Portrait of Chris Buck

Directing

Chris Buck

Career

Active from 1979 to 2023, with a break from 1980 to 1992, busiest in 1993 with 2 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score63/100
Highest rated
Poster for Tarzan
Tarzan
GoodWatch score79/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 21 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 6.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 7.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Chris Buck Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.1, average 5.4
  • Crime
    0.6, average 3.6
  • Psychological
    3.2, average 5.5
  • Mystery
    1.9, average 4.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Musical Fantasy Adventure 3
  • Visually Stunning Animation 3
  • Environmental Allegory 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

25
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

3 titles ยท average score 66
Wish
Wish (2023)
GoodWatch score 49

Story, Director

Once Upon a Studio
Once Upon a Studio (2023)
GoodWatch score 83

Thanks

Once Upon a Snowman
Once Upon a Snowman (2020)
GoodWatch score 67

Creative Consultant

2010s

6 titles ยท average score 62
Frozen II
Frozen II (2019)
GoodWatch score 71

Story, Director

Olaf's Frozen Adventure
Olaf's Frozen Adventure (2017)
GoodWatch score 56

Characters

Surf's Up 2: WaveMania
Surf's Up 2: WaveMania (2017)
GoodWatch score 41

Characters

Frozen Fever
Frozen Fever (2015)
GoodWatch score 66

Director, Writer

Frozen
Frozen (2013)
GoodWatch score 78

Director, Story

Not Your Time
Not Your Time (2010)

Animation

2000s

2 titles ยท average score 60
Surf's Up
Surf's Up (2007)
GoodWatch score 70

as Filmmaker (voice)

Home on the Range
Home on the Range (2004)
GoodWatch score 50

Supervising Animator

1990s

5 titles ยท average score 69
Tarzan
Tarzan (1999)
GoodWatch score 79

Director

Pocahontas
Pocahontas (1995)
GoodWatch score 62

Supervising Animator, Story

A Woman's Point of View During Sex
A Woman's Point of View During Sex (1993)

as The guy

The Rescuers Down Under
The Rescuers Down Under (1990)
GoodWatch score 72

Visual Development

Next Door
Next Door (1990)
GoodWatch score 64

Thanks

1980s

8 titles ยท average score 67
The Little Mermaid
The Little Mermaid (1989)
GoodWatch score 83

Character Designer

Palm Springs
Palm Springs (1989)
GoodWatch score 59

Thanks

Oliver & Company
Oliver & Company (1988)
GoodWatch score 60

Animation

Winter
Winter (1988)
GoodWatch score 63

Thanks

The Brave Little Toaster
The Brave Little Toaster (1987)
GoodWatch score 75

Character Designer

Sport Goofy in Soccermania
Sport Goofy in Soccermania (1987)
GoodWatch score 66

Supervising Animator

The Black Cauldron
The Black Cauldron (1985)
GoodWatch score 58

Animation

The Fox and the Hound
The Fox and the Hound (1981)
GoodWatch score 72

Animation

1970s

1 title ยท average score 46
Doctor of Doom
Doctor of Doom (1979)
GoodWatch score 46

as Pepe