Janet Healy

Janet Healy born June 17 1951 started her career in liveaction films working with directors Stanley Kramer Hal Ashby and Sam Peckinpah She worked with Steven Spielberg on Close Encounters of the Third Kind and 1941 serving as Associate Producer on the latter She then joined George Lucas visual effects company Industrial Light Magic ILM as a CoHead of Production At ILM Janet produced some of the eras most groundbreaking visual effects work including the Academy Awardwinning visual effects for Terminator 2 Judgment Day and Jurassic Park She was instrumental in leading the industry transition from reliance on photochemical and incamera processes to the use of the digital 2D and 3D techniques that are common place in visual effects today During those years at ILM she was also the Visual Effects Producer for Ghostbusters II Joe Versus the Volcano and Willow In 1995 she joined Walt Disney Feature Animation as the Head of Digital Production and oversaw the CG work on the films Tarzan Dinosaur and Mulan She moved to DreamWorks Animation a to serve as Head of Production for several years and was a Producer on Shark Tale In 2008 Janet joined Chris Meledandri at Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures Along with Chris Janet is the Producer of Despicable Me The Lorax Despicable Me 2 The Minions The Secret Life of Pets Sing Despicable Me 3 The Grinch The Secret Life of Pets 2 Sing 2 and MinionsThe Rise of Gru Janet is a member of the New Media Council of the Producers Guild of America and a Founding Member of the Visual Effects Society She has served as a member of the Board of Directors and as an Executive Board member of those organizations respectively In 2014 she was awarded the Visual Effects Societys highest honor The Founders Award for her contributions to the industry and to that organization She is also a member of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences As of 2022 the films Janet has produced have earned more than 8 billion worldwide In 2015 she was honored to be a recipient of the Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Ministry of Culture and she is also a Dame of SaintÉmilion France