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Jeffrey Katzenberg (/ ˈ k æ t s ən ˌ b ɜːr ɡ /; born December 21, 1950) is an American media proprietor and film producer who 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.
Apr 9, 2014 · Twenty years ago, Frank Wells, Disney's No. 2, died in a helicopter crash, and war broke out in the industry. It was Eisner vs. Katzenberg, the dominoes started to fall, and Kim Masters was in...
Jul 26, 2024 · Jeffrey Katzenberg, American entrepreneur who played a pivotal role in transforming the Walt Disney Company into a multibillion-dollar empire and who, with filmmaker Steven Spielberg and music mogul David Geffen, founded the film studio DreamWorks SKG. Learn more about Katzenberg’s life and career.
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Jeffrey Katzenberg is an American businessman, film studio executive, film producer, and CEO of DreamWorks Animation. He was the former Studio Chairman of Disney in the late 1980s and early 1990s, playing a part in the Disney Renaissance which happened in spite of him.
Katzenberg was born in New York City and attended the Ethical Culture Fieldston School, graduating in 1969. He began his career as an assistant at Paramount Pictures before working his way up to president of production under Michael Eisner. After Eisner transferred to Disney, Katzenberg was brought on board to take charge of the motion picture division. He focused the studio on the production of adult-oriented comedies through its Touchstone Pictures banner, including films, such as Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Three Men and a Baby, and Good Morning, Vietnam. Largely because of this, he also has several live action bombs under his belt, including Billy Bathgate, Dick Tracey, The Distinguished Gentleman, and The Rocketeer, with the live action failures being extensive enough that despite his claims they were profitable, a trial over his rights to profits of films he made due to a clause claiming 2% of revenue in perpetuity for all films and TV series he had involvement in revealed that they ended up having Disney losing nearly $231 million.
Katzenberg was also charged with turning around the fortunes of Disney's ailing Feature Animation unit. Under his management, the animation department eventually began creating some of Disney's most critically acclaimed and highest grossing animated features. These films include Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and The Lion King.
However, disputes with Michael Eisner and Roy Edward Disney after the death of Frank Wells led to his forced resignation, and he would form DreamWorks in 1994. In one of his works there, he notably voiced Rico in the Madagascar franchise.
•He appeared in a 2006 segment of The Making of Little Mermaid, talking about the possibility of erasing "Part of Your World" from the movie but was talked into keeping it in the film by animator Glen Keane, to which he did and regretted that he almost took the song out of the film.
•He didn't seem to really approve on the idea of having an "Applause" sign on Genie's back when Aladdin was in previews before its debut in theaters.
1.The Disney Renaissance Didn't Happen Because of Jeffrey Katzenberg; It Happened In Spite of Him
2.Four Wins of the Disney Renaissance that Happened in Spite of Jeffrey Katzneberg
3."Michael Eisner on Former Disney Colleagues, Rivals and Bob Iger's Successor".
4.Stewart 2005, pp. 160–186
5."The Epic Disney Blow-Up of 1994: Eisner, Katzenberg and Ovitz 20 Years Later".
6.Hahn, Don. Waking Sleeping Beauty.. Burbank, California: Stone Circle Pictures/Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. 2009.
Aug 25, 1994 · Walt Disney Co. shocked Hollywood and Wall Street on Wednesday by announcing that veteran studio chief Jeffrey Katzenberg will leave the company next month after losing a highly publicized...
Jeffrey Katzenberg was born on 21 December 1950 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a producer and production manager, known for Shrek (2001), Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002) and Just Like Heaven (2005). He has been married to Marilyn Katzenberg since 1975. They have two children.
Sep 29, 2016 · The result: a life-changing injury to the hero in “Dragon,” followed by the death of a parent in “How to Train Your Dragon 2.” Dean DeBlois, “Dragon’s” writer-director, embraced the ...
