Jeffrey Katzenberg

Biography

Jeffrey Katzenberg is an American media proprietor and film producer. He served as chair of Walt Disney Studios from 1984 to 1994, a position in which he oversaw production and business operations for the company's feature films. Following his departure, he co-founded DreamWorks SKG in 1994, where he served as the company's chief executive officer (CEO) and executive producer of its animated franchises—including Shrek, Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda, and How to Train Your Dragon—until stepping down from the title in 2016. He has since founded the venture capital firm WndrCo in the same year, which invests in digital media projects, and launched Quibi in 2020, a defunct short-form mobile video platform that lost US$1.35 billion in seven months.

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Awards & recognition

• ★Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award · 2012
• ★Winsor McCay Award · 2009
• ★Jane Fonda Humanitarian Award · 2008
• ★National Medal of Arts
• ☆Academy Award — Best Animated Feature · 2003 · nominated