By: Dominic Jones
The official Celebration website announced that Lucasfilm President and Star Wars Episode VII producer Kathleen Kennedy will be attending Star Wars Celebration Europe II, this July 26th-28th at the Messe Essen in Essen, Germany. Kennedy will be in attendance to talk about her incredible career (and perhaps drop some Episode VII news) in an onstage interview with Warwick Davis. This will be Kennedy's first Celebration appearance.
Here's what the Celebration site says about Kennedy:
Kathleen Kennedy, the President of Lucasfilm and producer of Star Wars Episode VII, will make her inaugural Star Wars Celebration
appearance in Essen this July. Expect to see Kennedy on the
Celebration stage, talking with celebrity host Warwick Davis about her
amazing career in the movie industry and her recent move to Lucasfilm.
This will be a landmark experience especially for fans at Star Wars Celebration Europe!
“When I joined Lucasfilm, I immediately saw the true passion shared by Star Wars fans around the world. I’m thrilled to attend my first Star Wars Celebration and see in person that energy that makes the Star Wars experience so special.”
Nominated for eight Academy Awards®, Kennedy is one of the most
successful and respected producers and executives in the film industry
today. She joined Lucasfilm in 2012, personally selected by George
Lucas to lead the company.
Kennedy has produced or executive produced over 60 films, which
have collectively garnered 120 Academy Award nominations and 25 wins.
Among her credits are four of the highest-grossing films in motion
picture history: Jurassic Park, E.T. The Extra Terrestrial, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and The Sixth Sense, as well as such blockbuster entertainment as the Back to the Future trilogy, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Gremlins, The Goonies, Poltergeist, War of the Worlds, Twister and A.I. Artificial Intelligence.
Her diverse filmography also includes acclaimed dramas like Lincoln, War Horse, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Munich, Seabiscuit, Schindler’s List and The Color Purple, and animated motion pictures like The Adventures of Tintin, Persepolis, An American Tail and The Land Before Time.
Kennedy has produced the films of such directors as Steven
Spielberg, David Fincher, Martin Scorsese, Clint Eastwood, Robert
Zemeckis, M. Night Shyamalan, Frank Oz, Peter Bogdanovich, and Richard
Donner.
Prior to joining Lucasfilm, Kennedy headed The Kennedy/Marshall
Company, which she founded in 1992 with director/producer Frank
Marshall, and in 1982 she co-founded the phenomenally successful Amblin
Entertainment with Marshall and Steven Spielberg.
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