Kathleen Kennedy worked in San Diego local television before moving to Los Angeles, where she was hired by 'Steven Spielberg' .
Elected to interim presidency of Producers Guild of America in 2001, following resignation of Thom Mount. Term runs through 2002.
Graduated from Shasta High School in Redding, California.
Member of the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Producers Branch) [2002-]
Twin sister of Connie Kennedy.
Got her first producing job on the low-budget Steven Spielberg blockbuster E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and, to this day, frequently works as a producer on many of his films, including Schindlers List , Jurassic Park and Munich .
2007 - Ranked #31 on EWs The 50 Smartest People in Hollywood.
Daughter-in-law of Jack Marshall.
Sister-in-law of Phil Marshall.
Named co-chairman, with George Lucas , of "Lucasfilm".
(October 2012) California: Co-chair of Lucasfilm with George Lucas.
I started out as a camera operator. I was doing news, and I was doing sports - baseball games and football games. And I was acutely aware of women not really being in those roles then.
I had a teacher who loved movies. He had a little theatre called The Flick, and he would let a bunch of us volunteer to work there, and he also let us make little movies in class.
The producer, in effect, has to work as a translator. You form a very tight relationship with the director and writer from the beginning, and then you are constantly communicating to the various people that begin to come into the process, as you are trying to manage to hold on to a vision that needs to be communicated over a long period of time.
