Peter Del Vecho

Peter Del Vecho (born April 6, 1958) is a film producer at Walt Disney Animation Studios, where he is also senior vice president of production.[1] He is best known for producing Frozen and Frozen II together with directors Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee; the former won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.[2]

Peter Del Vecho
Del Vecho at the premiere of Disney's Frozen on November 19, 2013.
Born (1958-04-06) April 6, 1958
Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.
Alma materBoston University
OccupationFilm producer
EmployerWalt Disney Animation Studios (1995-present)
Known forTreasure Planet
The Princess and the Frog
Frozen
Frozen II
Spouse(s)Jane Del Vecho
Children2

Early life

Del Vecho grew up in the city of Quincy, in the South Shore area just outside Boston, Massachusetts.[3] He graduated from Boston University College of Fine Arts, where he studied theater production, and worked in theatre for many years.[4] After working at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis for about 7 years, he was recruited by Disney Animation.[3] He started out in production management and transitioned into producing.[3]

Career

Besides Frozen and its sequel, Frozen II, Del Vecho produced the Disney Animation films The Princess and the Frog (2009) and Winnie the Pooh (2011), and was an associate producer on Treasure Planet (2002) and Chicken Little (2005).[5]

In Spring 2015, Del Vecho produced Frozen Fever, a short film based on Frozen which was again co-directed by Buck and Lee.[6] Del Vecho next produced the sequel to Frozen, Frozen II, which was released in November 2019 and again co-directed by Buck and Lee.[7] On August 27, 2020, Del Vecho was confirmed to produce Raya and the Last Dragon with Osnat Shurer.[8]

References
  1. Pearson, Ben. "Walt Disney Animation Isn't Opposed to Hand-Drawn Features, Jennifer Lee Talks About Making Changes After John Lasseter's Exit [Interview]". /Film. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  2. "Oscar Winners 2015: The Complete List - 86th Academy Awards". Oscar.com.
  3. Shanahan, Mark; Meredith Goldstein (6 February 2014). "'Frozen' producer Peter Del Vecho has South Shore roots". Boston Globe. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  4. Laskowski, Amy (28 February 2014). "Frozen Producer Heads to the Oscars". BU Today. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  5. "Peter Del Vecho". IMDb. Retrieved 2014-03-20.
  6. Gettell, O. (September 3, 2014). "Disney short 'Frozen Fever' coming in spring 2015, with new song". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2014-09-06.
  7. Graser, M. (March 12, 2015). "Disney Announces 'Frozen 2′". Variety. Retrieved 2015-03-15.
  8. Yang, Rachel (August 27, 2020). "Get a first look at Disney's Raya and the Last Dragon starring Kelly Marie Tran". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved August 27, 2020.


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