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Kathleen Kennedy

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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Born:
Jun 5, 1953 In Berkeley, California, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
25
First Appeared:
In the movie Year of the Woman 1973-10-01
Latest Project:
Movie Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford 2023-12-01
Known For
Poster of The 'E.T.' Journals
Poster of The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
Poster of An Old Fashioned Love Story: Making 'The Bridges of Madison County'
Filmography
Movie The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny Self 2023-08-29
Movie Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford Self 2023-12-01
Movie Under the Helmet: The Legacy of Boba Fett Self 2021-11-12
Movie The Skywalker Legacy Self 2020-03-18
Movie The Director and the Jedi Self 2018-03-12
Movie The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' Self 2017-04-04
Movie Spielberg Self 2017-10-05
Movie John Williams: The Seventh Symphony Self 2016-01-02
Movie And the Oscar Goes To... Self - Interviewee 2014-02-01
Movie Lincoln: An American Journey Self 2013-01-16
Movie Milius Self 2013-03-09
Movie The 'E.T.' Journals Self 2012-10-09
Movie Doctor Zhivago: A Celebration Self 2010-05-04
Movie Tales from the Future Self 2010-10-26
Movie The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button Self 2009-05-05
Movie An Old Fashioned Love Story: Making 'The Bridges of Madison County' Self 2008-05-06
Movie The Guatemalan Handshake Ethel Firecracker 2006-01-23
Movie Making 'Signs' Self - Executive Producer 2003-01-07
Movie The Making Of 'Jurassic Park III' Self 2001-12-11
Movie The Making of 'The Lost World' Self 1997-05-08
Movie Contact Kathleen Kennedy 1997-07-11
Movie The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial' Self 1996-10-01
Movie Citizen Steve Mover 1987-01-01
Movie Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 'Anything Goes' Dancer (uncredited) 1984-05-23
Movie Year of the Woman 1973-10-01