Peter Del Vecho (born April 6, 1958) is an American film producer at Walt Disney Animation Studios. With Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee, they won an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for the 2013 animated film, Frozen.
Early life[]
Del Vecho grew up in the city of Quincy, in the South Shore area just outside of Boston, Massachusetts. He studied theater production in the Boston University College of Fine Arts and graduated in 1980. His theater work spanned of 15 years.
Career[]
Del Vecho started working at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis in 1995, for about 10 years. He was then enlisted by Disney to help with their projects. After experience from production management, he moved to producing.
Aside from Frozen, he also produced the 2011 films The Princess and the Frog and Winnie the Pooh.
An announcement in September 2014 follows that Del Vecho would be working alongside Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee to create a five-minute short succeeding Frozen called Frozen Fever. Another announcement in March 2015 noted that the three of them would be working on a full-length sequel to Frozen, entitled Frozen II.
Filmography[]
- Hercules (1997): production manager
- The Emperor's New Groove (2000): additional production supporter
- Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001): additional production supporter
- Treasure Planet (2002): associate producer
- Chicken Little (2005): associate producer
- The Princess and the Frog (2009): producer and additional voices
- Tangled (2010): studio leadership
- Prep & Landing: Operation: Secret Santa (2010): special thanks
- The Ballad of Nessie (2011): special thanks
- Winnie the Pooh (2011): producer
- Tangled Ever After (2012): special thanks
- Paperman (2012): special thanks
- Wreck-It Ralph (2012): studio leadership
- Get a Horse! (2013): special thanks
- Frozen (2013): producer and studio leadership
- Big Hero 6 (2014): studio leadership
- Frozen Fever (2015): producer
- Zootopia (2016): studio leadership
- Moana (2016): studio leadership
- Olaf's Frozen Adventure (2017): special thanks
- Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018): studio leadership
- Frozen II (2019): producer and studio leadership
- Once Upon A Snowman (2020): producer
- Raya and the Last Dragon (2021): producer and studio leadership
- Encanto (2021): studio leadership
- Strange World (2022): studio leadership
- Wish (2023): producer and studio leadership
- Moana2 (2024): studio leadership