FILM DIRECTOR

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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chris Buck has received more than 807,241 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Chris Buck is the 1,268th most popular film director (down from 1,224th in 2019), the 8,496th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,394th in 2019) and the 320th most popular American Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 810k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Chris Buck ranks 1,268 out of 2,041. Before him are Lewis Teague, Pablo Larraín, Jack Sholder, Jaume Balagueró, Jon Amiel, and Bennett Miller. After him are Leigh Whannell, Frank Tashlin, Julie Taymor, Rebecca Miller, Diane Kurys, and Dudley Nichols.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Chris Buck ranks 339. Before him are Miodrag Ješić, Sergei Garmash, Lyudmila Kondratyeva, James C. Collins, Thurston Moore, and Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza. After him are Tim Kaine, Lisa Fischer, Franco Forini, Kuupik Kleist, David O'Leary, and Peter Altmaier.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Chris Buck ranks 8,496 out of 20,380. Before him are Lin Carter (1930), Dan Hartman (1950), David Benioff (1970), Edmund Kirby Smith (1824), Maura Tierney (1965), and Melvin Laird (1922). After him are Robert J. Walker (1801), Max Eastman (1883), Paul Drayton (1939), Katee Sackhoff (1980), Tim Kaine (1958), and Joseph Dempsey (1875).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Chris Buck ranks 320. Before him are J. Searle Dawley (1877), Corey Allen (1934), Aaron Norris (1951), Lewis Teague (1938), Jack Sholder (1945), and Bennett Miller (1966). After him are Frank Tashlin (1913), Julie Taymor (1952), Rebecca Miller (1962), Dudley Nichols (1895), William C. deMille (1878), and Joseph Ruben (1950).

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