Chris Buck

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.

  • Title: Chris Buck
  • Popularity: 5.694
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1958-02-24
  • Place of Birth: Wichita, Kansas, USA
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  • Also Known As: 크리스 벅, クリス・バック
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Chris Buck Movies

  • 2007
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    Surf's Up

    Surf's Up

    6.4 2007 HD

    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.

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  • 1979
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    Doctor of Doom

    Doctor of Doom

    5.167 1979 HD

    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.

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  • 2014
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    The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic

    The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic

    7.8 2014 HD

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

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  • 2010
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    Not Your Time

    Not Your Time

    1 2010 HD

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

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  • 1993
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    A Woman's Point of View During Sex

    A Woman's Point of View During Sex

    1 1993 HD

    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...

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  • 2015
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    Behind the Magic: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

    Behind the Magic: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

    6.3 2015 HD

    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.

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  • 2007
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    Surf's Up

    Surf's Up

    6.4 2007 HD

    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.

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  • 1999
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    Tarzan

    Tarzan

    7.404 1999 HD

    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...

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  • 2013
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    Frozen

    Frozen

    7.246 2013 HD

    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...

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  • 2013
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    Frozen

    Frozen

    7.246 2013 HD

    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...

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  • 2023
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    Once Upon a Studio

    Once Upon a Studio

    8.3 2023 HD

    Created for Disney's 100th anniversary, the short features Mickey Mouse corralling a gallery of legendary Disney characters for a group photo.

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  • 2015
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    Frozen Fever

    Frozen Fever

    6.8 2015 HD

    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...

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  • 2023
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    Wish

    Wish

    6.4 2023 HD

    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....

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  • 1995
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    Pocahontas

    Pocahontas

    6.925 1995 HD

    Pocahontas, daughter of a Native American tribe chief, falls in love with an English soldier as colonists invade 17th century Virginia.

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  • 2004
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    Home on the Range

    Home on the Range

    6.06 2004 HD

    When a greedy outlaw schemes to take possession of the "Patch Of Heaven" dairy farm, three determined cows, a karate-kicking stallion and a colorful...

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  • 1988
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    Oliver & Company

    Oliver & Company

    6.7 1988 HD

    This animated take on Oliver Twist re-imagines Oliver as an adorable orphaned kitten who struggles to survive in New York City and falls in with a...

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  • 1985
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    The Black Cauldron

    The Black Cauldron

    6.4 1985 HD

    Taran is an assistant pigkeeper with boyish dreams of becoming a great warrior. However, he has to put the daydreaming aside when his charge, an...

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  • 1995
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    Pocahontas

    Pocahontas

    6.925 1995 HD

    Pocahontas, daughter of a Native American tribe chief, falls in love with an English soldier as colonists invade 17th century Virginia.

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  • 2010
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    Not Your Time

    Not Your Time

    1 2010 HD

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

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  • 2023
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    Wish

    Wish

    6.4 2023 HD

    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....

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  • 2007
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    Surf's Up

    Surf's Up

    6.4 2007 HD

    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.

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  • 2017
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    Olaf's Frozen Adventure

    Olaf's Frozen Adventure

    6.5 2017 HD

    Olaf is on a mission to harness the best holiday traditions for Anna, Elsa, and Kristoff.

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  • 1989
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    The Little Mermaid

    The Little Mermaid

    7.4 1989 HD

    This colorful adventure tells the story of an impetuous mermaid princess named Ariel who falls in love with the very human Prince Eric and puts...

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  • 1990
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    Next Door

    Next Door

    6.268 1990 HD

    An old square-headed man tries to watch TV while a little girl makes a playful ruckus outside. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2006.

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  • 1988
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    Winter

    Winter

    6.1 1988 HD

    This delightful story is simply about a boy wanting to go outside and play in the snow. After getting all bundled up by his mother, the boy has found...

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  • 1989
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    Palm Springs

    Palm Springs

    5.87 1989 HD

    This short is about a purple dinosaur named Sigmund, who likes to bounce on top of trees. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2011.

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  • 1987
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    The Brave Little Toaster

    The Brave Little Toaster

    6.9 1987 HD

    A group of dated appliances, finding themselves stranded in a summer home that their family had just sold, decide to seek out their eight year old...

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  • 2019
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    Frozen II

    Frozen II

    7.26 2019 HD

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

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  • 2019
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    Frozen II

    Frozen II

    7.26 2019 HD

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

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  • 2015
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    Frozen Fever

    Frozen Fever

    6.8 2015 HD

    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...

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  • 2020
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    Once Upon a Snowman

    Once Upon a Snowman

    6.9 2020 HD

    The previously untold origins of Olaf, the innocent and insightful, summer-loving snowman are revealed as we follow Olaf’s first steps as he...

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  • 2020
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    Into the Unknown: Making Frozen II

    Into the Unknown: Making Frozen II

    6.9 2020 HD

    The team behind Frozen II open their doors to cameras for a six-part documentary series to reveal the hard work, heart, and collaboration it takes to...

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  • 1970
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    Into the Unknown: Making Frozen II

    Into the Unknown: Making Frozen II

    5.6 1970 HD

    Family Dog is an American animated television series that aired in the summer of 1993 on CBS. Created by Brad Bird, the series was about an average...

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  • 1970
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    Into the Unknown: Making Frozen II

    Into the Unknown: Making Frozen II

    7.5 1970 HD

    A truly amazing, fantastical, science fiction, funny and odd, and sometimes scary, sad and endearing anthology series presented by Steven Spielberg...

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