris Buck  •  Jennifer Lee
CAST:  Kristen Bell  •  Idina Menzel  •  Jonathan Groff  •  Josh Gad

Tarzan (1999)

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Tarzan was a small orphan who was raised by an ape named Kala since he was a child. He believed that this was his family, but on an expedition Jane Porter is rescued by Tarzan. He then finds out that he's human. Now Tarzan must make the decision as to which family ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chris Buck  •  Kevin Lima
CAST:  Tony Goldwyn  •  Glenn Close  •  Minnie Driver  •  Brian Blessed

Tarzan was a small orphan who was raised by an ape named Kala since he was a child. He believed that this was his family, but on an expedition Jane Porter is rescued by Tarzan. He then finds out that he's human. Now Tarzan must make the decision as to which family ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chris Buck  •  Kevin Lima
CAST:  Tony Goldwyn  •  Glenn Close  •  Minnie Driver  •  Brian Blessed

Surf's Up (2007)

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A young surfer enters his first contest, hoping a win will earn him respect. But an encounter with a laid-back local forces him to rethink his values.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chris Buck  •  Ash Brannon
CAST:  Shia LaBeouf  •  Jeff Bridges  •  Zooey Deschanel  •  Jon Heder

A young surfer enters his first contest, hoping a win will earn him respect. But an encounter with a laid-back local forces him to rethink his values.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chris Buck  •  Ash Brannon
CAST:  Shia LaBeouf  •  Jeff Bridges  •  Zooey Deschanel  •  Jon Heder

Not Your Time (2010)

A failed screenwriter's suicide threat turns out to be his best sales pitch.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jay Kamen
CAST:  Jason Alexander  •  Valarie Pettiford  •  Kathy Najimy  •  Sally Kirkland

A failed screenwriter's suicide threat turns out to be his best sales pitch.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jay Kamen
CAST:  Jason Alexander  •  Valarie Pettiford  •  Kathy Najimy  •  Sally Kirkland

The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic (2014)

A behind-the-scene look at the origins and evolution of the Academy Award-winning film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rudy Bednar
CAST:  Kristen Anderson-Lopez  •  Kristen Bell  •  Jennifer Lee  •  Walt Disney

A behind-the-scene look at the origins and evolution of the Academy Award-winning film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rudy Bednar
CAST:  Kristen Anderson-Lopez  •  Kristen Bell  •  Jennifer Lee  •  Walt Disney

Frozen Fever (2015)

On Anna's birthday, Elsa and Kristoff are determined to give her the best celebration ever, but Elsa's icy powers may put more than just the party at risk.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chris Buck  •  Jennifer Lee
CAST:  Kristen Bell  •  Idina Menzel  •  Jonathan Groff  •  Santino Fontana

On Anna's birthday, Elsa and Kristoff are determined to give her the best celebration ever, but Elsa's icy powers may put more than just the party at risk.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chris Buck  •  Jennifer Lee
CAST:  Kristen Bell  •  Idina Menzel  •  Jonathan Groff  •  Santino Fontana

Behind the Magic: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (2015)

The story of the rocky road that Walt Disney took to get his interpretation of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (1937) to the silver screen.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeremiah Crowell
CAST:  Eric Goldberg  •  Ginnifer Goodwin  •  Richard M. Sherman  •  John Lasseter

The story of the rocky road that Walt Disney took to get his interpretation of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (1937) to the silver screen.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeremiah Crowell
CAST:  Eric Goldberg  •  Ginnifer Goodwin  •  Richard M. Sherman  •  John Lasseter

Frozen II (2019)

Elsa, Anna, Kristoff and Olaf head far into the forest to learn the truth about an ancient mystery of their kingdom.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chris Buck  •  Jennifer Lee
CAST:  Kristen Bell  •  Idina Menzel  •  Jonathan Groff  •  Josh Gad

Elsa, Anna, Kristoff and Olaf head far into the forest to learn the truth about an ancient mystery of their kingdom.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chris Buck  •  Jennifer Lee
CAST:  Kristen Bell  •  Idina Menzel  •  Jonathan Groff  •  Josh Gad

A Woman's Point of View During Sex (1993)

A black comedy about a couple living together caught from the woman's point of view. An absolute must for men who want to learn something about sex life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ingrid Rudefors
CAST:  Chris Buck  •  Sarah Cawley  •  Tami Reiker  •  Sarah Vogel

A black comedy about a couple living together caught from the woman's point of view. An absolute must for men who want to learn something about sex life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ingrid Rudefors
CAST:  Chris Buck  •  Sarah Cawley  •  Tami Reiker  •  Sarah Vogel

Doctor of Doom (1979)

A doctor goes to a dinner party where he's made fun of and soon afterwards returns home and sends a monster to attack the people.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tim Burton  •  Jerry Rees
CAST:  Harry Sabin  •  Randy Cartwright  •  Cynthia Prince  •  Tim Burton

A doctor goes to a dinner party where he's made fun of and soon afterwards returns home and sends a monster to attack the people.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tim Burton  •  Jerry Rees
CAST:  Harry Sabin  •  Randy Cartwright  •  Cynthia Prince  •  Tim Burton

Wish (2023)

Asha, a sharp-witted idealist, makes a wish so powerful that it is answered by a cosmic force – a little ball of boundless energy called Star. Together, Asha and Star confront a most formidable foe - the ruler of Rosas, King Magnifico - to save her community and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chris Buck  •  Fawn Veerasunthorn
CAST:  Alan Tudyk  •  Ariana DeBose  •  Chris Pine  •  Angelique Cabral

Asha, a sharp-witted idealist, makes a wish so powerful that it is answered by a cosmic force – a little ball of boundless energy called Star. Together, Asha and Star confront a most formidable foe - the ruler of Rosas, King Magnifico - to save her community and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chris Buck  •  Fawn Veerasunthorn
CAST:  Alan Tudyk  •  Ariana DeBose  •  Chris Pine  •  Angelique Cabral