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8 M PS E . O R G A recipient of the Academy's prestigious 2018 Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award and an eight-time Academy Award ® - nominee, Kathleen Kennedy is one of the most successful and respected producers in the film industry today. As President of Lucasfilm, she oversees the company's three divisions: Lucasfilm, Industrial Light & Magic, and Skywalker Sound. Kennedy was the producer of Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), the highest-grossing domestic feature of all time, and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, the number one-grossing movie in 2016. She went on to produce Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017), the highest-grossing movie worldwide in 2017, as well as Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019). Kennedy executive produced a number of live-action Star Wars series, including the Emmy Award ® -winning The Mandalorian and Andor. Kennedy is currently producer on the upcoming Ahsoka Season 2, The Mandalorian and Grogu, and Star Wars: Starfighter. Kennedy has produced or executive produced more than 70 feature films, collectively garnering 120 Academy Award nominations and 25 wins. Among her credits are: Jurassic Park, E.T. the Extra- Terrestrial, The Sixth Sense, the Back to the Future trilogy, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Gremlins, The Goonies, Poltergeist, Empire of the Sun, Lincoln, War Horse, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Schindler's List, The Color Purple, and The Adventures of Tintin. Working with some of the top filmmakers of our time, she has produced films for the likes of Steven Spielberg, David Fincher, Martin Scorsese, Clint Eastwood, Robert