11/07/2018

New Disney Animation chief in her first public appearance

Is the first public appearance as chief of the Walt Disney Animation Studios for Jennifer Lee, after Lasseter, here to talk about a new Disney's female project.

After becoming the chief of the studios [news], the co-creator of Frozen talk as chief for the first time to present the project Dream Big Princess.

It will support 21 young women from around the world as they make digital shorts that tell the stories of inspiring female role models (Lee included among them).

For the program, each aspiring filmmaker will be paired with an inspirational interview subject spanning a diverse range of professions and provided with an iPhone X and Apple's Final Cut Pro X software. They will then return to their home countries to create their films, which will premiere on social media in October.

Disney will also donate to the UN Foundation's Girl Up, a global leadership development initiative that positions girls to be leaders in the movement for gender equality, one dollar for each like or share of a video or photo with #DreamBigPrincess on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter.

Last year's DreamBigPrincess Global Photography project, unlocked a $1 million donation to Girl Up in less than five days.

Here the video of the chief:

[ Fra - source CartoonBrew ]

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