Jeffrey Katzenberg

Personal Info

Known For

Production

Known Credits

28

Gender

Male

Birthday

1950-12-21 (74 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Jeffrey Katzenberg

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.

Known For

  • Kulturplatz

    Kulturplatz

  • Madagascar

    Madagascar

  • The South Bank Show

    The South Bank Show

  • Meet the Donors: Does Money Talk?

    Meet the Donors: Does Money Talk?

  • Waking Sleeping Beauty

    Waking Sleeping Beauty

  • The Happy Days of Garry Marshall

    The Happy Days of Garry Marshall

  • Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast

    Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast

  • A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman

    A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman

  • Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants

    Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants

  • The Making of the Lion King

    The Making of the Lion King

  • Spielberg

    Spielberg

  • Pride of The Lion King

    Pride of The Lion King

  • The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen

    The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen

  • For the Love of Spock

    For the Love of Spock

  • Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood

    Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood

  • Not Just a Goof

    Not Just a Goof

  • Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel

    Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel

  • E! True Hollywood Story

    E! True Hollywood Story

  • Creating a Fairy Tale World: The Making of Shrek

    Creating a Fairy Tale World: The Making of Shrek

  • Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'

    Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'

  • Shrek: Once Upon a Time

    Shrek: Once Upon a Time

  • Untouchable

    Untouchable

  • Your Studio and You

    Your Studio and You

  • Chaos on the Bridge

    Chaos on the Bridge

  • Eddie Murphy: One Night Only

    Eddie Murphy: One Night Only

  • Brian May's Brief History of 3D

    Brian May's Brief History of 3D

  • Dick Tracy: Behind the Badge, Behind the Scenes

    Dick Tracy: Behind the Badge, Behind the Scenes

  • Howard

    Howard