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Jeffrey Katzenberg (born
December 21,
1950 in
New York City) is an
United States film producer and
CEO of DreamWorks Animation SKG. He is perhaps most famous for his period as studio chairman at The Walt Disney Company, and for producing the movie
Shrek (
2001).
Biography
Katzenberg tried being a talent agent briefly, but in 1975 ended up as an assistant to
Barry Diller, the Chairman of Paramount Pictures. Diller moved Katzenberg to the
marketing department and then the television division where Katzenberg was assigned to revive the Star Trek franchise. He was successful with Star Trek: The Motion Picture (
1979). He continued to work his way up and became President of Production under Chief Operating Officer Michael Eisner.
In
1984, Eisner became Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at The Walt Disney Company. Eisner brought Katzenberg with him to take charge of Disney’s
Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, including its ailing
Walt Disney Feature Animation unit. As the studio head, Katzenberg was responsible for turning the studio around and creating some of the most critically acclaimed and highest grossing animated features that Disney released:
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (
1988),
The Little Mermaid (1989),
Beauty and the Beast (1991, the first animated feature to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture), Aladdin (
1992), and The Lion King (1994), the highest domestic grossing animated film of all time until 2003. He also sealed the deal that created the highly successful partnership between
Pixar and Disney and the deal that brought Miramax Films into Disney.
When Eisner’s second in command,
Frank Wells, died in a helicopter crash in
1994, Eisner refused to promote Katzenberg to the vacated position of president. When Katzenberg pushed the issue, Eisner forced him to resign. Katzenberg launched a lawsuit against Disney to recover money he felt he was owed and settled out of court for an estimated $100 to $250 million (the actual amount remains secret).
Later that year, Katzenberg co-founded
DreamWorks SKG with Steven Spielberg and David Geffen. From his ventures, Katzenberg has gained an estimated worth of $800 million according to
Forbes magazine (this after barely being able to afford the $30 million downpayment for the establishment of
DreamWorks SKG). He was also an executive producer of
Prince of Egypt (1998) and
Joseph: King of Dreams (
2000), released by DreamWorks.
DreamWorks was initially successful but never fulfilled its potential. Plans for a studio campus in L.A.'s Playa Vista section were scrapped, while the record label and videogame unit were sold off. Recently, Geffen admitted that DreamWorks had come close to bankruptcy twice. Under Katzenberg's watch, the studio suffered a $125 million loss on
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas, and also overestimated the DVD demand for Shrek 2. In 2005, out of their two large budget pictures,
The Island (2005 film) bombed at the domestic box office, while
War of the Worlds (2005 film) was produced as a joint effort with Paramount which was the first to reap the profits.The DreamWorks studio was sold to Viacom in December 2005; as Viacom also owned Paramount, Katzenberg was (in a way) reunited with his old employers.
In
2006, Katzenberg made an appearance on the fifth season of
The Apprentice. He awarded the task winners an opportunity to be character voices in an upcoming movie.
Katzenberg joined
Steven Spielberg and Haim Saban in endorsing the re-election of Hollywood friend
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Republican
Governor of California, on August 7, 2006.
Jeffrey Katzenberg has raised more than $1.7 million in a fundraising for Democratic 2008 Presidential candidate
Barack Obama.
Trivia
- Jeffrey Katzenberg's wife Marilyn is 10 years older than him. Marilyn has been quoted as saying to her friends, "yaeh, I'm proud to be a cougar hopefully my children will follow."
- Jeffrey and Marilyn have two children, David and Laura.
- The Marilyn and Jeffrey Katzenberg Center, a third-floor study lounge which opened in October 2006 in Boston University's College of General Studies, was dedicated to him and his wife after making a large gift to the university.
- He is the man responsible for convincing Eddie Murphy to sign on as the part of James "Thunder" Early in the hit musical Dreamgirls (film). He did this by repeating the phrase "money schmoney" despite being a billionaire.
Resources
- "The Katz that bit the mouse". Guardian Unlimited. Retrieved Sep. 10, 2004.
- "Me and my troll". Guardian Unlimited. Retrieved Sep. 10, 2004.
- "The Keys to the Kingdom: How Michael Eisner Lost His Grip", by Kim Masters (2000) ISBN:0-688-17449-3
External links
-
- CGS dedicates Marilyn and Jeffrey Katzenberg Center
. Photo by John B. Mueller.
Jeffrey Katzenberg (born December 21, 1950 in New York City) is an
United States film producer and
CEO of DreamWorks Animation SKG. He is perhaps most famous for his period as studio chairman at The Walt Disney Company, and for producing the movie
Shrek (2001).
Biography
Katzenberg tried being a talent agent briefly, but in 1975 ended up as an assistant to
Barry Diller, the
Chairman of Paramount Pictures. Diller moved Katzenberg to the marketing department and then the
television division where Katzenberg was assigned to revive the Star Trek franchise. He was successful with
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (
1979). He continued to work his way up and became President of Production under Chief Operating Officer
Michael Eisner.
In 1984, Eisner became
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at The Walt Disney Company. Eisner brought Katzenberg with him to take charge of Disney’s
Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, including its ailing
Walt Disney Feature Animation unit. As the studio head, Katzenberg was responsible for turning the studio around and creating some of the most critically acclaimed and highest grossing animated features that Disney released: Who Framed Roger Rabbit (
1988), The Little Mermaid (1989), Beauty and the Beast (
1991, the first animated feature to be nominated for an
Academy Award for Best Picture), Aladdin (1992), and The Lion King (1994), the highest domestic grossing animated film of all time until
2003. He also sealed the deal that created the highly successful partnership between Pixar and Disney and the deal that brought Miramax Films into Disney.
When Eisner’s second in command,
Frank Wells, died in a helicopter crash in 1994, Eisner refused to promote Katzenberg to the vacated position of president. When Katzenberg pushed the issue, Eisner forced him to resign. Katzenberg launched a lawsuit against Disney to recover money he felt he was owed and settled out of court for an estimated $100 to $250 million (the actual amount remains secret).
Later that year, Katzenberg co-founded
DreamWorks SKG with
Steven Spielberg and David Geffen. From his ventures, Katzenberg has gained an estimated worth of $800 million according to
Forbes magazine (this after barely being able to afford the $30 million downpayment for the establishment of
DreamWorks SKG). He was also an executive producer of
Prince of Egypt (
1998) and
Joseph: King of Dreams (2000), released by DreamWorks.
DreamWorks was initially successful but never fulfilled its potential. Plans for a studio campus in L.A.'s Playa Vista section were scrapped, while the record label and videogame unit were sold off. Recently, Geffen admitted that DreamWorks had come close to bankruptcy twice. Under Katzenberg's watch, the studio suffered a $125 million loss on
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas, and also overestimated the DVD demand for
Shrek 2. In 2005, out of their two large budget pictures, The Island (2005 film) bombed at the domestic box office, while War of the Worlds (2005 film) was produced as a joint effort with Paramount which was the first to reap the profits.The DreamWorks studio was sold to Viacom in December 2005; as Viacom also owned Paramount, Katzenberg was (in a way) reunited with his old employers.
In
2006, Katzenberg made an appearance on the fifth season of
The Apprentice. He awarded the task winners an opportunity to be character voices in an upcoming movie.
Katzenberg joined Steven Spielberg and
Haim Saban in endorsing the re-election of Hollywood friend
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Republican
Governor of California, on August 7, 2006.
Jeffrey Katzenberg has raised more than $1.7 million in a fundraising for Democratic 2008 Presidential candidate Barack Obama.
Trivia
- Jeffrey Katzenberg's wife Marilyn is 10 years older than him. Marilyn has been quoted as saying to her friends, "yaeh, I'm proud to be a cougar hopefully my children will follow."
- Jeffrey and Marilyn have two children, David and Laura.
- The Marilyn and Jeffrey Katzenberg Center, a third-floor study lounge which opened in October 2006 in Boston University's College of General Studies, was dedicated to him and his wife after making a large gift to the university.
- He is the man responsible for convincing Eddie Murphy to sign on as the part of James "Thunder" Early in the hit musical Dreamgirls (film). He did this by repeating the phrase "money schmoney" despite being a billionaire.
Resources
- "The Katz that bit the mouse". Guardian Unlimited. Retrieved Sep. 10, 2004.
- "Me and my troll". Guardian Unlimited. Retrieved Sep. 10, 2004.
- "The Keys to the Kingdom: How Michael Eisner Lost His Grip", by Kim Masters (2000) ISBN:0-688-17449-3
External links
-
- CGS dedicates Marilyn and Jeffrey Katzenberg Center
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