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.
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Credits
- 2024 · Music by John Williams as Self - Filmmaker
- 2023 · Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford as Self
- 2023 · The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny as Self
- 2023 · Master & Apprentice: A Special Look at Ahsoka as Self
- 2022 · Star Wars: Andor as Self
- 2022 · Light & Magic as Self - Producer / President, Lucasfilm
- 2021 · Under the Helmet: The Legacy of Boba Fett as Self
- 2021 · Star Wars: Visions as Self
- 2021 · Star Wars: The High Republic Show as Self
- 2020 · Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian as Self - Executive Producer
- 2020 · The Skywalker Legacy as Self
- 2018 · The Director and the Jedi as Self
- 2017 · Spielberg as Self
- 2017 · The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' as Self
- 2016 · John Williams: The Seventh Symphony as Self
- 2014 · And the Oscar Goes To... as Self - Interviewee
- 2013 · Milius as Self
- 2013 · Lincoln: An American Journey as Self
- 2012 · The 'E.T.' Journals as Self
- 2010 · Tales from the Future as Self
- 2010 · Doctor Zhivago: A Celebration as Self
- 2009 · The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button as Self
- 2008 · An Old Fashioned Love Story: Making 'The Bridges of Madison County' as Self
- 2003 · Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy as self
- 2003 · The Making of 'The Color Purple' as Self
- 2003 · Making 'Signs' as Self - Executive Producer
- 2002 · E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special as Self
- 2001 · The Making Of 'Jurassic Park III' as Self
- 1997 · The Making of 'The Lost World' as Self
- 1996 · The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial' as Self
- 1993 · Alive: 20 Years Later as Self - Producer
- 1987 · Citizen Steve as Mover
- 1984 · Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom as 'Anything Goes' Dancer (uncredited)