Jeffrey Katzenberg
Production
Born December 21, 1950 in New York City, New York, USA
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.
Filmography
The Hollywood Rabbi
Himself
Being Eddie
Self
Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie
Not Just a Goof
Self
Commitment to Life
Self
Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
Self
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
The Happy Days of Garry Marshall
Self
Dummy
Trolls World Tour
Buffaloed
Untouchable
Self (archive footage)
Howard
Self
Spielberg
Self
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
The Boss Baby
Trolls
For the Love of Spock
Self
Meet the Donors: Does Money Talk?
Self
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
Self - CEO of DreamWorks Animation
Chaos on the Bridge
Self
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
Turbo
Seduced and Abandoned
Self
The Croods
Rise of the Guardians
Eddie Murphy: One Night Only
Self
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
Shrek: Once Upon a Time
Self
Pride of The Lion King
Self
Brian May's Brief History of 3D
Self
Kung Fu Panda 2
Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood
Self
Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast
Self
Neighbors from Hell
Shrek Forever After
How to Train Your Dragon
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Self
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
Self
Monsters vs Aliens
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
Bee Movie
Shrek the Third
The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Madagascar
Rico (voice) (uncredited)
The Contender
Shark Tale
Kulturplatz
Self
Father of the Pride
Shrek 2
Shrek 3-D
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
DreamWorks 6 Spooky Stories Collection
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Shrek
Creating a Fairy Tale World: The Making of Shrek
Self
Joseph: King of Dreams
Chicken Run
The Road to El Dorado
The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen
Self
The Prince of Egypt
E! True Hollywood Story
Your Studio and You
Jeffrey Katzenberg
The Making of the Lion King
Self
The Lion King
Dick Tracy: Behind the Badge, Behind the Scenes
Self
The South Bank Show
Self