Irene Mecci began her association with Disney in March 1992, when she wrote Recycle Rex, an animated short, which won the 1994 Environmental Media Award. Irene is a co-writer of Disney’s animated features The Lion King, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Hercules. Along with co-author Roger Allers, she received a 1998 Tony® nomination for writing the book for The Lion King. Irene wrote the teleplay for “Annie,” which aired on ABC. Irene is developing an animated film at Pixar, a television adaptation of Broadway’s classic musical, Peter Pan and has a production company which is acquiring literary material written for young adults in order to produce a slate of
Irene Mecchi, The Lion King
Irene Mecchi, The Lion King
Irene Mecchi has written 1 shows including The Lion King (Source Material).
Irene Mecchi has been nominated for Best Musical at the New York Drama Critics Circle Awards for The Lion King and Best Book of a Musical at the Tony Awards for The Lion King.
Irene Mecchi has won the Best Musical award from the New York Drama Critics Circle Awards for The Lion King.
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