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Irene Mecchi (born September 21, 1949) is an American screenwriter and playwright, whose prominent works include screenplays for several Disney animated films. She co-authored the screenplays for The Lion King (1994), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), and Hercules (1997).
- Screenwriter, playwright, television writer
- September 21, 1949 (age 74), San Francisco, California, United States
Writer: The Lion King. Irene Mecchi was born on 21 September 1949 in San Francisco, California, USA. She is a writer, known for The Lion King (1994), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) and Brave (2012).
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Feb 10, 2023 · Feb. 10, 2023 6 AM PT. Jennifer Lee and Irene Mecchi are part of an extremely rarefied club. They were integral to the success of Walt Disney Animation Studios’ three top-grossing films of all...
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Irene Mecchi | Disney THE LION KING. Irene began her association with Disney in March 1992, when she wrote Recycle Rex, the 1994 Environmental Media Award-winning animated short. Irene shares a screenplay credit on Disney’s animated features The Lion King, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Hercules.
Irene Mecchi was born on 21 September 1949 in San Francisco, California, USA. She is a writer, known for The Lion King (1994), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) and Brave (2012).
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Irene Mecchi is an American writer who has written for print, television, film, and theatre. Her feature film writing credits include Disney's The Lion King, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Hercules.
Mecchi was born in the third generation of her family that lived in San Francisco, California. She later received a BA from the University of California, Berkeley, and continued her studies at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco. As she began to start her career, her aspirations to direct theater led her to the renowned American Conservatory Theater (ACT), where her instructor, Second City alumnus Joy Carlin, was impressed with her writing and encouraged her to pursue it on a full-time basis.
Her first work began when she wrote a series of children's programs for Nickelodeon such as By the Way. Mecchi's first network writing assignment was on the Emmy Award-winning Lily Tomlin special, Lily: Sold Out. Her later television credits also include Valerie, The Popcorn Kid, and a season as staff writer on My Sister Sam. Along with that, Mecchi researched and wrote a play drawn from 50 years of legendary newspaper columnist Herb Caen's witty observations of San Francisco. The play was "work-shopped" at ACT and led Mecchi to edit two books of Caen writings, which were published in 1992 and 1993.
Finally, Mecchi began her association with Disney in March 1992, when she wrote a 10-minute animated short called "Recycle Rex." That short film encouraged younger viewers to "recycle, reduce and reuse" waste materials. During the summer of 1992, Mecchi was brought on board to help further develop the characters and define their personalities. Several months later, she was joined by Jonathan Roberts in the rewriting process of the screenplay. Together, both writers tackled the difficult unresolved emotional issues in the script, which created Timon, Pumbaa, and the hyenas. One example of her touch on the film was when she added the moment when Rafiki hits Simba's head after the visitation of his father.
After the success of The Lion King, she signed to co-write the screenplay of The Hunchback of Notre Dame (which reunited her with Lion King producer, Don Hahn) and Hercules. Also, she reteamed with Roger Allers to co-write the book for the musical adaptation of The Lion King, to which they were nominated a Tony Award for Best Book for a Musical. She would later reteam again with Allers to contribute additional screenplay material to The Lion King 1½.
1.The Lion King: Film Notes.
2.Irene Mecchi - Stanford Center on Longevity. Stanford Center on Longevity..
3.By The Way- Ultra-rare/lost Nickelodeon show from 1979, Intro & Host Segments on YouTube. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
4.The Lion King: Platinum Edition (Disc 2), Story Origins
5.Schavemaker, Peter (June 11, 2013). An Interview From Abroad with Brenda Chapman. Animation. Retrieved on May 20, 2017.
6.Failes, Ian (September 26, 2016). Life After Pixar: An Interview with Brenda Chapman. Cartoon Brew. Retrieved on May 20, 2017.
•Irene Mecchi on Wikipedia
•Irene Mecchi at the Internet Movie Database
Irene Mecchi is known as an Screenplay, Writer, Characters, Original Film Writer, Producer, Adaptation, Teleplay, and Thanks. Some of her work includes The Lion King, Brave, The Lion King, Hercules, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Fantasia 2000, Strange Magic, and Hercules.
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