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Chris Buck

1958 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Chris Buck is the 1,351st most popular film director (down from 1,268th in 2019), the 9,777th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,492nd in 2019) and the 364th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Chris Buck ranks 1,351 out of 2,041. Before him are Marc Webb, Aleksandr Adabashyan, Justine Triet, Kurt Wimmer, Noah Baumbach, and Alfred Braun. After him are Lewis Teague, Charles Reisner, Javier Aguirresarobe, Dennis Gansel, Dudley Nichols, and Alex van Warmerdam.

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Among people born in 1958, Chris Buck ranks 385. Before him are Patricia Espinosa, Arnaldo Otegi, Mark Mazower, Mychael Danna, Amadou Dia Ba, and Janez Potočnik. After him are Michala Petri, Sergei Garmash, Yuval Steinitz, María Caridad Colón, Norio Sasaki, and Jürgen Hingsen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Chris Buck ranks 9,779 out of 20,380. Before him are Zitkala-Sa (1876), Scott Brady (1924), Ann Rule (1931), Otis Spann (1924), Skin Diamond (1987), and Leo Buscaglia (1924). After him are Frances Bean Cobain (1992), John Shea (1949), Lucinda Williams (1953), Cory Booker (1969), Anita Stewart (1895), and Criss Angel (1967).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Chris Buck ranks 364. Before him are Jon Turteltaub (1963), David Frankel (1959), Howard Deutch (1950), Marc Webb (1974), Kurt Wimmer (1964), and Noah Baumbach (1969). After him are Lewis Teague (1938), Charles Reisner (1887), Dudley Nichols (1895), Adam McKay (1968), Clifford Odets (1906), and Owen Roizman (1936).

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