Katzenberg, Jeffrey 1950–

KATZENBERG, Jeffrey 1950–

PERSONAL

Born December 21, 1950, in New York, NY; son of Anne Katzenberg (an artist); father, a stockbroker; married Marilyn Siegel (a kindergarten teacher), c. 1975; children: Laura, David. Education: Attended New York University. Religion: Judaism. Avocational Interests: Watching movies, attending baseball games and rock concerts.

Addresses:

Office— DreamWorks SKG, 100 Universal Plaza, Building 5121, Universal City, CA 91608–1085; DreamWorks Animation, 1000 Flower St., Glendale, CA 91201.

Career:

Executive, producer, director, and writer. Paramount Pictures, New York City, assistant to the chair and chief executive officer, 1975–77, executive director of marketing, 1977; Paramount Pictures, Los Angeles, vice president for television programming, 1977–78, vice president for feature film production, 1978–80, senior vice president for production, motion picture division, 1980–82, president of production for motion pictures and television, 1982–84; Walt Disney Studios, Burbank, CA, chair, 1984–94; DreamWorks SKG, Universal City, CA, founder (with David Geffen and Steven Spielberg), 1994, chair, 1994—; DreamWorks Animation, chief executive officer. Also worked as a talent agent and for political campaigns. Jimmy's (restaurant), founder; Dive (restaurant), owner (with Steven Spielberg).

Awards, Honors:

Video Premiere Award (with others), DVD Exclusive awards, 2001, best animated video premiere, Joseph: King of Dreams; Children's Award (with others), best feature film, 2001, and Film Award nomination (with others), best film, 2002, both British Academy of Film and Television Arts, and American Film Institute Award nomination (with others), movie of the year, 2002, all for Shrek; Tex Avery Animation Award, Hollywood Film Festival, 2002; Bronze Wrangler Award (with others), Western Heritage awards, outstanding theatrical motion picture, and Academy Award nomination (with others), best animated feature, both 2003, for Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron; Cine–Expo International Award, excellence in filmmaking, 2004.

CREDITS

Animated Film Executive Producer:

The Prince of Egypt, DreamWorks, 1998.

Chicken Run (also known as CLR–1 ), DreamWorks, 2000.

(With Penney Finkelman Cox and Steve Hickner) Joseph: King of Dreams, DreamWorks Home Entertainment/Universal Home Video, 2000.

The Road to El Dorado, DreamWorks, 2000.

Shark Tale, DreamWorks, 2004.

Shrek 2, DreamWorks, 2004.

The Wallace & Gromit Movie: Curse of the Wererabbit, DreamWorks, 2005.

Animated Film Producer:

Shrek, DreamWorks, 2001.

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (also known as Spirit ), DreamWorks, 2002.

Shrek 4–D (also known as Shrek 3–D ), DreamWorks/Universal, 2003.

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas, DreamWorks, 2003.

Film Work; Other:

(Uncredited) Coproducer, The Nightmare before Christmas (animated; also known as Tim Burton's "The Nightmare before Christmas" ), Buena Vista, 1993.

(Uncredited) Director, The Road to El Dorado, Dream-Works, 2000.

Film Appearances:

Himself, Your Studio and You, 1995.

Television Work; Series:

Creator and executive producer, Father of the Pride (animated), NBC, 2004.

Creator and executive producer, The Contender, NBC, beginning 2005.

Television Work; Pilots:

Creator and executive producer, The Contender, NBC, 2005.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Dick Tracy: Behind the Badge, behind the Scenes, 1990.

The Lion King: A Musical Journey with Elton John, 1994.

The Making of "The Lion King," 1994.

The American Film Institute Salute to Steven Spielberg (also known as The American Film Institute Life Achievement Award ), NBC, 1995.

The Hatching of "Chicken Run" (also known as HBO's "The Hatching of 'Chicken Run'"), HBO, 2000.

Last Stand—The Struggle for the Ballona Wetlands, PBS, 2000.

Poultry in Motion: The Making of "Chicken Run," NBC, 2000.

Creating a Fairy Tale World: The Making of "Shrek," 2001.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

"Steven Spielberg: An Empire of Dreams," Biography, Arts and Entertainment, 1998.

"Wallace & Gromit Go Chicken," Omnibus, BBC, 2000.

Pop–komissio, 2001.

Film '04, BBC, 2004.

GMTV, Independent Television, 2004.

Otro rollo con: Adal Ramones, 2004.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (animated; also known as Spirit ), DreamWorks, 2002.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Brandweek, May 24, 1999, p. 4.

Newsweek, July 19, 1999, p. 42.

New York Times, February 7, 1988, p. 29.

Time, March 27, 1995; May 17, 1999, p. 63; May 31, 1999, p. 29; July 19, 1999, p. 76.

U.S. News & World Report, July 19, 1999, p. 45.

Variety, September 2, 1996, pp. 2–4; August 2, 1999, p. 7; August 27, 2001, p. 50; June 21, 2004, p. A4.