Kathleen Kennedy (film producer)
Kathleen Kennedy (born June 5, 1953 in Berkeley , California ) is an American film producer .
Career
Kennedy studied film in San Diego and got into the film business through an assistant job with John Milius . She made her debut as a producer in 1982 with ET - The Extra Terrestrial . This was the beginning of her collaboration with director Steven Spielberg , who directed the film, which continues to this day .
She founded the film and television production company Amblin Entertainment in 1983 with her husband Frank Marshall , who also worked as a film producer and Spielberg . In 1992, she and her husband founded the production company The Kennedy / Marshall Company , which mainly produces films outside of Amblin Entertainment. She and her husband have two children together.
In the course of her career, eight of her previous cinema productions have been nominated for the Oscar in the category Best Picture , but without one of them winning the award, which for Kennedy means not only the second most nominations after Steven Spielberg but also the most without a win. In 1997 she was honored with the George Pal Memorial Award at the Saturn Awards . In 2010 she was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . In 2018, she and her husband received the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award from the Academy at the Academy Awards for the following year .
Since the sale of Lucasfilm to Disney in October 2012, Kathleen Kennedy has been responsible for all projects as the new President of Lucasfilm. As a producer, she was instrumental in the Star Wars films The Force Awakens , Rogue One , The Last Jedi , Solo and The Rise of Skywalker .
Filmography (selection)
producer
- 1982: ET the Extra-Terrestrial
- 1985: The Color Purple (The Color Purple)
- 1986: A gift is still too expensive (The Money Pit)
- 1987: Empire of the Sun (Empire of the Sun)
- 1989: Always - The Fire Angel of Montana (Always)
- 1990: Arachnophobia
- 1991: Hook
- 1993: survive! (Alive)
- 1993: Jurassic Park
- 1994: Pocket money (Milk Money)
- 1995: The Bridges of Madison County (The Bridges of Madison County)
- 1995: Congo
- 1995: The Indian in the Cupboard (The Indian in the Cupboard)
- 1996: Twister
- 1999: The Sixth Sense
- 1999: Snow Falling on Cedars (Snow Falling on Cedars)
- 1999: Persecuted Innocently (A Map of the World)
- 2001: AI - Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- 2001: Jurassic Park III
- 2003: Seabiscuit - With the will to succeed (Seabiscuit)
- 2005: War of the Worlds (War of the Worlds)
- 2005: Munich (Munich)
- 2007: Butterfly and diving bell (Le scaphandre et le papillon)
- 2008: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
- 2010: Hereafter - Life After (Hereafter)
- 2011: The Adventures of Tintin (The Adventures of Tintin)
- 2011: Companions (War Horse)
- 2012: Lincoln
- 2015: Star Wars : The Force Awakens
- 2016: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
- 2017: Star Wars : The Last Jedi
- 2018: Solo: A Star Wars Story
- 2019: Star Wars : The Rise of Skywalker
Executive Producer
- 1984: Gremlins - Little Monsters (Gremlins)
- 1985: Fandango
- 1985: The Goonies (The Goonies)
- 1985: Back to the Future
- 1985: The Secret of the Hidden Temple (Young Sherlock Holmes)
- 1986: Feivel, the mouse wanderer (An American Tail)
- 1987: The Journey into the Self (Innerspace)
- 1987: The Miracle on 8th Street (* batteries not included)
- 1988: Wrong Game with Roger Rabbit (Who Framed Roger Rabbit)
- 1988: The Land Before Time (The Land Before Time)
- 1989: Dad
- 1989: Back to the Future Part II
- 1990: Joe Versus the Volcano
- 1990: Back to the Future Part III
- 1990: Gremlins 2 - The New Batch (Gremlins 2 - The New Batch)
- 1991: Cape Fear (Cape Fear)
- 1991: Feivel, the mouse wanderer in the Wild West (An American Tail: Fievel Goes West)
- 1992: The fun begins (Noises Off ...)
- 1992: Feivel the mouse wanderer & his friends ( Fievel's American Tails , cartoon series, 13 episodes)
- 1993: The Trail of the Wind - The Last Great Adventure (A Far Off Place)
- 1993: A Dangerous Woman
- 1993: Four Dinos in New York (We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story)
- 1993: Schindler's List (Schindler's List)
- 1994: Flintstones - The Flintstones (The Flintstones)
- 1997: The Lost World: Jurassic Park (The Lost World: Jurassic Park)
- 2002: Signs - Signs
- 2003: The Young Black Stallion
- 2008: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
- 2010: The Legend of Aang (The Last Airbender)
- 2019: The Mandalorian (TV series)
Web links
- Kathleen Kennedy in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Die Bossin, in: Süddeutsche Zeitung, 3./4. December 2016, p. 17.
- ↑ ZEIT ONLINE from October 31, 2012
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Kennedy, Kathleen |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film producer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 5th June 1953 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Berkeley , California , United States |