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Jeffrey Katzenberg

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Born December 21, 1950 · New York City, New York, USA

Biography

Jeffrey Katzenberg (/ˈkætsənbɜːrɡ/ KAT-sən-burg; born December 21, 1950) is an American media proprietor and film producer. He served as chairman 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. Katzenberg has also been involved in politics as an election donor. With active support of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, he was named "one of Hollywood's premier political kingmakers and one of the Democratic Party's top national fund-raisers". He served as a campaign co-chair for Joe Biden's 2024 presidential re-election campaign, and subsequently Kamala Harris' 2024 presidential campaign. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jeffrey Katzenberg, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

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

Filmography50+ titles

The Lion King

1994Executive Producer

How to Train Your Dragon

2010Executive Producer

Shrek

2001Producer

How to Train Your Dragon 2

2014Executive Producer

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron

2002Producer

Spielberg

2017as Self

The Contender

Producer

For the Love of Spock

2016as Self

Rise of the Guardians

2012Executive Producer

Not Just a Goof

2024as Self

Kung Fu Panda

2008Executive Producer

Shrek 2

2004Executive Producer

The Road to El Dorado

2000Co-Director, Executive Producer

The Prince of Egypt

1998Executive Producer

Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel

2022as Self

Trolls World Tour

2020Thanks

Waking Sleeping Beauty

2009as Self

Kung Fu Panda 2

2011Executive Producer

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

2005Thanks

Chaos on the Bridge

2014as Self

Just Like Heaven

2005Producer

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas

2003Producer

Kung Fu Panda 3

2016Executive Producer

The Croods

2013Executive Producer

The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper

2005Executive Producer

Madagascar

2005as Rico (voice) (uncredited)

Joseph: King of Dreams

2000Executive Producer

Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie

2025Thanks

Howard

2018as Self

Home

2015Executive Producer

Chicken Run

2000Executive Producer

Being Eddie

2025as Self

Buffaloed

2019Producer

Mr. Peabody & Sherman

2014Executive Producer

Trolls

2016Executive Producer, Thanks

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted

2012Executive Producer

Untouchable

2019as Self (archive footage)

The Boss Baby

2017Executive Producer, Thanks

Penguins of Madagascar

2014Executive Producer

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

2008Executive Producer

Shrek Forever After

2010Executive Producer

Neighbors from Hell

Producer

Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie

2017Executive Producer, Thanks

Turbo

2013Executive Producer

Monsters vs. Aliens

2009Executive Producer

Shrek the Third

2007Executive In Charge Of Production, Executive Producer

Flushed Away

2006Executive Producer

Seduced and Abandoned

2013as Self

Bee Movie

2007Executive Producer

Shrek 3-D

2004Producer