Chris Buck

Chris Buck Movies and TV Shows

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. It was announced in 2010 that Buck would direct the 2013 animated feature The Snow Queen, but it's unknown if he'll direct it.

Personal info

  • Gender: Male
  • Date of birth: 1958-02-24 (66 years old)
  • Place of birth: Wichita, Kansas
Year
Genre
IMDB
TMDB
Available on the following streaming services in Canada
Wish
IMDB 5.6
TMDB 64%
role:
Director
2023

Adventure

Animation

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.6
64%
2023

Animation

Comedy

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

8.3
85%
Once Upon a Snowman
IMDB 6.8
TMDB 69%
role:
Creative Consultant
2020

Animation

Comedy

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.8
69%
2020

Documentary

8.5
69%
Frozen II
IMDB 6.8
TMDB 73%
role:
Director & 1 more
2019

Adventure

Animation

Comedy

Family

Music

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.8
73%
2017

Adventure

Animation

Comedy

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.7
64%
Frozen Fever
IMDB 6.8
TMDB 68%
role:
Writer & 1 more
2015

Adventure

Animation

Comedy

Family

Music

6.8
68%
Frozen
IMDB 7.4
TMDB 72%
role:
Story & 1 more
2013

Adventure

Animation

Family

7.4
72%
Surf's Up
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 63%
role:
Director & 2 more
2007

Animation

Comedy

Family

6.7
63%
Home on the Range
IMDB 5.4
TMDB 60%
role:
Supervising Animator
2004

Animation

Family

5.4
60%
Tarzan
IMDB 7.3
TMDB 74%
role:
Director
1999

Adventure

Animation

Drama

Family

7.3
74%
Pocahontas
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 69%
role:
Story & 1 more
1995

Adventure

Animation

Family

Romance

6.7
69%
The Little Mermaid
IMDB 7.6
TMDB 74%
role:
Character Designer
1989

Animation

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.6
74%
Oliver & Company
IMDB 6.6
TMDB 67%
role:
Animation
1988

Animation

Comedy

Family

6.6
67%
The Brave Little Toaster
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 69%
role:
Character Designer
Not available
1987

Adventure

Animation

Comedy

Family

Music

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.2
69%
Not available
The Black Cauldron
IMDB 6.3
TMDB 65%
role:
Animation
1985

Adventure

Animation

Family

6.3
65%
Doctor of Doom
IMDB 4.8
TMDB 55%
role:
Pepe
Not available
1979

Comedy

Horror

4.8
55%
Not available

FAQs

Some movies or TV shows available in Canada starring or involving Chris Buck are, for example, Wish, Once Upon a Studio and Once Upon a Snowman.
The streaming services with the largest selection are Disney+, Prime Video and Hotstar.
The best StreamFat ratings are Once Upon a Studio (8.4), The Little Mermaid (7.5) and Tarzan (7.4).