A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
クリス・バック
크리스 벅
Birthplace:
Wichita, Kansas, USA
Born:
February 24, 1958
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.
Animation:
1985 The Black Cauldron
1988 Oliver & Company
2010 Not Your Time
Character Designer:
1985 The Black Cauldron
1987 The Brave Little Toaster
1988 Oliver & Company
1989 The Little Mermaid
2010 Not Your Time
Characters:
1985 The Black Cauldron
1987 The Brave Little Toaster
1988 Oliver & Company
1989 The Little Mermaid
2010 Not Your Time
2017 Olaf's Frozen Adventure
Creative Consultant:
1985 The Black Cauldron
1987 The Brave Little Toaster
1988 Oliver & Company
1989 The Little Mermaid
2010 Not Your Time
2017 Olaf's Frozen Adventure
2020 Once Upon a Snowman
Director:
1985 The Black Cauldron
1987 The Brave Little Toaster
1988 Oliver & Company
1989 The Little Mermaid
1999 Tarzan
2007 Surf's Up
2010 Not Your Time
2013 Frozen
2015 Frozen Fever
2017 Olaf's Frozen Adventure
2019 Frozen II
2020 Once Upon a Snowman
2023 Wish
Screenplay:
1985 The Black Cauldron
1987 The Brave Little Toaster
1988 Oliver & Company
1989 The Little Mermaid
1999 Tarzan
2007 Surf's Up
2010 Not Your Time
2013 Frozen
2015 Frozen Fever
2017 Olaf's Frozen Adventure
2019 Frozen II
2020 Once Upon a Snowman
2023 Wish
Story:
1985 The Black Cauldron
1987 The Brave Little Toaster
1988 Oliver & Company
1989 The Little Mermaid
1995 Pocahontas
1999 Tarzan
2007 Surf's Up
2010 Not Your Time
2013 Frozen
2015 Frozen Fever
2017 Olaf's Frozen Adventure
2019 Frozen II
2020 Once Upon a Snowman
2023 Wish
Supervising Animator:
1985 The Black Cauldron
1987 The Brave Little Toaster
1988 Oliver & Company
1989 The Little Mermaid
1995 Pocahontas
1999 Tarzan
2004 Home on the Range
2007 Surf's Up
2010 Not Your Time
2013 Frozen
2015 Frozen Fever
2017 Olaf's Frozen Adventure
2019 Frozen II
2020 Once Upon a Snowman
2023 Wish
Thanks:
1985 The Black Cauldron
1987 The Brave Little Toaster
1988 Oliver & Company
1988 Winter
1989 Palm Springs
1989 The Little Mermaid
1990 Next Door
1995 Pocahontas
1999 Tarzan
2004 Home on the Range
2007 Surf's Up
2010 Not Your Time
2013 Frozen
2015 Frozen Fever
2017 Olaf's Frozen Adventure
2019 Frozen II
2020 Once Upon a Snowman
2023 Once Upon a Studio
2023 Wish
Writer:
1985 The Black Cauldron
1987 The Brave Little Toaster
1988 Oliver & Company
1988 Winter
1989 Palm Springs
1989 The Little Mermaid
1990 Next Door
1995 Pocahontas
1999 Tarzan
2004 Home on the Range
2007 Surf's Up
2010 Not Your Time
2013 Frozen
2015 Frozen Fever
2017 Olaf's Frozen Adventure
2019 Frozen II
2020 Once Upon a Snowman
2023 Once Upon a Studio
2023 Wish
Animation Supervisor:
1985 Amazing Stories
Director:
1985 Amazing Stories
1993 Family Dog
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