Kathleen Kennedy
Biography
Kathleen Kennedy (born June 5, 1953) is an American film producer who has been president of Lucasfilm since 2012.
In 1981, Kennedy co-founded the production company Amblin Entertainment with Steven Spielberg and her eventual husband Frank Marshall. Her first film as a producer was E.T. (1982). A decade later, again with Spielberg, she 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 and Marshall founded The Kennedy/Marshall Company. In 2012, Kennedy became the president of Lucasfilm after The Walt Disney Company acquired the company.
As Lucasfilm's president, Kennedy has overseen the development, production, and release of projects such as the Star Wars sequel trilogy (2015–2019), the Star Wars standalone films Rogue One (2016) and Solo (2018), as well as the fifth Indiana Jones film, The Dial of Destiny (2023). She has also produced various Star Wars series, including six live-action series for Disney+, The Mandalorian (2019–present), The Book of Boba Fett (2021), Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022), Andor (2022–2025), Ahsoka (2023–present), and The Acolyte (2024).
Kennedy has produced films which have earned over $11 billion worldwide, including five of the fifty highest-grossing movies in film history. As a producer, she has received eight Best Picture Academy Award nominations.
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Known For
The Oscars
1953
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
1984
LIGHT & MAGIC
2022
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
2020
Spielberg
2017
Music by John Williams
2024
The Skywalker Legacy
2020
Milius
2013
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford
2023
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
2009
The Director and the Jedi
2018
Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy
2003
Citizen Steve
1987
The Making of 'The Lost World'
1997
The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
2023