Chris Buck

Chris Buck
Buck in 2015
Born	Christopher James Buck (1958-02-24) February 24, 1958 (age 66) Wichita, Kansas, U.S.
Alma mater	California Institute of the Arts
Occupations	Director animator screenwriter
Years active	1978–present
Employers	Walt Disney Animation Studios (1978–2004; 2008–present) Sony Pictures Animation (2004–2008)
Notable work	Tarzan Surf's Up Frozen Frozen Fever Frozen II Wish
Spouse	Shelley Rae Hinton ​ (m. 1989)​
Children	3
Awards	Academy Award Annie Award BAFTA Award

Christopher James Buck (born February 24, 1958) is an American film director, animator, and screenwriter known for co-directing Tarzan (1999), Surf's Up (2007) (which was nominated for the 2007 Oscar for Best Animated Feature), Frozen (2013), which won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature in 2014, Frozen II (2019), and Wish (2023). He also worked as a supervising animator and story artist on Pocahontas (1995) and Home on the Range (2004).

He has won for one Academy Award, Annie Award and BAFTA Award, and has been nominated for two Academy, two BAFTA and five Annie Awards.^[1]