Kathleen Kennedy

Kathleen Kennedy born June 5 1953 is an American film producer who has been president of Lucasfilm since 2012 In 1981 Kennedy cofounded the production company Amblin Entertainment with Steven Spielberg and her eventual husband Frank Marshall Her first film as a producer was ET 1982 A decade later again with Spielberg she produced the Jurassic Park franchise the first two of which became two of the top ten highestgrossing films of the 1990s In 1992 she and Marshall founded The KennedyMarshall Company In 2012 Kennedy became the president of Lucasfilm after The Walt Disney Company acquired the company As Lucasfilms president Kennedy has overseen the development production and release of projects such as the Star Wars sequel trilogy 20152019 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 liveaction series for Disney The Mandalorian 2019present The Book of Boba Fett 2021 ObiWan Kenobi 2022 Andor 20222025 Ahsoka 2023present and The Acolyte 2024 Kennedy has produced films which have earned over 11 billion worldwide including five of the fifty highestgrossing 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia