Chris Buck

Chris Buck maybe some one he worked with maybe anger not ttrueth
Born	October 25, 1960 (1960-10-25) (age 63) Wichita, Kansas
Nationality	American
Occupation(s)	Animator, Film director, Screenwriter, Voice actor
Years active	1981 - Present

Chris Buck (born October 25, 1960) is an American film director known for directing Tarzan and Surf's Up. He also worked as supervising animator on Home on the Range.

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.

Late 2009, Buck was put in charge of Disney's long-in-development film adaptation of The Snow Queen. After being put on hold during 2010, the film was officially announced in December 2011 under the title Frozen with a schedule to be released on November 27, 2013.

Selected filmography

Director:

• Frozen (2013) (co-director with Jennifer Lee)
• Surf's Up (2007) (co-director with Ash Brannon)
• The Legend of Tarzan (2001 to 2003) (TV)
• Tarzan (1999) (co-director with Kevin Lima)
• Family Dog - Snow Dog (1993) (TV)

Animation Department:

• "The Small One" (1978) (uncredited animator)
• The Fox and the Hound (1981) (character animator)
• The Brave Little Toaster (1987) (character designer)
• Oliver & Company (1988) (animation director)
• The Little Mermaid (1989) (character designer)
• The Rescuers Down Under (1990) (character animator)
• Box-Office Bunny (1990) (key animator)
• Bébé's Kids (1992) (animator)
• Pocahontas (1995) (character designer, supervising animator: "Percy", "Grandmother Willow" and "Wiggins")
• Home on the Range (2004) (supervising animator: "Maggie")
• Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas (2004) (animation consultant)
• Not Your Time (2010) (animator)

External links

• Chris Buck at IMDb