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