Chris Buck

Christopher James "Chris" Buck is an American animator film director, who has worked for Walt Disney Animation Studios since 1978. He is most well-known for co-directing Tarzan (along with Kevin Lima), Frozen and its sequel (both along with Jennifer Lee), and Wish (along with Fawn Veerasunthorn). 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
2023	Once Upon a Studio 	Special Thanks
2023	Wish 	Director/Creative Leadership/Art Director
==Gallery==
Chris Buck & Kevin Lima with Tarzan sculpture.jpg|Chris Buck and Kevin Lima standing next to Tarzan sculpture.
Cn.png|Chris Buck with Ash Brannon at the Surf's Up premiere in May 2007.
Chris Buck D23.jpg|Chris Buck attending the 2011 D23 Expo.
ChrisBuckshuggingOlafIceSculpture.jpg|Chris Buck with an ice sculpture of Olaf.
Chris Buck, Frozen premiere, 2013.jpg|Buck at the premiere of Disney's Frozen at the El Capitan Theatre in November 2013.
Ksl.png|Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, and Peter Del Vecho at the 86th annual Academy Awards in March 2014.
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 the premiere of Frozen II in November 2019.
==Gallery==
Percy (Pocahontas).jpg|Percy
Pocahontas-disneyscreencaps.com-1801.jpg|Grandmother Willow
Wiggins.jpg|Wiggins
Profile - Maggie.jpg|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 in 2013.
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