American filmmaker

Jennifer Lee

Jennifer Michelle Lee 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.

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1971

October 22

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1971 Born

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451 The Chalcedonian Creed, regarding the divine and human nature of Jesus, is adopted by the Council of Chalcedon, an ecumenical council.
794 Japanese Emperor Kanmu relocates his empire's capital to Heian-kyō (now Kyoto).
906 Abbasid general Ahmad ibn Kayghalagh leads a raid against the Byzantine Empire, taking 4,000–5,000 captives.

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The world in 1971

When Jennifer arrived

april 1 Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army massacre more than a thousand people in Keraniganj Upazila, Bangladesh.
april 17 The Provisional Government of Bangladesh is formed.
april 19 Sierra Leone becomes a republic, and Siaka Stevens the president.
april 19 Launch of Salyut 1, the first space station.

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Aleks Marić 1984– Australian basketball player Doris Lessing 1919–2013 British novelist, poet, playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1919) Estela de Carlotto 1930– Argentine human rights activist Ichiro Suzuki 1973– Japanese baseball player Jimmie Foxx 1907–1967 American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1907) Kara Lang 1986– Canadian soccer player Lord Alfred Douglas 1870– English author and poet (died 1945) Raymond Bachand 1947– Canadian lawyer and politician Robert Rauschenberg 1925–2008 American painter and illustrator (born 1925)

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Elon Musk 1971– South African-born American entrepreneur Adam Gilchrist 1971– Australian cricketer and sportscaster Ajith Kumar 1971– Indian actor and race car driver Besnik Hasi 1971– Kosovo Albanian football manager and former player Carla Gugino 1971– American actress Chris Hardwick 1971– American comedian, actor, producer, and television host Corin Nemec 1971– American actor, producer and screenwriter Dannii Minogue 1971– Australian singer-songwriter and actress David Arquette 1971– American actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and wrestler

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