Frozen (2013 film) billion, and Lasseter was promoted to chief creative officer of both Pixar and Disney Animation. The next attempt started in 2008, when Lasseter was able to convince Chris Buck (who co-directed the 1999 film "Tarzan" for the studio) to return to Walt Disney Animation Studios from Sony Pictures Animation (where he had recently co-directed the Oscar-nominated 2007 film "Surf's Up"); that September, Buck pitched several ideas to Lasseter, one of which was "The Snow Queen". Buck later revealed that his initial inspiration for "The Snow Queen" was not the Andersen fairy tale itself, but that he wanted "to do something
The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic is a television special that aired September 2, 2014, on ABC. The program tells the story of how Walt Disney Animation Studios' 2013 3D computer-animated film "Frozen" was created, and the unique impact it had on worldwide culture. On August 13, 2014, it was announced that the one-hour television special, titled "The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic", would air September 2, 2014, on ABC. It features interviews with some of the cast and the creative team of the film;