Peter Del Vecho (born April 6, 1958) is an American film producer at Walt Disney Animation Studios, where he is also senior vice president of production. He is best known for producing Frozen and Frozen 2 together with directors Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee.
Early life Del Vecho grew up in the city of Quincy, in the South Shore area just outside Boston, Massachusetts. 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 Guthrie Theater 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 (2009) and Winnie the Pooh (2011), and was an associate producer on Treasure Planet (2002) and Chicken Little (2005).
In Spring 2015, Del Vecho produced Frozen Fever, a short film based on Frozen which was again co-directed by Buck and Lee. Del Vecho next produced the sequel to Frozen, Frozen 2, 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 Year Title Notes1997HerculesProduction Manager2005Chicken LittleAssociate Producer2009The Princess and the FrogProducer2011Winnie the PoohProducer2013FrozenProducer2015Frozen FeverShort Film2017Olaf's Frozen AdventureShort Film2019Frozen 2Producer2020Once Upon a SnowmanShort Film2021Raya and the Last DragonProducer2023WishProducer2026The Royal Bond: Threads of FriendshipProducer; 2D Animation 2028ClayProducer
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