---
name: "Chris Buck"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/chris-buck"
fi1m_id: "chris-buck"
imdb_id: "nm0118333"
tmdb_id: 15774
wikidata_id: "Q156596"
roles: ["Director","Writer"]
born: "24 February 1958"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 66
average_as: "director"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-05T01:32:48.846461+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Chris Buck

## Identity

Chris Buck

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/chris-buck
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** chris-buck
- **IMDb ID:** nm0118333
- **TMDB ID:** 15774
- **Wikidata ID:** Q156596
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Buck, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q156596, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0118333/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15774

Director and writer. Born 24 February 1958 in Wichita, Kansas, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Writer
- **Born:** 24 February 1958, Wichita, Kansas, USA
- **Active:** 1987–present
- **Also known as:** 크리스 벅, クリス・バック
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 7: 4 directing, 1 writing, 2 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Jennifer Lee](https://film.one/person/jennifer-lee.md), [Peter Del Vecho](https://film.one/person/peter-del-vecho.md), [Idina Menzel](https://film.one/person/idina-menzel.md), [Jonathan Groff](https://film.one/person/jonathan-groff.md), [Josh Gad](https://film.one/person/josh-gad.md), [Kristen Bell](https://film.one/person/kristen-bell.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 1 nominated)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 66, as director, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 69 (2), 1990s 66 (2), 2010s 70 (2), 2020s 49 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 66 to 64 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Adventure 4, Animation 4, Family 4, Fantasy 3, Comedy 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $3,431m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Buck, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q156596, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0118333/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15774

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Tarzan*](https://film.one/film/tarzan.md) (77), [*Frozen*](https://film.one/film/frozen.md) (75), [*Frozen II*](https://film.one/film/frozen-ii.md) (65), [*Wish*](https://film.one/film/wish.md) (49)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Chris Buck is an American film director, animator and screenwriter. He joined Walt Disney Animation Studios in 1978 as an animator and later directed *Tarzan* (1999). He co-directed *Surf's Up* (2007) at Sony Pictures Animation before returning to Disney.

Buck co-directed the Academy Award-winning *Frozen* (2013) and its sequel *Frozen II* (2019), both with Jennifer Lee. He directed *Wish* (2023) with Fawn Veerasunthorn, on which he is also credited with the story. Earlier credits include supervising animator and character work on *Pocahontas* (1995) and other Disney features. He studied character animation at CalArts.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, thewaltdisneycompany.com.*

## On Fi1m (7)

### Directed (4) — the average rests on these

- *Wish* (2023), Fi1m 49, Story, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/wish.md)
- *Frozen II* (2019), Fi1m 65, Director, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/frozen-ii.md)
- *Frozen* (2013), Fi1m 75, Director, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/frozen.md)
- *Tarzan* (1999), Fi1m 77, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/tarzan.md)

### Wrote (1)

- *Pocahontas* (1995), Fi1m 54, Story, Supervising Animator — [page](https://film.one/film/pocahontas.md)

### Crew (2)

- *Oliver & Company* (1988), Fi1m 61, Animation — [page](https://film.one/film/oliver-and-company.md)
- *The Brave Little Toaster* (1987), Fi1m 77, Character Designer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-brave-little-toaster.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Citizen Nation* (2024), series, Executive Producer
- *Wish* (2023), Story, Director — Fi1m 49, [page](https://film.one/film/wish.md)
- *Once Upon a Studio* (2023), Thanks
- *Once Upon a Snowman* (2020), Creative Consultant
- *Frozen II* (2019), Story, Director — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/frozen-ii.md)
- *Olaf's Frozen Adventure* (2017), Characters
- *Surf's Up 2: WaveMania* (2017), Characters
- *Frozen Fever* (2015), Director, Writer
- *Frozen* (2013), Director, Story — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/frozen.md)
- *Not Your Time* (2010), Animation
- *Surf's Up* (2007), as Filmmaker (voice) · Screenplay, Director
- *Home on the Range* (2004), Supervising Animator
- *Tarzan* (1999), Director — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/tarzan.md)
- *Pocahontas* (1995), Supervising Animator, Story — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/pocahontas.md)
- *Family Dog* (1993), series, Director
- *A Woman's Point of View During Sex* (1993), as The guy
- *The Rescuers Down Under* (1990), as Visual Development
- *Next Door* (1990), Thanks
- *Palm Springs* (1989), Thanks
- *The Little Mermaid* (1989), Character Designer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-little-mermaid-1989.md)
- *Oliver & Company* (1988), Animation — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/oliver-and-company.md)
- *Winter* (1988), Thanks
- *The Brave Little Toaster* (1987), Character Designer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/the-brave-little-toaster.md)
- *Sport Goofy in Soccermania* (1987), Supervising Animator
- *Amazing Stories* (1985), series, Animation Supervisor
- *The Black Cauldron* (1985), Animation
- *The Fox and the Hound* (1981), Animation
- *Doctor of Doom* (1979), as Pepe

## Gallery

- ![The "Frozen" team Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, and producer Peter Del Vecho at the 41st Annual Annie Awards. (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/15357/gallery-259e2e4cab2a.jpg) The "Frozen" team Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, and producer Peter Del Vecho at the 41st Annual Annie Awards. (2014) — Voice Chasers, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/41st_Annie_Awards%2C_Chris_Buck%2C_Jennifer_Lee%2C_Peter_Del_Vecho-crop.jpg/1280px-41st_Annie_Awards%2C_Chris_Buck%2C_Jennifer_Lee%2C_Peter_Del_Vecho-crop.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![The "Frozen" team Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, and producer Peter Del Vecho at the 41st Annual Annie Awards. (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/15357/gallery-37b7007c96c2.jpg) The "Frozen" team Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, and producer Peter Del Vecho at the 41st Annual Annie Awards. (2014) — Voice Chasers, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/41st_Annie_Awards%2C_Chris_Buck%2C_Jennifer_Lee%2C_Peter_Del_Vecho.jpg/1280px-41st_Annie_Awards%2C_Chris_Buck%2C_Jennifer_Lee%2C_Peter_Del_Vecho.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Chris Buck](https://film.one/media/person/15357/gallery-dfac6d37253f.jpg) Chris Buck — Mingle MediaTV, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Chris_Buck%2C_Frozen_premiere%2C_2013.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Co-Director Chris Buck at the world premiere for Disney's Frozen at the El Capitan Theatre on November 19, 2013.](https://film.one/media/person/15357/gallery-b1ab07959fb1.jpg) Co-Director Chris Buck at the world premiere for Disney's Frozen at the El Capitan Theatre on November 19, 2013. — Original work: Mingle MediaTV on Flickr
Derivative work: DrNegative, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Chris_Buck.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Producer Peter Del Vecho, Writer and Co-Director Jennifer Lee, and Co-Director Chris Buck at the world premiere for Disney's Frozen at the El Capitan Theatre on (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/15357/gallery-0c3c351fd6cd.jpg) Producer Peter Del Vecho, Writer and Co-Director Jennifer Lee, and Co-Director Chris Buck at the world premiere for Disney's Frozen at the El Capitan Theatre on (2013) — Original work: Mingle MediaTV on Flickr
Derivative work: DrNegative, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Frozen_premier.jpg/1280px-Frozen_premier.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- 2014: Best Animated Feature (won), for *Frozen*
- 2008: Best Animated Feature (nominated), for *Surf's Up*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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