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Jeffrey Katzenberg

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74 Years Old

Jeffrey Katzenberg (/ˈkætsənˌbɜːrɡ/; born December 21, 1950) is an American media proprietor and film producer who has been serving as president of Universal Animation Studios. He previously served as chairman of Walt Disney Studios from 1984 to 1994, overseeing 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 2017, which invests in digital media projects. He 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 Hillary Clinton's and Barack Obama's active support, 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 Kamala Harris' 2024 presidential campaign. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jeffrey Katzenberg, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born

New York City, New York, USA on 21st December 1950

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Madagascar
Rico (voice) (uncredited)
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Kulturplatz
Self
E! True Hollywood Story Image
E! True Hollywood Story
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Spielberg
Self
Waking Sleeping Beauty Image
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Self
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Howard
Self
For the Love of Spock Image
For the Love of Spock
Self
Not Just a Goof Image
Not Just a Goof
Self
Untouchable Image
Untouchable
Self (archive footage)
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman Image
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
Self - CEO of DreamWorks Animation
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Chaos on the Bridge
Self
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants Image
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
Self
Pride of The Lion King Image
Pride of The Lion King
Himself
Shrek: Once Upon a Time Image
Shrek: Once Upon a Time
Self
The Happy Days of Garry Marshall Image
The Happy Days of Garry Marshall
Self
The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen Image
The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen
Self
Creating a Fairy Tale World: The Making of Shrek Image
Creating a Fairy Tale World: The Making of Shrek
Self
Meet the Donors: Does Money Talk? Image
Meet the Donors: Does Money Talk?
Self
Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel Image
Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
Self
Eddie Murphy: One Night Only Image
Eddie Murphy: One Night Only
Self
Your Studio and You Image
Your Studio and You
Jeffrey Katzenberg
The Making of the Lion King Image
The Making of the Lion King
Self
Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast Image
Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast
Self
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Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'
Self
Brian May's Brief History of 3D Image
Brian May's Brief History of 3D
Self
Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood Image
Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood
Self
Dick Tracy: Behind the Badge, Behind the Scenes Image
Dick Tracy: Behind the Badge, Behind the Scenes
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