Chris Buck

Quick Facts

Full Name	Chris Buck
Occupation	Director
Date Of Birth	Feb 24, 1958(1958-02-24)
Age	66
Birthplace	Wichita
Country	United States
Birth City	Kansas
Horoscope	Aquarius

Chris Buck Biography

Chris Buck is one of the most popular and richest Director who was born on February 24, 1958 in Wichita, Kansas, United States. Chris Buck (born February 24 1958) is an American film director who is known as co- directing Tarzan (1999), Surf’s Up (2007) (which was nominated for the 2007 Oscar for Best Animated Feature), and Frozen (2013) that was awarded an Oscar as Best Animated Feature in 2014. He also served as a director of animation supervising Pocahontas (1995) as well as Home on the Range (2004).

Buck continued to co-direct Surf’s Up at Sony Pictures Animation The film was released in June 2007.

In 2008, Buck’s old friend Lasseter, by then Disney Animation’s chief creative officer, persuaded him to come back to Disney from Sony. Around September 2008, Buck pitched three ideas to Lasseter, one of which was a fairytale musical version of The Snow Queen; Lasseter liked The Snow Queen idea and authorized Buck to proceed with development. After it was put on hold during 2010, the film was officially announced in December 2011 under the title Frozen, with a release date of November 27, 2013. In turn, Buck persuaded Giaimo to come back to Disney to serve as the film’s art director, for which Giaimo would go on to win the Annie Award for Best Production Design in an Animated Feature Production.

In September 2014 it was announced that Buck and Lee would co-direct a short film based on the Frozen characters called Frozen Fever. It was released in spring 2015.

Apart from his work as co-director on Tarzan and Frozen, Buck’s other credits at Disney include the 1995 animated film Pocahontas and the way he directed animated characters of three key character: Percy, Grandmother Willow and Wiggins. Buck was also involved in the design of characters in the animated movie The Little Mermaid, performed experiments in animations on The Rescuers Down Under (1990) and Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) as well as being animator for The Fox and the Hound (1981).

Chris Buck Net Worth

Chris Buck is one of the richest Director from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Chris Buck 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Buck contributed to the development of various films for Hyperion Pictures and served as director animator on the feature film Bebe’s Kids. He was the storyboarder for Tim Burton’s live-action film Frankenweenie (1984) in 1984. He also collaborated with Burton as animator director for Brad Bird’s “Family Dog” episode of Steven Spielberg’s Amazing Stories and as director of the subsequent animated series on primetime.

Buck has studied character animation over two years in CalArts and was also a teacher from 1988 until 1993. While at CalArts, Buck became friends with both John Lasseter and Michael Giaimo and would continue to work with for a number of years after on Frozen. Buck began the career of an animator at Disney in the year 1978.

Their oldest son, Ryder, died at age 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 his son Ryder. The tragedy was an inspiration for the song “The Next Right Thing” in Frozen II.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Chris Buck Dating?

According to our records, Chris Buck married to Shelley Buck. As of December 1, 2023, Chris Buck’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Chris Ranked on the list of most popular Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Chris Buck celebrates birthday on February 24 of every year.

Who is Chris Buck guitar?

If you’re unfamiliar with the name Chris Buck, chances are you won’t be for much longer. The 28-year-old Welsh guitarist is already well established in the U.K., where he’s been tearing up stages for years with his blues- drenched rock-and-soul outfit, Buck & Evans.

Who is Chris Bucks wife?

Personal life. Buck is married to Shelley Rae Hinton Buck , an Emmy and Oscar Award winner in sound editing.

How old is Chris Buck?

31 years (January 5, 1991)

Where is Chris Buck from?

Chris Buck Band
Origin| Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Genres| Country
Labels| Bailey Way, Royalty Records
Website| chrisbuckband.com

What guitars does Chris Buck Play?

Chris is largely a Fender man owning several Strats and Teles, but is often seen playing Yamaha Revstars (see image above) and a Patrick James Eggle Macon too. Chris told us that his guitars are mainly set up for standard tuning but will sometimes look to alternate tunings for some rut-busting creativity.