(August 23, 2003) Gave birth to her 1st child, a daughter Agatha Lee Monn, with her now ex-husband Robert Joseph Monn.
Jennifer Lee is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. She is best known for co-writing and directing the animated feature films Frozen (2013) and Frozen II (2019).
Lee was born on October 22, 1971, in Barrington, Rhode Island, to parents Richard Lee and Sharon Gamson. She has two older sisters, Andrea and Amy. Lee’s father was a businessman, and her mother was a schoolteacher. Lee’s family is Jewish.
Lee attended the Rhode Island School of Design, where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in film and video. After graduation, she moved to Los Angeles, California, to pursue a career in filmmaking.
Lee’s first job in the film industry was working as an assistant editor on the 1998 direct-to-video release Mulan. She later worked as a story artist on several animated films, including Lilo & Stitch (2002) and Bolt (2008).
In 2011, Lee was hired to co-write the screenplay for the animated film Wreck-It Ralph. The following year, she was hired to co-write and co-direct the animated film Frozen, which was released in 2013. Frozen was a critical and commercial success, grossing over $1.2 billion at the worldwide box office and winning two Academy Awards.
In 2019, Lee co-wrote and directed the sequel to Frozen, Frozen II. The film was another critical and commercial success, grossing over $1.4 billion at the worldwide box office.
Lee is married to film producer Don Hahn. The couple has two children together.
As of 2021, Lee’s net worth is estimated to be $40 million.
General Info
Full Name
Jennifer Lee
Date Of Birth
1971
Profession
Screenwriter, Film producer, Voice Actor, Film director
Education
University of New HampshireColumbia University School of the Arts
Nationality
American
Family
Children
Agatha Lee Monn
Parents
Linda Lee, Sav Rebecchi
Siblings
Amy Rebecchi
Accomplishments
Awards
Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film, BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film
Nominations
Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form
[When asked about perceptions of a homosexual undertone in the film Frozen] "We know what we made. But at the same time I feel like once we hand the film over, it belongs to the world, so I don't like to say anything, and let the fans talk. I think it's up to them. Disney films were made in different eras and were all celebrated for different reasons, but a 2013 film would have a 2013 point of view".
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[Making 'Frozen'] It was much more of an action adventure, and we really wanted to go more musical, with more comedy. I made a commitment to writing the script with the songwriters, where you're going back and forth a lot. So we all had to be on the same page and have the same vision. I was getting excited about Bobby and Kristen's ideas (the husband-and-wife songwriting team of Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez); they were getting excited about my ideas. Really, it's just about creating a very powerful, emotional story, but also having it be something that is a lot of fun and actually quite epic, something big.
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(August 23, 2003) Gave birth to her 1st child, a daughter Agatha Lee Monn, with her now ex-husband Robert Joseph Monn.