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
Poltergeist
Back to the Future Part III
An American Tail
Congo
Zen - Grogu and Dust Bunnies
Rogue Squadron
Hook
The Bridges of Madison County
Balto
Back to the Future
Star Wars: Andor
Lincoln
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Roller Coaster Rabbit
Trail Mix-Up
The Book of Boba Fett
Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Schindler's List
The Last Airbender
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Secret World of Arrietty
Obi-Wan Kenobi
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
Young Sherlock Holmes
Joe Versus the Volcano
Light & Magic
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
The Adventures of Tintin
The Acolyte
Tummy Trouble
Untitled Star Wars "New Jedi Order" Film
Back to the Future Part II
The Flintstones
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Jurassic Park III
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Willow
Lando
The Fixer
Untitled New Republic Era Star Wars Film
The Indian in the Cupboard
The Mandalorian
The Mandalorian & Grogu
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
The Goonies
The BFG
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Alive
The Land Before Time
The Girl on the Train
Munich
Obi Wan Kenobi - The Patterson Cut
War of the Worlds
Cape Fear
Star Wars: Visions
Signs
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Ahsoka
Milk Money
Gremlins
Amazing Stories
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Jurassic Park
Music by John Williams
Untitled Taika Waititi Star Wars Film
A Map of the World
Ponyo
Twister
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Arachnophobia
The Sixth Sense
Solo: A Star Wars Story
A Far Off Place
The Color Purple
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
The Money Pit
Roving Mars
Untitled Shawn Levy Star Wars Film
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