Jennifer Michelle Lee

Jennifer Michelle Lee: Biography in Details

Who is Jennifer Michelle Lee?

Jennifer Michelle Lee is a film director and a screenwriter. She is the first female director of Walt Disney Animation Studios.

She is popular as the writer and director of Frozen and its sequel Frozen II. It earned her an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.

Who are the parents of Jennifer Michelle Lee?

The director was born on October 22, 1971. Her birthplace is in Barrington, Rhode Island, U.S.

Her father’s name is Saverio Rebecchi and likely her mother’s name is Linda Lee. Jennifer’s parents separated when she was at a young age. After that, she moved with her mother and lived in Rhode Island.

Likely, Jennifer Michelle Lee has an older sister, Amy Michelle Le who is an English teacher. Talking about her nationality she’s American and belongs to English ethnicity.

Education, University

She completed her education, and Jennifer attended East Providence High School. And she studied at the University of New Hampshire for further education. She finished her bachelor’s degree in English in the year 1992.

Likely, Jennifer Michelle Lee has her graduation from Columbia University School of the Arts‘ Film Program in 2005. She finished an MFA in film.

Jennifer Michelle Lee: Career, Professional life

After being a quarter-finalist in the Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting competition in 2009, she was optioned by Appian Way Productions.

Likely in 2011, she gets the opportunity to join Disney Animation in Burbank in writing Wreck-It Ralph. She was supposed to work until Ralph finished but continued working.

No soondid er, workswork along with Chris Buck as a screenwriter and later as co-director in Frozen. Her career takes a breakthrough after working on it.

Similarly, Lee delivered the commencement address at the University of New Hampshire on May 17, 2014. She shared her struggle in growing up and her experienced at work.

Jennifer Michelle Lee and Buck together co-direct a short film featuring the Frozen characters called Frozen Fever in March 2015.

After it, she worked in various Disney movies. She received the honor of Creative Leadership for her movie, Big Hero 6 in 2014 and also for Moana in 2016.

Furthermore, Lee has worked with  Zootopia (2016), and A Wrinkle in Time (2018). On March 12, 2015, Disney said that Lee and Buck are back co-directing a full-length sequel to Frozen.

In June 2018, Jennifer Michelle Lee became the chief creative officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios, following John Lasseter’s departure from Disney.

Jennifer Michelle Lee: Salary, Net Worth

Jennifer Michelle Lee’s net worth is around $12 million. Her earnings as a film director range from $30K to $215K.

She is also the first female director to earn over $1 billion in box office revenue for a feature film.

Jennifer Michelle Lee: Rumor, Controversy

The director hasn’t been involved in any type of rumors and controversy until now.

How tall is Jennifer Michelle Lee?

Jennifer Michelle Lee stands with a height of 5 ft 10 inches and has a decent weight. Likely, she has blonde-colored hair with beautiful blue eyes.

Social Media

Jennifer Michelle Lee is active on Twitter with around 21.2K followers. She joined it in July 2007. But she doesn’t seem to be active on Facebook and Instagram.

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