Jennifer Lee

Jennifer Lee is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer for Walt Disney Animation Studios. Lee was a contributor to the script of Wreck-It Ralph, which was released in 2012. She also contributed to the following 2013 Disney classic Frozen, which she co-directed it along with Chris Buck, and returned as co-director with Buck for the sequel, Frozen II. Lee is the first woman who has directed a Disney feature film, and it is also the first time she directed a film herself.

In 2018, Lee became Chief Creative Officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios, replacing John Lasseter.

Feature Film Filmography

Year	Film	Position	Subsidiary
2012	Wreck-It Ralph	Screenplay	Walt Disney Animation Studios
2013	Frozen	Director/Screenplay/Story/Voice Actress (Queen Iduna/Additional Voices)
2014	Big Hero 6	Creative Leadership
2016	Zootopia	Story/Creative Leadership
2016	Moana	Creative Leadership
2018	A Wrinkle in Time	Screenplay	Walt Disney Pictures
2018	Ralph Breaks the Internet	Executive Producer/Studio Leadership/Creative Leadership (uncredited)	Walt Disney Animation Studios
2019	Frozen II	Director/Screenplay/Story/Studio Leadership/Creative Leadership
2021	Raya and the Last Dragon	Executive Producer/Studio Leadership/Creative Leadership
2021	Encanto	Executive Producer/Studio Leadership/Creative Leadership

Animated Shorts Filmography

Year	Film	Position	Subsidiary
2015	Frozen Fever	Director/Story	Walt Disney Animation Studios
2020	Once Upon a Snowman	Executive Producer	Walt Disney Animation Studios

Television Series Filmography

Year	Film	Position	Subsidiary
2020	At Home With Olaf	Executive Producer	Walt Disney Animation Studios
2022	Baymax!
	Zootopia+
	Tiana
	Iwájú
2023	Moana: The Series

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Trivia

Aside from being the co-director and screenwriter of Frozen, Lee also voiced Queen Iduna, the mother of Anna and Elsa. Coincidentally, her daughter, Agatha, voiced 9-year-old Anna. For the second film, in which Iduna has a bigger role, Lee was replaced with Evan Rachel Wood.^[1]

References

↑ Raphael, Shannon (September 2019). "Evan Rachel Wood Is Playing Anna and Elsa's Dead Mom in 'Frozen 2' and Yes, We're Crying". Distractify. Retrieved on November 9, 2019.

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1920s—1970s

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Storyboard Artists and Writers: Bill Peet • Ralph Wright • Dick Huemer • Floyd Norman • Yale Gracey • Ted Sears • Erdman Penner • Joe Rinaldi • Winston Hibler • Otto Englander • William Cottrell • Bill Berg • Al Bertino • T. Hee • Homer Brightman • Ted Osbourne • Larry Clemmons • Harry Reeves • Jesse Marsh • Chuck Couch • Webb Smith • Dick Sebast
Directors: Clyde Geronimi • Hamilton Luske • Jack Kinney • Ted Berman • Richard Rich • George Scribner • Riley Thomson • Dick Lundy • Jack King • Burt Gillett • James Algar • Bill Roberts • Larry Lansburgh • Richard Irvine
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1980s—present

Renaissance Directors: Rob Minkoff • Roger Allers • Gary Trousdale • Kirk Wise • Chris Sanders • Mark Dindal • John Musker

Story Trust Directors: Ron Clements • Chris Buck • Byron Howard • Don Hall • Chris Williams • Rich Moore • Stephen J. Anderson • Nathan Greno • Fawn Veerasunthorn
Producers: Peter Del Vecho • Clark Spencer • Roy Conli • Dorothy McKim • Don Hahn • Shane Morris
Chief Creative Officer: Jennifer Lee
Associated Figures: Bob Iger • Roy Edward Disney • Michael Eisner • John Lasseter • Ed Catmull • Jeffrey Katzenberg • Bob Chapek
Signature Voice Actors: Jim Cummings • Alan Tudyk • Katie Lowes • John DiMaggio • Maurice LaMarche • Jodi Benson • David Ogden Stiers • Jesse Corti • Paul Briggs • Raymond S. Persi • Phil Johnston • Frank Welker • Bill Farmer • Brian Cummings
Signature Musicians: Robert B. Sherman • Richard M. Sherman • Alan Menken • Kristen Anderson-Lopez • Robert Lopez • Lin-Manuel Miranda • Howard Ashman • Tim Rice • Phil Collins • Stephen Schwartz • Marc Shaiman • Danny Troob
Supervising Animators: Glen Keane • Andreas Deja • Eric Goldberg • Mark Henn • John Pomeroy • Randy Haycock • Dale Baer • Tony Bancroft • Tom Bancroft • Tony Fucile • Anthony DeRosa • Russ Edmonds • Randy Haycock • Bruce W. Smith • Duncan Marjoribanks • Ruben Aquino • Nik Ranieri • Ron Husband • Rick Farmiloe • Tom Sito • Tony Anselmo • Will Finn • Kathy Zielinski
Visual Development & Storyboard Artists: Dean DeBlois • Claire Keane • Brittney Lee • Jin Kim • Shiyoon Kim • Ryan Green