Kathleen Kennedy
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Kathleen Kennedy (born June 5, 1953) is an American film producer and current president of Lucasfilm. In 1981, she co-founded the production company Amblin Entertainment with Steven Spielberg and husband Frank Marshall. Her first film as a producer was E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982). She subsequently produced the Jurassic Park franchise, the first two of which became two of the top ten highest-grossing films of the 1990s. In 1992, she co-founded The Kennedy/Marshall Company with her husband Frank Marshall. On October 30, 2012, she became the president of Lucasfilm after The Walt Disney Company acquired the company for over $4 billion. She received the Irving G. Thalberg Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2018. Overall, Kennedy participated in the making of 60 films, mostly as executive producer, that garnered 8 Academy Award nominations and over $11 billion worldwide, including three of the highest-grossing films in motion picture history. Kennedy is second only to Spielberg in domestic box office receipts, with over $7 billion as of January 2018. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kathleen Kennedy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Kathleen Kennedy (born June 5, 1953) is an American film producer and current president of Lucasfilm. In 1981, she co-founded the production company Amblin Entertainment with Steven Spielberg and husband Frank Marshall. Her first film as a producer was E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982). She subsequently produced the Jurassic Park franchise, the first two of which became two of the top ten highest-grossing films of the 1990s. In 1992, she co-founded The Kennedy/Marshall Company with her husband Frank Marshall. On October 30, 2012, she became the president of Lucasfilm after The Walt Disney Company acquired the company for over $4 billion. She received the Irving G. Thalberg Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2018. Overall, Kennedy participated in the making of 60 films, mostly as executive producer, that garnered 8 Academy Award nominations and over $11 billion worldwide, including three of the highest-grossing films in motion picture history. Kennedy is second only to Spielberg in domestic box office receipts, with over $7 billion as of January 2018. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kathleen Kennedy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Production Credits
Hook
Willow
Schindler's List
Amazing Stories
Solo: A Star Wars Story
The Color Purple
Untitled Simon Kinberg Star Wars Film 3
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
The Mandalorian & Grogu
Untitled Star Wars "New Jedi Order" Film
Ponyo
The BFG
Back to the Future Part III
Untitled New Republic Era Star Wars Film
Roving Mars
Joe Versus the Volcano
The Land Before Time
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
Alive
The Acolyte
Trail Mix-Up
The Secret World of Arrietty
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
The Girl on the Train
Rogue Squadron
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Milk Money
Gremlins
Jurassic Park III
The Last Airbender
Munich
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Tummy Trouble
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Poltergeist
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
War of the Worlds
Congo
Zen - Grogu and Dust Bunnies
Roller Coaster Rabbit
The Mandalorian
Lincoln
Back to the Future Part II
Balto
A Far Off Place
Untitled Simon Kinberg Star Wars Film 2
Young Sherlock Holmes
Obi-Wan Kenobi
A Map of the World
Cape Fear
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
The Goonies
Jurassic Park
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Signs
Back to the Future
The Bridges of Madison County
An American Tail
The Indian in the Cupboard
Star Wars: Visions
Light & Magic
Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi
The Sixth Sense
Lando
The Money Pit
Obi Wan Kenobi - The Patterson Cut
Star Wars: Andor
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Arachnophobia
Ahsoka
The Flintstones
The Adventures of Tintin
The Fixer
Music by John Williams
The Book of Boba Fett
Twister
Untitled Simon Kinberg Star Wars Film 1
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