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