Chris Buck Dorado High School. Buck studied character animation for two years at CalArts, where he also taught from 1988 to 1993. At CalArts, Buck became friends with both John Lasseter and Michael Giaimo, whom he would work with many years later on "Frozen". He began his career as an animator with Disney in 1978. Besides his work as a co-director on "Tarzan" and "Frozen", Buck's other credits at Disney also 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
Nakoma Golf Resort master-planned Gold Mountain environmentally sensitive community, Dariel and Margaret (Peggy) Garner purchased the 1924 Wright plan and constructed the building just 3 miles outside Portola, CA; with the clubhouse opening in on Mother's Day, 2001. Nakoma is a Chippewa Indian word which means "I do as I promise." The resort also included 12 Spa Villas, vacation rentals intended to echo the construction elements of the clubhouse, designed by Taliesin-trained architects Martin Newland and Elisabeth Winnen, then students of the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture. The entry pond, like the original Madison, Wisconsin design displays two native Indian statues; Nakoma