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