The next attempt started in 2008 , when Lasseter was able to convince Chris Buck ( who co-directed the 1999 film Tarzan for the studio ) to return to Walt Disney Feature Animation from Sony Pictures Animation ( where he had recently co-directed the Oscar-nominated 2007 film Surf 's Up ) ; that September , Buck pitched several ideas to Lasseter , one of which was The Snow Queen .
Lasseter managed to convince Chris Buck to return to Walt Disney Feature Animation .