Bobby Lopez

Robert Lopez was born in Manhattan on February 23, 1975 to Katherine and Frank Lopez. He grew up in Greenwich Village and began piano lessons at Greenwich House Music School at a young age. By age seven, he was writing his own songs. He attended Hunter College Elementary School and Hunter College High School before earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Yale University in 1997. During his time at Yale, he wrote three plays, two of which were musicals, and was a member of the Yale Spizzwinks a cappella group. After graduating, he spent four years living with his parents while he worked on developing his musical career, taking temporary jobs at companies like Pfizer and as a weekend receptionist for Greenwich House.

Lopez’s career gained significant momentum after he met Jeff Marx at the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop in 1998. Their collaboration led to “Avenue Q”, a puppet-based musical addressing adult themes, which premiered Off-Broadway before transferring to Broadway in July 2003. This production earned Lopez his first Tony Award for Best Original Score in 2004. Expanding on his success, Lopez then co-created “The Book of Mormon” with Matt Stone and Trey Parker, which opened in 2011 and garnered him two additional Tony Awards for Best Original Score and Best Book of a Musical. This period also saw him win his first Daytime Emmy in 2008 for his work on the Nickelodeon series “Wonder Pets!”.

Continuing his prolific output, Lopez, often working with his wife Kristen Anderson-Lopez, has significantly impacted animated film music. Their collaboration on Disney’s “Frozen” (2013) resulted in the Academy Award-winning song “Let It Go,” making Lopez the youngest person to achieve EGOT status. He later became the first to achieve a ‘Double EGOT’ with another Academy Award for “Remember Me” from the film “Coco” (2017). His recent projects include original songs for “Frozen II” (2019) and the Marvel series “WandaVision” (2021) and “Agatha All Along” (2024), demonstrating his continued relevance and success across different entertainment mediums.