Peter Del Vecho is a film producer at Walt Disney Animation Studios, where he is also senior vice president of production. He is best known for winning, together with directors Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee, an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for the 2013 film Frozen.Del Vecho grew up in the city of Quincy, in the South Shore area just outside Boston, Massachusetts. He graduated in 1987 from the Boston University College of Fine Arts, where he studied theater production, and worked in theatre for many years. In 1995, 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.Besides Frozen, Del Vecho produced the Disney Animation films The Princess and the Frog (2009) and Winnie the Pooh (2011), and was an associate producer of Treasure Planet (2002), which was directed by John Musker and Ron Clements.In Spring 2015, Del Vecho produced Frozen Fever, a short film based on Frozen which was again co-directed by Buck and Lee. On March 12, 2015, Disney Animation announced that Del Vecho would produce a full-length sequel to Frozen, again co-directed by Lee and Buck.