Jennifer Lee

Jennifer Lee is an American film director, screenwriter, and film producer for Walt Disney Animation Studios. Lee was a contributor to the script of the 2012 film Wreck-It Ralph. She also contributed to the following 2013 film Frozen, which she co-directed, along with Chris Buck, and returned as co-director with Buck for the 2019 sequel Frozen II, her directorial debut. Lee is the first woman to direct a full-length animated feature film for Disney, and it is also the first time she directed a film herself.
From 2018 until 2024, 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)	Walt Disney Animation Studios
2014	Big Hero 6 	Creative Leadership 	Walt Disney Animation Studios
2016	Zootopia 	Story/Creative Leadership 	Walt Disney Animation Studios
2016	Moana 	Creative Leadership 	Walt Disney Animation Studios
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 	Walt Disney Animation Studios
2021	Raya and the Last Dragon 	Executive Producer/Studio Leadership/Creative Leadership 	Walt Disney Animation Studios
2021	Encanto 	Executive Producer/Studio Leadership/Creative Leadership 	Walt Disney Animation Studios
2022	Strange World 	Executive Producer/Studio Leadership/Creative Leadership 	Walt Disney Animation Studios
2023	Wish 	Executive Producer/Screenplay/Studio Leadership/Creative Leadership 	Walt Disney Animation Studios
2024	Moana 2 	Executive Producer/Studio Leadership/Creative Leadership 	Walt Disney Animation Studios
2027	Frozen III 	Director/Screenplay/Story/Creative Leadership 	Walt Disney Animation Studios
TBA 	Frozen IV 	Screenplay/Story/Creative Leadership 	Walt Disney Animation Studios
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==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
2023	Once Upon a Studio 	Executive Producer	Walt Disney Animation Studios
2024	D.I.Y. Duck 	Executive Producer	Walt Disney Animation Studios
==Television Series Filmography==
Year	Film 	Position 	Subsidiary
2020	At Home With Olaf 	Executive Producer 	Walt Disney Animation Studios
2021	How to Stay at Home	Executive Producer/Special Thanks	Walt Disney Animation Studios
2022	Baymax! 	Executive Producer 	Walt Disney Animation Studios
2022	Zootopia+ 	Executive Producer 	Walt Disney Animation Studios
2024	Iwájú 	Executive Producer 	Walt Disney Animation Studios
 	 	Executive Producer 	Walt Disney Animation Studios
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==Trivia==
*Aside from being the co-director and screenwriter of the first 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.
*Lee started dating Alfred Molina during production of Frozen II, when he voiced King Agnarr. They then married in 2021.
==Gallery==
Jennifer Lee Frozen Premiere.jpg|Jennifer Lee at the premiere of Frozen in November 2013.
Ksl.png|Jennifer Lee, Chris Buck, and Peter Del Vecho pose in the press room the 86th annual Academy Awards in February 2014..
Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck.jpg|Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee discussing the development of Frozen in September 2014.
Jennifer Lee Tonys.jpg|Jennifer Lee attending the 70th annual Tony Awards in June 2018.
Jennifer Lee speaks at D23 Expo19.jpg|Jennifer Lee speaks onstage at the 2019 D23 Expo.
Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee & Peter Del Vecho Frozen 2 premiere.jpg|Jennifer Lee, Chris Buck, and Peter Del Vecho at premiere of Frozen II in November 2019.
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