Kathleen Kennedy

Kathleen Kennedy Brief Biography

Kathleen Kennedy (born June 5, 1953) is an American film producer. In 1981, she co-founded Amblin Entertainment with her future husband Frank Marshall and Steven Spielberg. She produced the 1982 film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and the Jurassic Park trilogy, the first two of which became two of the top ten highest-grossing films of the 1990s. In terms of domestic box office receipts Kennedy is second only to Steven Spielberg, with over $5.2 billion as of October 2012.

On October 30, 2012, she became the president of Lucasfilm and the brand manager of the Star Wars franchise after The Walt Disney Company acquired the company for over $4 billion. It was then announced that the first project under her authority will be Star Wars Episode VII which is scheduled to release sometime in 2015.

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• Jon Favreau to write and executive produce 'Star Wars' streaming TV series
• 'Blade Runner 2049,' 'Logan,' 'Black Mirror' win Production Design Awards
• 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi': What we know about the 'Star Wars' saga's latest installment
• 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' director Rian Johnson to create new 'Star Wars' trilogy for Lucasfilm

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