Kathleen Kennedy
- Production
- June 5, 1953 · Berkeley, California, USA
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kathleen Kennedy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
- Star Wars: Starfighter · Producer
- The Mandalorian and Grogu · Producer
- Epic Ride: The Story of Universal Theme Parks · Self
- Star Wars: Skeleton Crew · Executive producer
- Music by John Williams · Self, Producer
- The Acolyte · Executive producer
- Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford · Self
- The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny · Self
- Ahsoka · Executive producer
- Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny · Producer
- Willow · Executive producer
- Zen - Grogu and Dust Bunnies · Thanks
- Andor · Executive producer
- LIGHT & MAGIC · Self, Executive producer
- Obi-Wan Kenobi · Executive producer
- The Book of Boba Fett · Executive producer
- Under the Helmet: The Legacy of Boba Fett · Self
- Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian · Self, Executive producer
- The Skywalker Legacy · Self
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker · Producer
- The Mandalorian · Executive producer
- Solo: A Star Wars Story · Producer
- The Director and the Jedi · Self
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi · Producer
- Spielberg · Self
- The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' · Self
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story · Producer
- The BFG · Executive producer
- John Williams: The Seventh Symphony · Self
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens · Producer
- Milius · Self
- Lincoln: An American Journey · Self
- Lincoln · Producer
- The E.T. Journals · Self
- War Horse · Producer
- The Adventures of Tintin · Producer
- Tales from the Future · Self
- Hereafter · Producer
- The Last Airbender · Executive producer
- The Special Relationship · Executive producer
- Doctor Zhivago: A Celebration · Self
- The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button · Self
- Looking Back to the Future · Thanks
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button · Producer
- Indiana Jones 4: The Return of a Legend · Self
- Production Diary: Making of 'The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull' · Self
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull · Executive producer
- An Old Fashioned Love Story: Making 'The Bridges of Madison County' · Self
- Persepolis · Executive producer
- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly · Producer
- Roving Mars · Producer
- Munich · Producer
- War of the Worlds · Producer
- The Making of 'Seabiscuit' · Self
- Young Black Stallion · Executive producer
- Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy · Self
- Seabiscuit · Producer
- 'Seabiscuit': The Making of a Legend · Self
- The Making of 'The Color Purple' · Self
- Making 'Signs' · Self, Thanks
- Signs · Executive producer
- Creating A.I. · Self
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special · Self
- The Music of E.T.: A Discussion with John Williams · Thanks
- The Making Of Jurassic Park III · Self
- Jurassic Park III · Producer
- A.I. Artificial Intelligence · Producer
- Snow Falling on Cedars · Producer
- A Map of the World · Producer
- The Sixth Sense · Producer
- Olympic Glory: Nagano 1998 · Executive producer
- The Lost World: Jurassic Park · Executive producer
- The Making of 'The Lost World' · Self
- The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial' · Self
- Twister · Producer
- Balto · Executive producer
- The Indian in the Cupboard · Producer
- Congo · Producer
- The Bridges of Madison County · Producer
- Milk Money · Producer