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Chris Buck | Animation Department, Director, Additional Crew

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Chris Buck

Prop Culture (Dutch Trailer 1 Subtitled)

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Prop Culture (2020)

Chris Buck is an animation film director from Wichita, Kansas. He directed the Disney animated films Tarzan, Frozen, Frozen Fever and Frozen II and Sony Pictures Animation's Surf's Up. He was a supervising animator for Percy, Grandmother Willow and Wiggins for Pocahontas. He won Best Animated Feature for Frozen. He had three children with Shelley Rae Hinton.

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Known for

Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Josh Gad, Jonathan Groff, and Santino Fontana in Frozen 'Let It Go' in 25 Languages - Behind the Mic (2014)

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  • 2013

Mario Cantone, Zooey Deschanel, Shia LaBeouf, and Jon Heder in Surf's Up: Een Oceanimatiefilm (2007)

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  • 2007

Frozen II (2019)

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  • 2019

Alan Tudyk, Chris Pine, and Ariana DeBose in Wish (2023)

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  • 2023

Animation Department

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  • The Garfield Movie (2024)

    • 2024

  • Steve (2010)

    • 2010

  • Wayne Allwine, Tony Anselmo, Bill Farmer, Tress MacNeille, and Russi Taylor in Mickey's Mooiste Kerst (2004)

    • 2004

  • Jennifer Tilly, Cuba Gooding Jr., Judi Dench, Roseanne Barr, G.W. Bailey, Joe Flaherty, Charles Haid, Estelle Harris, Ross Simanteris, Bobby Block, and Keaton Savage in Home on the Range (2004)

    • 2004

  • House of Mouse (2001)

    • 2001

  • The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars (1998)

    • 1998

  • James Woods, Danny DeVito, Matt Frewer, Bobcat Goldthwait, Amanda Plummer, Rip Torn, Samantha Eggar, Tate Donovan, Josh Keaton, Roger Bart, Jim Cummings, Paddi Edwards, Susan Egan, Cheryl Freeman, LaChanze, Roz Ryan, Paul Shaffer, Carole Shelley, Vanéese Y. Thomas, and Lillias White in Hercules (1997)

    • 1997

  • Eric Lloyd, Alfre Woodard, Roger Kabler, Deanna Oliver, Thurl Ravenscroft, and Timothy Stack in The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue (1997)

    • 1997

  • Quack Pack (1996)

    • 1996

  • Irene Bedard, John Kassir, Judy Kuhn, and Frank Welker in Pocahontas (1995)

    Pocahontas

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    • character design
    • supervising animator: "Percy", "Grandmother Willow" & "Wiggins"
    • 1995

  • Matthew Broderick in The Lion King (1994)

    • 1994

  • Robin Williams, Jonathan Freeman, Gilbert Gottfried, Linda Larkin, Douglas Seale, Scott Weinger, and Frank Welker in Aladdin (1992)

    • 1992

  • Tone Loc, Jonell Green, Marques Houston, and Faizon Love in Bebe's Kids (1992)

    • 1992

  • Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures (1990)

    • 1990

  • Eva Gabor, Bob Newhart, Tristan Rogers, Adam Ryen, and Frank Welker in The Prince and the Pauper (1990)

    • 1990

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Ariana DeBose and Chris Pine Reveal Hidden Disney Gems in 'Wish'

'Frozen II' Cast Discuss Anna and Elsa's Evolution

  • Trivia

    His eldest son, Ryder, died at the age of 23 on October 27, 2013, in a car collision, when he was hit by two cars after his car broke down on the Glendale Freeway. Ryder was a singer and songwriter performing in his band Ryder Buck and the Breakers, and was recovering from a year-long battle with a Stage 4 testicular cancer. On March 2, 2014, upon accepting the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for co-directing Frozen at the 86th Academy Awards, Buck dedicated the award to Ryder.

  • Quotes

    Everyone's asking if there will be a 'Frozen 2', but at the Studio there's actually been no talk about it!

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