Peter Del Vecho (born April 6, 1958) is an American film producer at

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, where he is also senior vice president of production. He is best known for producing '' Frozen'' ( accolades) and '' Frozen II'' together with directors

Chris Buck Christopher James Buck (born February 24, 1958) is an American film director, animator, and screenwriter known for co-directing '' Tarzan'' (1999), '' Surf's Up'' (2007) (which was nominated for the 2007 Oscar for Best Animated Feature), '' F ...

and Jennifer Lee.

Early life

Del Vecho grew up in the city of Quincy, in the South Shore area just outside

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. He graduated from Boston University College of Fine Arts, where he studied theater production, and worked in theatre for many years. After working at the

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in Minneapolis for about 7 years, he was recruited by Disney Animation. He started out in production management and transitioned into producing.

Career

Besides ''Frozen'' and its sequel, ''Frozen II'', Del Vecho produced the Disney animated films ''

The Princess and the Frog ''The Princess and the Frog'' is a 2009 American Animation, animated musical film, musical Romance film, romantic fantasy comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Inspired in part by the 2002 ...

'' (2009) and '' Winnie the Pooh'' (2011), and was an associate producer on ''

Treasure Planet ''Treasure Planet'' is a 2002 American animated science fiction film, science fiction adventure film directed by John Musker and Ron Clements and written by Musker, Clements and Rob Edwards (screenwriter), Rob Edwards. Produced by Walt Disney ...

'' (2002) and '' Chicken Little'' (2005). In Spring 2015, Del Vecho produced '' Frozen Fever'', a

short film A short film is a film with a low running time. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of not more than 40 minutes including all credits". Other film o ...

based on ''Frozen'' which was again co-directed by Buck and Lee. Del Vecho next produced the sequel to ''Frozen'', '' Frozen II'', which was released in November 2019 and again co-directed by Buck and Lee. Del Vecho later co-produced '' Raya and the Last Dragon'' with Osnat Shurer and co-produced '' Wish'', which was released in 2023, with Juan Pablo Reyes Lancaster-Jones.

Filmography

Films

As a producer

References

External links

* American animated film producers Film producers from Massachusetts Boston University College of Fine Arts alumni Walt Disney Animation Studios people Living people Producers who won the Best Animated Feature Academy Award 1958 births {{US-film-producer-stub