Frozen is a Disney media franchise started by the 2013 American animated feature film, Frozen, which was directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee from a screenplay by Lee and produced by Peter Del Vecho, with songs by Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez. Walt Disney Animation Studios' chief creative officer John Lasseter served as the film's executive producer. The original film was inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale, "The Snow Queen".