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Brief introduction of kathleen kennedy's life

Kathleen kennedy 1953 was born in Berkeley, California, USA. Her mother is a playwright and her father is a judge. 197 1 After graduating from high school, she joined San Diego State University, majoring in film. After graduating from college, she worked for KCST, a local TV station in San Diego. During her stay at the TV station, she worked as a photography assistant for video editing. 1979, she became the production assistant of the film 194 1, where she was appreciated by the film producer Steven Allan Spielberg and was invited to be Spielberg's secretary. With Spielberg's appreciation, Catherine's career path became more and more successful. 1982, Catherine and her husband, Frank Marshall, together with Spielberg, served as the producer of "Ghosts Drive People Out". In the subsequent Alien E.T., Catherine also worked as a producer with Spielberg. Later, Catherine participated in a series of Hollywood productions-Back to the Future Trilogy, Jurassic Park and so on, and she became one of the most successful producers in Hollywood. Besides Spielberg, she also collaborated with legendary directors such as martin scorsese, robert zemeckis and Clint Eastwood.

198 1 year, Kathleen Kennedy, her husband Frank Marshall and Steven Allan Spielberg * * * co-founded the famous Amblin Entertainment Company in the industry. Before co-founding Kennedy/Marshall Company with her husband * * 1992, Catherine served as the president of Amblin Entertainment Company. The Kennedy/Marshall film production company founded by Catherine and her husband has produced many box office masterpieces since its establishment, including The Sixth Sense and The Bourne ultimatum trilogy.

In 20 12, the famous director george lucas appointed Catherine as the co-chairman of Lucasfilm and his successor. By 20 16, Catherine Kennedy was the second highest-grossing producer in Hollywood history (after Steven Allan Spielberg).

On February 20 13, kathleen kennedy officially withdrew from the position of executive producer of Jurassic Park 4, and Spielberg will assume the responsibility of executive producer alone. Catherine withdrew from the cold war because she had just become the CEO of Lucas Film Company. Under the pressure of Disney, she had to spend all her energy making Star Wars 7 before 20 15, so she gave up Jurassic Park 4. 20 13 in April, kathleen kennedy won the pioneer award of 20 13 in the American Film Industry Fair.