Many happy returns to Lucasfilm president, recipient of the BAFTA Fellowship, the Irving J. Thalberg Award and Honorary Fantha Tracker Kathleen Kennedy OBE who celebrates her birthday today. Unbelievably, despite Kennedy being the third most successful producer in movie history behind only Kevin Feige and Steven Spielberg (as of 2023, $7.8bn in US domestic box office receipts), some are unaware of the films she has had a hand in, many of them blockbusters and most considered classics. Here’s that dizzying list.
FILM
Executive producer
Gremlins (1984)
Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
Back to the Future (1985)
The Goonies (1985)
Fandango (1985)
An American Tail (1986)
Batteries Not Included (1987)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
Back to the Future Part II (1989)
Dad (1989)
Tummy Trouble (1989)
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
Roller Coaster Rabbit (1990)
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
Joe Versus the Volcano (1990)
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991)
Cape Fear (1991)
A Brief History of Time (1991) (uncredited)
Noises Off (1992)
Schindler’s List (1993)
We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story (1993)
A Dangerous Woman (1993)
A Far Off Place (1993)
Trail Mix-Up (1993)
The Flintstones (1994)
Balto (1995)
The Best of Roger Rabbit (1996)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
Olympic Glory (1999)
Signs (2002)
The Young Black Stallion (2003)
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
The Last Airbender (2010)
The Secret World of Arrietty (2012) (U.S. version)
The BFG (2016)
The Girl on the Train (2016)Producer
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
The Color Purple (1985)
The Money Pit (1986)
Empire of the Sun (1987)
Always (1989)
Arachnophobia (1990)
Hook (1991)
Jurassic Park (1993)
Alive (1993)
Milk Money (1994)
The Indian in the Cupboard (1995)
Congo (1995)
The Bridges of Madison County (1995)
Twister (1996)
A Map of the World (1999)
Snow Falling on Cedars (1999)
The Sixth Sense (1999)
Jurassic Park III (2001)
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
Seabiscuit (2003)
Munich (2005)
War of the Worlds (2005)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Hereafter (2010)
The Adventures of Tintin (2011)
War Horse (2011)
Lincoln (2012)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)Associate producer
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) (associate to Steven Spielberg)
Poltergeist (1982)
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) (Segment “Time Out”)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
The China Odyssey: ‘Empire of the Sun’, a Film by Steven Spielberg (1987)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Persepolis (2007)Co-executive producer
Innerspace (1987)
The Land Before Time (1988)Co-producer
Ponyo (2009) (U.S. version)
TELEVISION
Producer
The Mandalorian (2019–present)
The Book of Boba Fett (2021–2022)
Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022)
Light & Magic (2022)
Andor (2022–present)
Willow (2022)
Ahsoka (2023–present)
The Acolyte (2024)
Skeleton Crew (2024)
Light & Magic (2022 – 2025)
Andor (2022 – 2025)
