FEBRUARY - KATHLEEN KENNEDY
Kathleen
Kennedy is the president of Lucasfilm, which was founded by George
Lucas in 1971. Lucasfilm is the home of the Star Wars and Indiana Jones
franchises. Kennedy was chosen by Lucas to replace him as the leader of
the company in the spring of 2012.
One of the most successful producers
in Hollywood, her career is closely associated with the director Steven
Spielberg. Her first production credit was for Spielberg's E.T. the
Extra-Terrestrial in 1982. She and her future husband, Frank Marshall,
and Spielberg had formed a production company the previous year. In 1992
she and Marshall founded the Kennedy/Marshall Company. She has been the
producer or executive producer of over sixty films, including The Color
Purple, the Jurassic Park series, the Back to the Future trilogy,
Schindler's List, and Lincoln.
Lucasfilm was sold to the Walt Disney
Company shortly after Kennedy joined it. Her first project as president
was the seventh Star Wars movie, The Force Awakens. She is a member of
the board of governors and the board of trustees of the Academy of
Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.
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