FILM DIRECTOR

Jennifer Lee

1971 - Today

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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 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jennifer Lee is the 586th most popular film director (down from 530th in 2019), the 4,342nd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,362nd in 2019) and the 154th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Jennifer Lee ranks 586 out of 2,041. Before her are Moshé Mizrahi, Tom Tykwer, Dan O'Bannon, Hal Ashby, Jaco Van Dormael, and Hugh Hudson. After her are Mauritz Stiller, Ann Hui, Paul Haggis, Seijun Suzuki, Ken Annakin, and John Lasseter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Jennifer Lee ranks 84. Before her are Guillaume Depardieu, Chris Tucker, David Tennant, Jill Kelly, Carla Gugino, and Oliver Riedel. After her are Pedro de la Rosa, Todd Howard, Viscera, Evgeny Kissin, Paul van Dyk, and J. Y. Park.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jennifer Lee ranks 4,342 out of 20,380. Before her are Ira Gershwin (1896), Dakota Johnson (1989), Baby Face Nelson (1908), Franz Kline (1910), Kevin Sorbo (1958), and Kenny G (1956). After her are Mark Granovetter (1943), Thom Mayne (1944), Lara Flynn Boyle (1970), Huey Lewis (1950), Bobby Morrow (1935), and Anthony Delon (1964).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Jennifer Lee ranks 154. Before her are Rob Cohen (1949), Charles Barton (1902), David Chase (1945), Damien Chazelle (1985), Dan O'Bannon (1946), and Hal Ashby (1929). After her are John Lasseter (1957), Ernest B. Schoedsack (1893), Robert Mulligan (1925), Burt Kennedy (1922), Robert Surtees (1906), and Abel Ferrara (1951).

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