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Chris Buck is a film director known for directing Tarzan and Surf's Up. He also worked as supervising animator on Home on the Range and Chicken Little. Buck's other credits at Disney include the 1995 animated feature Pocahontas, where he oversaw the animation of three central characters: Percy, Grandmother Willow and Wiggins. Buck also helped design characters for the 1989 animated blockbuster The Little Mermaid, performed experimental animation for The Rescuers Down Under and Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, and was an animator on The Fox and the Hound. Buck helped develop several films at Hyperion Pictures and served as a directing animator on the feature Bebe's Kids. He storyboarded director Tim Burton's live-action featurette Frankenweenie and worked with Burton again as directing animator on the Brad Bird-directed "Family Dog" episode of Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories and as director of the subsequent primetime animated series. Buck's credits include a number of animated commercials (including some with the Keebler Elves) for such Los Angeles-based production entities as FilmFair, Kurtz & Friends, and Duck Soup. A native of Wichita, Kansas, Buck studied character animation for two years at CalArts, where he also taught from 1988–1993.
Chris Buck
Director
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Set several years after the events of Road Chip, Alvin, Simon, and Theodore are no longer the hyperactive kids the world remembers. They’re older, taller, sharper—and facing a future that no longer feels guaranteed. Once a global phenomenon, the Chipmunks’ fame is fading. New acts dominate the charts, their label wants a younger sound, and the pressure to “stay relevant” begins to fracture the brotherhood that made them famous in the first place. Alvin, still chasing the spotlight, pushes for risky moves to reclaim their stardom—viral stunts, flashy collabs, anything to keep them on top. Simon, now brilliant beyond his years, is offered a life-changing academic opportunity that could take him far away from music. Theodore, quietly maturing faster than the others, longs for stability and fears that the family he loves is slowly slipping away. As the brothers begin pulling in different directions, Dave Seville struggles with the hardest role he’s ever faced—letting his boys grow up and choose their own paths, even if it means losing the band forever. When a final opportunity arises—a chance to prove they still belong on the world stage—the Chipmunks must decide whether success means fame… or simply staying together.
