Jennifer Lee

American film director (born 1971)

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Born: 1971-10-22
Works: 84

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Frank Lloyd Wright
Rapunzel
Thorns, Horns, and Crescent Moons
Fairy Tales
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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…

Known for

Disney+ Insider World of Frozen — Herself2026
Iwájú: A Day Ahead — Self2024
Into the Unknown: Making Frozen II — Self2020
Behind the Magic: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs — Herself2015
The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic — Self2014
Scorpion — Agent Marchand2014

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Jennifer Michelle Lee (born Jennifer Michelle 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.

Early life