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