Kathleen Kennedy (born June 5, 1953) is an American film producer from Berkeley, California.
A co-founder of Amblin Entertainment with Steven Spielberg and husband Frank Marshall, she went on to produce and executive produce a number of hit films in the 80s and 90s, such as E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Back to the Future and the Jurassic Park franchise.
Since 2012, she is the president of Lucasfilm, and the brand manager of the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises, after The Walt Disney Company acquired the studio. She took the job at the personal request of George Lucas and has overseen everything produced by the studio starting with the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy.
As Cracked puts it,
"Kathleen Kennedy is both the beginning and the end. The Alpha and Omega to your childhood and the childhoods of your children."
Filmography
- The Indiana Jones series:
- Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) (associate to Steven Spielberg)
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) (associate producer and cameonote )
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) (associate producer)
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) (producer)
- Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2022) (producer)
- Poltergeist (1982) (associate producer)
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) (producer)
- Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) (associate producer) (segment 2)
- The Gremlins series
- Gremlins (1984) (executive producer)
- Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) (executive producer)
- The Color Purple (1985) (producer)
- Young Sherlock Holmes (1985) (executive producer)
- The Back to the Future series
- Back to the Future (1985) (executive producer)
- Back to the Future Part II (1989) (executive producer)
- Back to the Future Part III (1990) (executive producer)
- The Goonies (1985) (executive producer)
- Fandango (1985) (executive producer)
- The American Tail series:
- An American Tail (1986) (executive producer)
- An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991) (executive producer)
- The Money Pit (1986) (producer)
- *batteries not included (1987) (executive producer)
- Empire of the Sun (1987) (producer)
- Innerspace (1987) (co-executive producer)
- The Land Before Time (1988) (co-executive producer)
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) (executive producer)
- Tummy Trouble (1989) (executive producer)
- Roller Coaster Rabbit (1990) (executive producer)
- Trail Mix-Up (1993) (executive producer)
- Always (1989) (producer)
- Dad (1989) (executive producer)
- Arachnophobia (1990) (producer)
- Joe Versus the Volcano (1990) (executive producer)
- Hook (1991) (producer)
- Cape Fear (1991) (executive producer)
- Noises Off (1992) (executive producer)
- Schindler's List (1993) (executive producer)
- We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993) (executive producer)
- A Dangerous Woman (1993) (executive producer)
- The Jurassic Park series:
- Jurassic Park (1993) (producer)
- The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) (executive producer)
- Jurassic Park III (2001) (producer)
- A Far Off Place (1993) (executive producer)
- Alive (1993) (producer)
- Milk Money (1994) (producer)
- The Flintstones (1994) (executive producer)
- Balto (1995) (executive producer)
- The Indian in the Cupboard (1995) (producer)
- Congo (1995) (producer)
- The Bridges of Madison County (1995) (producer)
- Twister (1996) (producer)
- A Map Of The World (1999) (producer)
- Snow Falling on Cedars (1999) (producer)
- The Sixth Sense (1999) (producer)
- Olympic Glory (1999) (executive producer)
- A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001) (producer)
- Signs (2002) (executive producer)
- The Young Black Stallion (2003) (producer)
- Seabiscuit (2003) (producer)
- Munich (2005) (producer)
- War of the Worlds (2005) (producer)
- Persepolis (2007) (executive producer)
- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) (producer)
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) (producer)
- Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (2008) (English dub producer)
- Crossing Over (2009) (producer)
- The Last Airbender (2010) (executive producer)
- Hereafter (co-producer with Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz and Steven Spielberg) (2010)
- Arrietty (2010) (US English dub producer)
- From Up on Poppy Hill (2011) (English dub producer)
- The Adventures of Tintin (2011) (producer)
- War Horse (2011) (producer)
- Lincoln (2012) (producer)
- Star Wars:
- The Force Awakens (2015) (producer)
- Rogue One (2016) (producer)
- The Last Jedi (2017) (producer)
- Solo (2018) (producer)
- The Mandalorian (2019) (executive producer)
- The Rise of Skywalker (2019) (producer)
- The Book of Boba Fett (2021) (executive producer)
- Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022) (executive producer)
- Andor (2022) (executive producer)
- Ahsoka (2023) (executive producer)
- Willow (2022) (producer)
