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.
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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.
Known For
Production Credits
Rogue Squadron
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Twister
The Land Before Time
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
War Horse
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Back to the Future
The Girl on the Train
The Adventures of Tintin
Balto
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew
The Last Airbender
Signs
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
A Far Off Place
Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
The Mandalorian and Grogu
Lando
Obi Wan Kenobi - The Patterson Cut
The Money Pit
Star Wars: Starfighter
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
Untitled Simon Kinberg Star Wars Film 1
The Indian in the Cupboard
The Goonies
Willow
Amazing Stories
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
The Bridges of Madison County
Trail Mix-Up
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Untitled Simon Kinberg Star Wars Film 3
Roller Coaster Rabbit
Joe Versus the Volcano
Jurassic Park III
Music by John Williams
LIGHT & MAGIC
Schindler's List
The Mandalorian
The BFG
The Book of Boba Fett
Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi
Jurassic Park
Lincoln
Roving Mars
Solo: A Star Wars Story
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Cape Fear
The Color Purple
Poltergeist
Gremlins
Congo
A Map of the World
Hook
Ahsoka
War of the Worlds
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
Andor
Back to the Future Part II
Seabiscuit
The Acolyte
Back to the Future Part III
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Milk Money
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
The Secret World of Arrietty
The Sixth Sense
The Flintstones
Roger Rabbit: Dolor de Barriga
Untitled Simon Kinberg Star Wars Film 2
The Fixer
Young Sherlock Holmes
Alive
Zen - Grogu and Dust Bunnies
Munich
Untitled New Republic Era Star Wars Film
Arachnophobia
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Untitled Star Wars "New Jedi Order" Film
Star Wars: Visions
Ponyo
An American Tail
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