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