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Kathleen Kennedy is an American film producer, who co-founded Amblin Entertainment with Steven Spielberg, and her husband Frank Marshall, before leaving with him to form their own film company The Kennedy/Marshall Company. Before stepping down from the company in May 2012, She was best known back then for producing films like the 1982 film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and the 1993 blockbuster Jurassic Park.
For Disney she worked as a film producer for films such as the 1988 award-winning film Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Arachnophobia, Noises Off, A Far Off Place, The Young Black Stallion, War Horse and Lincoln. Kennedy and her husband were also producers for the English versions of three Studio Ghibli animated features, Ponyo released in 2009, The Secret World of Arrietty released in 2012, and The Wind Rises in 2014.
In June 2012, Kennedy was named co-chair of Lucasfilm Ltd. alongside George Lucas, whose role was eventually succeeded to Kennedy. Once the acquisition of Lucasfilm to The Walt Disney Company was complete, she was promoted to president. Additionally she serves as the brand manager for the Star Wars franchise, working directly with Disney's global lines of distribution channels to build, further integrate, and maximize the value of this global franchise. Kennedy also serves as executive producer on the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy, starting with The Force Awakens in 2015 as well as all films in the Star Wars Anthology Series.
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The Walt Disney Company (Disney) is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was originally founded on October 16, 1923, by brothers Walt and Roy O. Disney as the Disney Brothers Studio; it also operated under the names the Walt Disney Studio and Walt Disney Productions before changing its name to The Walt Disney Company in 1986. Early on, the company established itself as a leader in the animation industry, with the creation of the widely popular character Mickey Mouse, who is the company's mascot, and the start of animated films. Together with its subsidiaries, The Walt Disney Company is a diversified worldwide entertainment company with operations in the following business segments: Media Networks; Parks, Experiences and Products; Studio Entertainment; and Direct-to-Consumer & International. In October 2020, the Company announced a strategic reorganization of their media and entertainment businesses to accelerate the growth of their direct-to-consumer strategy. The operations of the Media Networks, Studio Entertainment and DTCI segments were reorganized into four groups: three content groups (Studios, General Entertainment and Sports), which are focused on developing and producing content that will be used across all of their traditional and DTC platforms and a distribution group, which is focused on distribution and commercialization activities across these platforms and which has full accountability for media and entertainment operating results globally. The Walt Disney Company entertains, informs and inspires people around the globe through the power of unparalleled storytelling, reflecting the iconic brands, creative minds and innovative technologies families have come to love for over 90 years.