MPSE Wavelength

Special Awards Edition 2026

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M OT I O N P I CTU R E S O U N D E D I TO R S 9 Zemeckis, JJ Abrams, Julian Schnabel, Marjane Satrapi, M. Night Shyamalan, Frank Oz, Peter Bogdanovich, and Richard Donner. Kennedy has also received the Fellowship Award, the highest honor that the British Academy of Film and Television Arts can bestow. She is also the recipient of the distinguished CBE Award (Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) and was elected Chair of the American Film Institute Board of Trustees. Aside from her executive and producer roles, she was one of the founding Council Members of the Hollywood Commission to Eliminate Sexual Harassment and Advance Equality and is currently on the Board of the LA Promise Fund, Library of America, and the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts. Before joining Lucasfilm in 2012, Kennedy headed The Kennedy/Marshall Company, which she founded in 1992 with director/ producer Frank Marshall. In 1981, she co- founded the phenomenally successful Amblin Entertainment with Marshall and Steven Spielberg. "Through the stories she has brought to the screen, her impact on art and culture will endure—entertaining, educating, and moving future generations." – DAV I D B A R B E R , M P S E P R E S I D E N T

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