Chris Buck

Chris Buck
Buck in 2015
Born
Christopher James Buck

(1958-02-24) February 24, 1958 (age 66)
Alma materCalifornia Institute of the Arts
Occupations
  • Director
  • animator
  • screenwriter
Years active1978–present
Employers
Notable workTarzan
Surf's Up
Frozen
Frozen Fever
Frozen II
Wish
Spouse
Shelley Rae Hinton
(m. 1989)
Children3
AwardsAcademy 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]

  1. ^ "Chris Buck". IMDb. Retrieved February 24, 2020.