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