Kristen Anderson-Lopez
| Kristen Anderson-Lopez | |
|---|---|
| Born | New York City, New York |
| Alma mater | Williams College |
| Occupation | Songwriter |
| Spouse(s) | Robert Lopez |
| Children | 2 |
| Awards |
2014: Academy Award for Best Original Song |
Kristen Anderson-Lopez is an American songwriter.[1][2] Anderson-Lopez, along with her husband Robert Lopez and Henry Jackman, wrote and produced music for the 2011 Disney film Winnie the Pooh,[3] for which they were nominated for an Annie Award for Best Music in a Feature Production.[4][5] She also provided the voice of Kanga in the film.[6] Additionally, she wrote songs for a Walt Disney World production of Finding Nemo – The Musical.[7] She and her husband also wrote the songs for Disney's Frozen[8] including "Let It Go", for which they won the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 86th Academy Awards and two Grammy Awards at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards.[2][9]
Anderson-Lopez is also the co-creator of the Drama Desk Award-winning, Broadway-bound musical In Transit, developed at the O’Neill Musical Theatre Conference, opened Off Broadway in 2010, and after receiving Drama Desk, Drama League, and Lucille Lortel recognition, was slated for a Broadway production in 2013. She also co-created the romantic stage musical Up Here with her husband and Alex Timbers.[10]
Her work for young audiences includes numerous short and full-length musical adaptations for Theatreworks USA (Diary of a Worm, Fancy Nancy, Condensed Classics). She has written several songs for television and was a staff writer for the award-winning children’s show, Wonder Pets, on Nick Jr.
As of February 2016, Anderson-Lopez is working with her husband on the Disney Theatrical Productions stage musical adaptation of Frozen, with Jennifer Lee writing the book.[11]
Personal life
Anderson-Lopez was raised in three different places: Croton-on-Hudson, New York (a suburb of New York City), to 1986; the Myers Park neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, from 1986 to 1990; and Waxhaw, North Carolina (a suburb of Charlotte), from 1990 onward (which served as her home base during her college years).[12][13] Her parents, Erin and John, still live in Waxhaw.[13][14] According to her father, Anderson-Lopez first fell in love with the theater at the age of four, when he took her to see a U.S. Bicentennial musical tribute staged in their then-hometown of Croton-on-Hudson.[14] After her family moved to North Carolina, she attended and graduated from Charlotte Country Day School.[12] She went on to Williams College in western Massachusetts, where she double-majored in drama and psychology and graduated in 1994.[13][14] After a theater internship in Florida,[13] Anderson-Lopez spent several years working temporary jobs while pursuing her dream of becoming a Broadway theatre performer in New York City.[14] In 1999, she entered the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop[12] and found her true calling as a lyricist, and also met her future husband Robert Lopez.[15]
In October 2003,[16] Anderson married Lopez, who would go on to become an EGOT-winning[17][18] songwriter, composer and lyricist, including three Tony Awards[19][20] for Avenue Q and The Book of Mormon. They have two daughters;[21] Katie and Annie, who both had voice parts in Frozen.
References
- ↑ "Kristen Anderson-Lopez". IMDB. Retrieved February 13, 2012.
- 1 2 Lily Rothman (March 2, 2014). "EGOT! Frozen's Robert Lopez on Scoring His Oscar". Time. Retrieved March 2, 2014.
- ↑ "Full cast and crew for Winnie the Pooh (2011)". IMDB. Retrieved February 13, 2012.
- ↑ King, Susan (4 February 2012). "'Rango' wins the Annie Award for animated feature". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 13, 2012.
- ↑ Giardina, Carolyn (February 4, 2012). "'Rango' Wins Annie Award for Best Animated Feature". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 13, 2012.
- ↑ "Winnie the Pooh (2011)". IMDB. Retrieved February 13, 2012.
- ↑ "Finding Nemo – The Musical: Entertainment at Disney's Animal Kingdom® Park". Walt Disney World. Retrieved February 13, 2012.
- ↑ Disney's 'Frozen': Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel to voice animated tale Retrieved December 1, 2013
- ↑ ""Let It Go" From Frozen Wins Best Song Written For Visual Media". The GRAMMYs. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
- ↑ Hetrick, Adam (October 27, 2011). "Robert Lopez, Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Alex Timbers Developing Romantic Musical Up Here". Playbill. Retrieved February 13, 2012.
- ↑ Gordon Cox. "‘Frozen’ Musical Sets Broadway Dates for 2018 After 2017 Tryout - Variety". Variety. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
- 1 2 3 De Brito, Deia (19 August 2011). "Successful Disney writer 'knew what she wanted'". Charlotte Observer. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 Toppman, Lawrence (28 February 2014). "Former Charlottean is front-runner for Oscar for ‘Let It Go". The Charlotte Observer. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 Anderson, John (11 February 2014). "Oscar nominees have roots in Waxhaw". Charlotte Observer. Archived from the original on 19 May 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
- ↑ Kennedy, Mark (10 May 2014). "Musical theater workshop becomes incubator for Broadway shows". Washington Post. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
- ↑ "WEDDINGS/CELEBRATIONS; Kristen Anderson, Robert Lopez". The New York Times. October 12, 2003.
- ↑ "The Style Blog". The Washington Post.
- ↑ "Oscars 2014: 'Frozen' Ballad Wins Best Song, Giving Robert Lopez the EGOT". Billboard. 2014-03-02. Retrieved 2014-06-22.
- ↑ "2004 Tony Award Winners". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved February 13, 2012.
- ↑ "Who's Nominated? - All Categories". tonyawards.com. May 3, 2011. Retrieved May 3, 2011.
- ↑ Alexander, Bryan (November 25, 2013). "'Frozen': Family affair for married songwriters". USA Today. Retrieved December 4, 2013.
External links
- Kristen Anderson-Lopez at the Internet Movie Database
- Audio interview with Kristen Anderson-Lopez on the Sodajerker On Songwriting podcast
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