Jennifer Lee (filmmaker)
Jennifer Michelle Lee (née Rebecchi; October 22, 1971)[1] is an American screenwriter, film director, and chief creative officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios. She is best known as the writer and director of Frozen and its sequel Frozen II, the former of which earned her an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. Lee is the first female director of a Walt Disney Animation Studios feature film[2] and the first female director of a feature film that earned more than $1 billion in gross box office revenue.[3] She has won an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award and an Annie Award, and has been nominated for one more BAFTA Award and two more Annie Awards.[4]
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Born | Jennifer Michelle Rebecchi October 22, 1971 Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. |
Education | University of New Hampshire (BA) Columbia University (MFA) |
Occupation | Screenwriter, film director |
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Spouse(s) | Robert Joseph Monn
(m. 1999, divorced) |
Children | 1 |