Kristen Anderson-Lopez (born March 21, 1972) is an American songwriter. She is known for co-writing the songs for the 2013 animated musical film Frozen and its 2019 sequel, Frozen 2, with her husband, Robert Lopez. The couple won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Let It Go" from Frozen and "Remember Me" from Coco (2017) at the 86th and 90th awards, respectively. She also won two Grammy Awards at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards, and she is signed to Disney Music Publishing. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kristen Anderson-Lopez, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- March 21, 1972 (54)
- New York, New York, U.S.
- Writer, composer and actor
- 12 on MovieCove · 14 credits in all
What are Kristen Anderson-Lopez's films like?
Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Society.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 6
Light 6 · Serious 0 · Dark 0
Grounded 0 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 1
Gentle 5 · Charged 1 · Intense 0
Steady 5 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 2
Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0
Casual 6 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 6 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 0
Resolved 6 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy7
- Bittersweet1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Kristen Anderson-Lopez's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 12 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Disney+ (11).
- Coco (2017) · songs
- Frozen (2013) · songs
- Frozen: The Hit Broadway Musical (2025) · writer, composer
- WandaVision (2021) · composer
- Winnie the Pooh (2011) · actor, composer
- Frozen II (2019) · writer, composer
- Pooh's Heffalump Movie (2005) · actor
- Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo (2004) · actor
- Agatha All Along (2024) · songs
- Piglet's Big Movie (2003) · actor
- Olaf's Frozen Adventure (2017) · thanks
Subscription and free streaming for Kristen Anderson-Lopez's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
14 credits, 12 with a MovieCove page; 7 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Frozen III (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Agatha All Along(2024)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows
Up Here(2023)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all shows
WandaVision(2021)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
I Am With You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Frozen II(2019)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Coco(2017)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Olaf's Frozen Adventure(2017)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Frozen(2013)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Winnie the Pooh(2011)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Pooh's Heffalump Movie(2005)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Piglet's Big Movie(2003)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 11 titles, 10 of them dated from 2011 to 2025.
Biggest box office
Frozen II (2019)
Highest rated
Into the Unknown: Making Frozen 2 (2020)
Most popular right now
Frozen II (2019)
Film career
- 2011Screen debut· Winnie the Pooh
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
Awards
2 Oscars, a Primetime Emmy and 3 other major awards from 17 major nominations, 2014–2025.
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics
- Grammy Award, nominated · Best Song Written for Visual Media
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Grammy Award, nominated · Best Song Written for Visual Media
- Oscar, nominated · Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song)
- Golden Globe, nominated · Best Original Song - Motion Picture
- Grammy Award, nominated · Best Song Written for Visual Media
- Oscar, won · Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song)
- Golden Globe, nominated · Best Original Song - Motion Picture
- Primetime Emmy, nominated ×2 · Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics
+1 other major body · 2 wins
- Grammy Award, won · Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
- Grammy Award, won · Best Song Written for Visual Media
- Oscar, won · Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
- Golden Globe, nominated · Best Original Song - Motion Picture
+1 other major body · 1 win
- Critics Choice Award, won · Best Song
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Kristen Anderson-Lopez's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 74th percentile, the median of all 9; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 75th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up5
- 50th to 74th5
- 25th to 49th2
Shape of the crowd
7 of their 12 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved2
- Crowd Pleaser7
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the dialogue 55/100 and the plot and story 48/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Kristen Anderson-Lopez's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Kristen Anderson-Lopez work with?
People who share at least 2 of Kristen Anderson-Lopez's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; A.A. Milne shares the most, 4.
Writers
- A.A. MilneShared titles: Winnie the Pooh (2011), Pooh's Heffalump Movie (2005), Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo (2004), Piglet's Big Movie (2003)See all 4 shared titles with A.A. Milne
- Robert LopezShared titles: Up Here (2023), Into the Unknown: Making Frozen 2 (2020), Frozen II (2019), Winnie the Pooh (2011)See all 4 shared titles with Robert Lopez
- Brian HohlfeldShared titles: Pooh's Heffalump Movie (2005), Piglet's Big Movie (2003)See all 2 shared titles with Brian Hohlfeld
Actors
- Jim CummingsShared titles: Winnie the Pooh (2011), Pooh's Heffalump Movie (2005), Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo (2004), Piglet's Big Movie (2003)See all 4 shared titles with Jim Cummings
- Josh GadShared titles: Disney 100: A Century of Dreams - A Special Edition of 20/20 (2023), Into the Unknown: Making Frozen 2 (2020), Frozen II (2019)See all 3 shared titles with Josh Gad
- Wyatt Dean HallShared titles: Winnie the Pooh (2011), Pooh's Heffalump Movie (2005), Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo (2004)See all 3 shared titles with Wyatt Dean Hall
- John FiedlerShared titles: Pooh's Heffalump Movie (2005), Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo (2004), Piglet's Big Movie (2003)See all 3 shared titles with John Fiedler
Producers
- Peter Del VechoShared titles: Into the Unknown: Making Frozen 2 (2020), Frozen II (2019), Winnie the Pooh (2011)See all 3 shared titles with Peter Del Vecho
- Misha RezviShared titles: Disney 100: A Century of Dreams - A Special Edition of 20/20 (2023), Into the Unknown: Making Frozen 2 (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Misha Rezvi
- Yukari KisoShared titles: Pooh's Heffalump Movie (2005), Piglet's Big Movie (2003)See all 2 shared titles with Yukari Kiso
Mixed roles
- Chris BuckShared titles: Into the Unknown: Making Frozen 2 (2020), Frozen II (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Chris Buck
- Jennifer LeeShared titles: Into the Unknown: Making Frozen 2 (2020), Frozen II (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Jennifer Lee
- Marc SmithShared titles: Into the Unknown: Making Frozen 2 (2020), Frozen II (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Marc Smith