Jennifer Lee
Jennifer Lee
- Date of birth
- Age
- 55
- Place of birth
- Providence, Rhode Island, USA
- Citizenship
- United States
- Occupations
- film director, screenwriter, actor, animator, film producer, writer
- Languages
- English
Biography
Jennifer Michelle Lee (born Rebecchi; October 22, 1971) is an American filmmaker and playwright. She served as the chief creative officer (CCO) of Walt Disney Animation Studios from 2018 to 2024, before stepping down to return to full-time filmmaking. She is best known as the writer and one of the directors of Frozen (2013) and its sequel Frozen 2 (2019), the former of which earned her an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. Besides being the first female CCO of Walt Disney Animation Studios, Lee was the first female director of a Walt Disney Animation Studios feature film and the first female director of two feature films that each earned more than $1 billion in gross box office revenue.
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Education
- Columbia University
- Columbia University School of the Arts
- University of New Hampshire
- East Providence High School
Awards
- Annie Award
- Academy Award for Best Animated Feature2014 Frozen
- Dorothy Arzner Directors Award2014
Nominations
- Academy Award for Best Animated Feature2014 Frozen
- Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical2018 Frozen
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