A University of New Hampshire graduate continues to make her mark in the film industry. Jennifer Lee was the first woman to direct a film for Disney when she directed the Oscar-winning animated film “Frozen.” She also served as a screenwriter for the film and voiced the Queen, according to IMDb. “Frozen” is a film about a princess and her life-changing dramatic adventure. It went on to win an Oscar in 2014 for Best Animated Feature. “Frozen II” was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature in 2020. Most recently, she was the executive producer of the 2022 Oscar-nominated animated films “Encanto” and “Raya and the Last Dragon.” She was also a writer for “Wreck-It Ralph”, “Zootopia” and the adaptation of “A Wrinkle in Time”. Lee graduated from UNH in 1992 with a bachelor’s degree in English. She spoke at the 2014 UNH graduation, where she spoke about self-doubt. “People talk about the dangers of rose-colored glasses, but let me tell you, self-doubt lenses are much worse,” Lee said in 2014. “When you’re free to doubt yourself, you fail better because that you don’t have your defenses and you can accept criticism and listen.” She then earned her master’s degree in film from Columbia University in 2005. In 2018, Lee was named creative director of Walt Disney Animation Studios.
A University of New Hampshire graduate continues to make her mark in the film industry.
Jennifer Lee was the first woman to direct a film for Disney when she directed the Oscar-winning animated film “Frozen.” She also served as a screenwriter for the film and voiced the Queen, according to IMDb.
“Frozen” is a film about a princess and her life-changing dramatic adventure. It went on to win an Oscar in 2014 for Best Animated Feature. “Frozen II” was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature in 2020.
Most recently, she served as executive producer of the 2022 Oscar-nominated animated films “Encanto” and “Raya and the Last Dragon.”
She also wrote for “Wreck-It Ralph”, “Zootopia” and the adaptation of “A Wrinkle in Time”.
Lee graduated from UNH in 1992 with a bachelor’s degree in English. She spoke at the 2014 UNH graduation, where she spoke about self-doubt.
“People talk about the dangers of rose-colored glasses, but let me tell you, self-doubt lenses are much worse,” Lee said in 2014. “When you don’t doubt yourself anymore, you fail better because you don’t have your defenses in place and you can accept criticism and listen.”
She then earned her master’s degree in film from Columbia University in 2005.
In 2018, Lee was named Creative Director of Walt Disney Animation Studios.
