Jennifer Lee (filmmaker)

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Jennifer Lee
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Lee in 2015
Born
Jennifer Michelle Rebecchi

(1971-10-22) October 22, 1971 (age 53)
Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
Education University of New Hampshire (BA)
Columbia University (MFA)
Occupations
  • screenwriter
  • film director
  • film producer
  • playwright
Years active2004–present
Employer Walt Disney Animation Studios (2011–present)
Spouses
Robert Joseph Monn
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(m. 1999,divorced)​
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(m. 2021)​
Children1
Awards Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
Frozen (2013)

Jennifer Michelle Lee (born Rebecchi; October 22, 1971) [1] 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. [2] [3] 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 [4] and the first female director of two feature films that each earned more than $1 billion in gross box office revenue. [5] [6]

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Early life

Jennifer Michelle Rebecchi was born on October 22, 1971 [4] [7] to Linda Lee and Saverio Rebecchi, who were living in Barrington, Rhode Island at the time. [8] After their divorce, Lee and her older sister Amy, who later became an English teacher, lived with their mother in East Providence, Rhode Island. [7] [8] Both Lee and her older sister graduated from East Providence High School and the University of New Hampshire. [8] Lee earned a bachelor's degree in English in 1992 [9] [10] and relocated to New York City, where she worked as a graphic artist in publishing; she designed audiobooks for Random House. [7] [8] As an adult, she began using her mother's maiden name, Lee, in a professional capacity [8] and in January 1995, legally changed her last name from Rebecchi to Lee. [1]

Career

Lee graduated from Columbia University School of the Arts' Film Program with an MFA in film in 2005. [11] While at Columbia, she won several awards for excellence in screenwriting and gave birth to her daughter. [7] [11]

Her script for The Round Up was a quarter-finalist in the Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting competition in 2009 and was subsequently optioned by Appian Way Productions. [11]

In March 2011, Phil Johnston, a former classmate at Columbia, called Lee to ask her to join him at Disney Animation in Burbank to help him write Wreck-It Ralph . [7] What was supposed to be a temporary eight-week writing gig eventually turned into a much longer commitment. [7] First, she was asked to stay on until Ralph was finished. [7] She then became involved with Frozen , initially as screenwriter and later as director alongside Chris Buck. [7] When Lee was brought on board, she helped transition the film from an action-adventure to "more musical, with more comedy." [12] She worked closely with the songwriters (Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez) in the writing of the script. [12] Frozen gave her the opportunity to celebrate "wild and wonderful" girls like her childhood self, and her daughter, Agatha. [12] It was also the highest-earning film with a female director in terms of domestic earnings, until surpassed by Warner Bros.' Wonder Woman . [13]

On May 17, 2014, Lee delivered the commencement address to the class of 2014 at her alma mater, the University of New Hampshire. [14] [15] [16] She revealed that she had struggled with self-doubt while growing up, [17] : 2:00  and then in April of her junior year of college, her boyfriend was killed in a boating accident, after which she felt "no doubt, only grief ... and for a brief moment ... [knew] better than to waste a second doubting." [17] : 6:18  Years later, that memory would help her overcome her initial doubt over whether she was good enough to apply to Columbia. [17] : 7:10  At Columbia, Johnston recognized she was talented but insecure, and one day asked her to "promise ... that you'll leave it out of your work, just know that you're good enough and move on." [16] She concluded: "If I learned one thing it is that self-doubt is one of the most destructive forces. It makes you defensive instead of open, reactive instead of active. Self-doubt is consuming and cruel and my hope today is that we can all collectively agree to ban it ... Please know, from here on out, you are enough and dare I say, more than enough." [16] UNH then awarded her the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters. [18]

In September 2014, it was announced that Lee and Buck would co-direct a short film featuring the Frozen characters called Frozen Fever . It was released in March 2015. [19] Lee was one of several Disney writers and directors who received credit for "Creative Leadership" on the 2014 film Big Hero 6 and the 2016 film Moana , and received screen credit as one of the writers who developed the story for the 2016 film Zootopia . [20] [21] [22]

In August 2014, Variety reported that Lee's next project after Frozen would be an adaptation of Madeleine L'Engle's 1962 novel A Wrinkle in Time . [23] [24] After the news broke, Lee tweeted: "Been in love with the book for over 30 years. Writing this script means the world to me." [25] Catherine Hand, the executive producer of the 2003 television film version, and Jim Whitaker produced for Disney, [23] and Ava DuVernay directed the film, based on Lee's script. A Wrinkle in Time was released in March 2018. [26] [27]

On March 12, 2015, Disney announced that Lee and Buck would co-direct a full length sequel to Frozen. [28]

In June 2018, Lee was named the chief creative officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios, following John Lasseter's departure from Disney. [2] Lee is also set to write and produce a film titled The Way Between, for Tooley Entertainment, with Kyra Sedgwick set to direct. [29]

In September 2022, Lee was announced to write the screenplay for Disney's animated film Wish , released in November 2023. [30]

In September 2024, Lee announced that she was stepping down from her position as Disney Animation's chief creative officer to return to full-time filmmaking at the studio—specifically, to direct and write Frozen 3 and to also write and executive produce Frozen 4. [3] Jared Bush was named as her successor. [3]

Personal life

Lee married Robert Joseph Monn [31] on May 30, 1999, at the Rhode Island Country Club. [32] They have a daughter, Agatha Lee Monn [33] (b. 2003), [4] [7] who voices pre-teen Anna for the middle verse of "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?" in Frozen. [31] They later divorced. [8]

In November 2019, Lee confirmed that she was in a relationship with actor Alfred Molina. [34] They were married in August 2021 by actor and mutual friend Jonathan Groff who had introduced them, [35] and live in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County, California with Lee's daughter.

Filmography

Films

YearFilmCredited as
Director Writer Executive
Producer 		OtherNotes
2012 Wreck-It Ralph NoScreenplayNoNo
2013 Frozen YesYesNoYesVoice of Queen Iduna / Additional Voices
2014 Big Hero 6 NoNoNoYesCreative Leadership
2016 Zootopia NoStoryNoYes
Moana NoNoNoYes
2018 A Wrinkle in Time NoScreenplayNoNo
Ralph Breaks the Internet NoNoYesYesStudio and Creative Leadership
2019 Frozen 2 YesYesNoYes
2021 Raya and the Last Dragon NoNoYesYes
Encanto NoNoYesYes
2022 Strange World NoNoYesYes
2023 Wish NoYesYesYes
2024 Moana 2 NoNoYesYes
2025 Zootopia 2 NoNoYesYes
2027 Frozen 3 [36] YesYesNoYes
TBA Frozen 4 [37] [38] NoYesYesYes

Shorts and series

YearTitle Director Story Executive
Producer 		Notes
2004A Thousand WordsAssistantNoProducer
2015 Frozen Fever YesYesNo
2020At Home with OlafNoNoYes YouTube short films [39]
Once Upon a Snowman NoNoYes Disney+ Original short film [40]
2021 Us Again NoNoYes [41]
How to Stay at Home NoNoYesDisney+ Original short films [42]
Olaf Presents NoNoYes
Far from the Tree NoNoYes [43]
2022 Baymax! NoNoYesDisney+ Original short films [44]
Zootopia+ NoNoYes
2023 Once Upon a Studio NoNoYes
2024 Iwájú NoNoYesDisney+ Original long-form limited series
D.I.Y. DuckNoNoYes [45]
TBA Tiana [46] NoNoYesDisney+ Original long-form limited series

Other credits

YearTitleCredit
2014 The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic Herself
2016Imagining Zootopia [47] Herself
2017Quality ProblemsVery Special Thanks
Olaf's Frozen Adventure Special Thanks
2020 Into the Unknown: Making Frozen 2 Herself; Special Thanks
2021How to Stay at HomeSpecial Thanks

Accolades

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultReference
2013 EDA Award Best Animated Feature Film Frozen Nominated [48]
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EDA Female Focus AwardBest Woman DirectorNominated
Best Woman ScreenwriterNominated
AFCA AwardBest Animated FilmWon
Dubai International Film Festival People's Choice AwardWon
SLFCA AwardBest Animated FilmWon
Annie Awards Writing in an Animated Feature Production Wreck-It Ralph Won
2014 Academy Awards Best Animated Feature Film of the Year Frozen Won
BAFTA Film Award Best Animated Film Won
BAFTA Children's Award BAFTA Kids Vote - Feature FilmWon
Best Feature FilmNominated
Saturn Award Best Writing Nominated
Annie Awards Outstanding Achievement in Directing in an Animated Feature Production Won
Outstanding Achievement in Writing in an Animated Feature Production Nominated
Gold Derby AwardAnimated FeatureWon
Hugo Award Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form Nominated
International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)Best Animated FeatureWon
Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA)Best Animated Feature Film (Miglior film d'animazione)Nominated
Seattle Film Critics AwardBest Animated FeatureWon
VES Award Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature Motion PictureWon
2015 Tokyo Anime Award Grand Prize, Feature FilmWon
2017Gold Derby AwardOriginal Screenplay Zootopia Nominated
2019Seattle Film Critics AwardBest Animated Feature Frozen II Nominated
2020 BAFTA Film Award Best Animated Featured Film Nominated
Annie Awards Outstanding Achievement for Directing in an Animated Feature Production Nominated
Outstanding Achievement for Writing in an Animated Feature Production Nominated
Gold Derby AwardAnimated FeatureNominated
LEJA AwardBest Animated FeatureNominated
OFTA Film AwardBest Animated PictureNominated

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