Who was the female co-director of Frozen?

Jennifer Lee was the female co-director of Frozen. She directed the 2013 Disney animated film alongside Chris Buck, while also writing its screenplay.

Lee joined the Frozen project as a screenwriter in March 2012 after earlier story and screenplay efforts had been abandoned. Her involvement in reshaping the characters, emotional arcs, and ending became so extensive that Disney promoted her to co-director in August 2012. The promotion was publicly announced later that year.

Lee became the first woman to direct a full-length animated feature for Walt Disney Animation Studios. A common mix-up is to identify Chris Buck as the sole director: Buck was indeed a director, but Frozen officially credits both Buck and Lee. Jennifer Lee later directed Frozen II alone with Buck also credited as co-director, and she became chief creative officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios in 2018.