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  Jeffrey Katzenberg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jeffrey Katzenberg (born December 21, 1950 in New York City) is an American film producer and Chief Executive Officer of DreamWorks Animation SKG.
Diller moved Katzenberg to the marketing department and then the television division where Katzenberg was assigned to revive the Star Trek franchise.
The Marilyn and Jeffrey Katzenberg Center, a third-floor study lounge which opened in October 2006 in Boston University's College of General Studies, was dedicated to him and his wife after making a large gift to the university.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jeffrey_Katzenberg   (497 words)

  
 Salon Arts & Entertainment | Disney 0, Katzenberg $250,000,000?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Katzenberg, who left Disney in 1994 after he was denied a promotion, is suing Disney for what he says is at least $250 million from an incentive bonus promised in his contract.
In rulings for Disney, the judge found that Katzenberg was not entitled to any bonus money from profits at the three Club Disney play centers, and restricted the amount of money that could come from Disney's on-line service.
Eisner, under questioning by Katzenberg's lawyer, acknowledged he may have once said of Katzenberg, "I think I hate the little midget." But he said that remark and other statements were probably made in anger after Katzenberg left the company.
www.salon.com /ent/log/1999/05/20/katzenberg/index.html   (449 words)

  
 Hollywood Film Festival® - Jeffrey Katzenberg   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Jeffrey Katzenberg has earned a place in cinema history for his tremendous contribution to the development and production of high quality, award-winning, and immensely popular and successful animated feature films, in addition to all of his other motion picture and television work over more than 25 years.
Katzenberg was born in New York in 1950.
Jeffrey Katzenberg serves on the boards of the Motion Picture and Television Fund, the American Museum of the Moving Image, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, California Institute of the Arts, The Simon Wiesenthal Center, and the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, among others.
www.hollywoodawards.com /katzenberg/index.html   (551 words)

  
 Me and my troll | Interviews | Guardian Unlimited Film
When Jeffrey Katzenberg was fired by Disney after a bitter row, he formed DreamWorks with Steven Spielberg, and the rest is history - and Shrek 2.
Katzenberg says he knew they were doomed projects, representing the last gasp of old-style animation.
Katzenberg started his showbusiness career in the Paramount studios mail room in 1975 and worked his way up the studio ladder to eventually become president of production under Eisner.
film.guardian.co.uk /interview/interviewpages/0,6737,1253349,00.html   (2373 words)

  
 Katzenberg settlement typical of Hollywood suits - Jeffrey Katzenberg's lawsuit against Walt Disney Co.; Hollywood, CA ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Movie executive Jeffrey Katzenberg's $250 million lawsuit against Walt Disney Co. may have captured the imaginations of media-watchers the world over, but for Hollywood's entertainment attorneys, the conflict was nothing more than business as usual.
Katzenberg and Disney settled their 19-month-old dispute last week for an undisclosed amount, pulling the plug on a widely anticipated courtroom fight that would have pitted two of Hollywood's most powerful moguls - Katzenberg and Disney chief Michael Eisner - against one another beneath the full glare of the international media.
The settlement reportedly calls for Katzenberg to get a minimum guaranteed sum of money as an advance against the eventual overall payout he will receive, an amount to be decided at an arbitration proceeding.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m5072/is_n46_v19/ai_20134695   (830 words)

  
 Joseph L Kleiman : Jeffrey Katzenberg and the Future of Cinema
And Jeffrey Katzenberg, the cofounder of Dreamworks and former head of The Walt Disney Studios thinks DLP is the future.
JEFFREY KATZENBERG: Well, I think it is, you know, a number of the things that we've done together people have followed and TI has been a great partner to DreamWorks.
JEFFREY KATZENBERG: No, I think we can run the trailer and it actually kind of tells the story, which is what a good trailer does.
jimhillmedia.com /blogs/joseph_l_kleiman/print/1165.aspx   (2342 words)

  
 TIME.com: "Enough Is Enough!" -- Jul 19, 1999 -- Page 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Katzenberg, paraphrasing Geffen's definition of a fair settlement, told TIME, "I'm disappointed that I didn't get what I thought I should, and they must be disappointed they paid more than they thought they should." Eisner accentuated the positive: "I'm satisfied this is behind us.
At issue was Katzenberg's 2% share of royalties from Disney movies and their lucrative spin-offs in video, on CD and on Broadway.
Katzenberg often referred to Eisner as a father figure; Eisner had been his mentor for 19 years at Paramount and Disney.
www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101990719-27925,00.html   (1139 words)

  
 Jeffrey Katzenberg
DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg announced today that the studio will produce a sequel to the computer-animated comedy “Madagascar,” which has now passed the $500-million mark at the worldwide box office, making it the company’s most successful original movie ever.
Katzenberg also announced that Ben Stiller, Chris Rock and Jada Pinkett Smith, who starred in the original “Madagascar” as Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra and Gloria the Hippo, respectively, will be reprising their roles.
Katzenberg said, “As a result of its tremendous box office success, the potential to tell a new chapter in its story and the popularity of the film’s characters, we are excited to announce that we are making "Madagascar" our second company franchise — along with "Shrek." We will release a theatrical sequel in 2008.”
www.rottentomatoes.com /p/jeffrey_katzenberg/news.php   (3272 words)

  
 Jeffrey Katzenberg - Moviefone
The Marilyn and Jeffrey Katzenberg Center, a third-floor study lounge which opened in October 2006 in Boston University's College of General Studies,...
Jeffrey Katzenberg (1950?) Founding partner and chairman, Dreamworks SKG Nationality: American.
Jeffrey Katzenberg - Filmography, Biography, News, Photos, Birth date, Relationships, Jeffrey Katzenberg Film Clips, and Fun Facts on Moviefone.
movies.aol.com /celebrity/jeffrey-katzenberg/266361/main?_pgtyp=pdct   (84 words)

  
 Inside Film Magazine // Interview // Jeffrey Katzenberg, Producer (Spirit)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Bec Smith caught up with producer Jeffrey Katzenberg (the 'K' in Dreamworks SKG) and senior supervising animator James Baxter at Cannes this year about their work on Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002), set to premiere in Australia in mid-June, 2002.
JEFFREY KATZENBERG: [smiles] So, in 1984 I arrived at Disney and my boss has pointed to a building and said, ‘That’s where they make animated movies and it’s your problem.’ That was my introduction to animation.
IF:Jeffery Katzenberg was in Sydney not long ago and he compared 2D and 3D to receiving an email as opposed to receiving a written letter.
www.if.com.au /interviews/spirit-katzenberg.html   (2754 words)

  
 Katzenberg case uses popular alternative to trials - Jeffrey Katzenberg's lawsuit against Walt Disney to use trial by ...
Katzenberg case uses popular alternative to trials - Jeffrey Katzenberg's lawsuit against Walt Disney to use trial by referee procedure
The case of Jeffrey Katzenberg vs. Walt Disney Co. is expected to get underway this week in a proceeding that will look a little different than your everyday court battle over $250 million.
After all the attorneys have had their say, the referee will decide whether Katzenberg, a co-founder of DreamWorks SKG, should receive $250 million from Disney, or 2 percent of the profits from films and television shows he spearheaded during his 10-year tenure as Disney studio chairman.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m5072/is_17_21/ai_54657436   (915 words)

  
 Reel.com: Jeffrey Katzenberg
Katzenberg's reign saw the release of favorites like Pretty Woman, as well as numerous television, cable, and home-video successes, but it was Disney's signature family product that began drawing the attention of this self-described "student of animation." During the Katzenberg years, Disney experienced an animation rebirth, beginning with Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
In 1994, Katzenberg entered into a partnership with director Steven Spielberg and music mogul David Geffen to found DreamWorks SKG.
Katzenberg recently took part in a press tour of PDI animation studios, the creative powerhouse behind Antz and DreamWorks' latest groundbreaking animated release, Shrek.
www.reel.com /reel.asp?node=features/interviews/katzenberg   (1831 words)

  
 Jeffrey Katzenberg interview - Jeffrey Katzenberg on Spirit: The Stallion of the Cimarron
The two techniques are known in the industry respectively as 2D and 3D, so maybe Spirit is 2½D. Producer Jeffrey Katzenberg, the former Disney boss who set up DreamWorks with Steven Spielberg and David Geffen, insists hand-drawn characters have greater intimacy.
Katzenberg has seen enormous changes during his career.
Katzenberg says he was aiming to avoid taking sides between the white and Native American characters, though the former come over as arrogant and the latter as comparatively laid-back.
www.iofilm.co.uk /feats/interviews/s/spirit.shtml   (1012 words)

  
 Jeffrey Katzenberg biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Jeffrey Katzenberg (born December 21, 1950 in New York City) is a film producer and co-founder of DreamWorks SKG.
Eisner brought Katzenberg with him to take charge of Disney?s studios including its ailing animation unit.
In 1994, Katzenberg co-founded DreamWorks SKG and is CEO of DreamWorks Animation, Inc., the animation unit of DreamWorks SKG.
jeffrey-katzenberg.biography.ms   (363 words)

  
 Hollywood Film Festival®
Jeffrey's well-known passion for animation is almost unparalleled in the film industry.
Katzenberg during a gala fl-tie ceremony, to be held on Monday, October 7, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills.
JEFFREY KATZENBERG, a principal partner in DreamWorks SKG, served as a producer on DreamWorks' computer animated blockbuster "Shrek," which won numerous awards, culminating with the first-ever Academy Award(R) for Best Animated Feature.
hollywoodfestival.com /news/katzenberg.html   (690 words)

  
 Salon Arts & Entertainment | "I hate the little midget"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Katzenberg has sued Disney, claiming the company owes him at least $250 million in bonuses for work he did at the company before he quit in 1994.
Eisner also acknowledged that he was so mad at Katzenberg he was unwilling to reach a settlement in the former executive's claims to lucrative bonuses -- a percentage of all the income Disney films and merchandise will ever make.
The Disney chairman frequently said he couldn't remember events, but said he was certain Katzenberg knew and agreed he wouldn't get an incentive bonus if he failed to serve out the entire contract.
www.salon.com /ent/log/1999/05/05/disney   (310 words)

  
 G4 - Feature - Q&A: DreamWorks Co-founder Jeffrey Katzenberg
Katzenberg sits down with Jessica Corbin on tonight's episode of "The Screen Savers" to talk about building a project from an idea into a full-length feature.
Jeffrey Katzenberg: Well there is a bit of a circle that goes around, but you must start with a great story.
Katzenberg: Just a horrible, silly, ridiculous word that we -- it's sort of a shorthand for us, and I'm not sure that it really sort of means anything out in the real world, but it's a marriage of traditional hand-drawn character animation in a fully CG world.
www.g4tv.com /screensavers/features/44509/QA_DreamWorks_Cofounder_Jeffrey_Katzenberg.html   (1336 words)

  
 Amazon.com: "jeffrey katzenberg": Key Phrase page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The diminutive Jeffrey Katzenberg, Disney's studio chairman and Eisner's colleague for the better part of twenty years, was there, as were all the other...
Former Disney chief, Jeffrey Katzenberg says of Pochahontas (1995), the studio's most live-action oriented cartoon feature, that it is exaggerated reality, where the real possibility...
Jeffrey Katzenberg -- NYTimes.com has news and updates on Jeffrey Katzenberg -- www.nytimes.com/
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 Extratv.com : Jeffrey Katzenberg
The "k" in DreamWorks SKG is Jeffrey Katzenberg, the mogul who, along with seven Spielberg and David Geffen, launched the studio that's repeatedly struck Oscar gold with movies like "A Beautiful Mind," "Gladiator," and "Shrek."
After a lengthy court battle, Katzenberg walked away with an estimated half a billion dollars and the cartoon king teamed up with Spielberg, the moviemaker, and Geffen, the music man.
Katzenberg says, "That's when he invented that sort of Irish accent.
extratv.warnerbros.com /dailynews/extra/05_02/05_24d.html   (388 words)

  
 Jeffrey Katzenberg (with Marilyn)
Jeffrey Katzenberg and his business partners at SKG DreamWorks -- David Geffen (No. 140, $290,000) and Stephen Spielberg (No. 195, $256,000) -- are long-standing Democratic donors and friends of the Clintons.
Katzenberg has contributed to Clinton's presidential library and his legal-aid fund, and has hosted the Clintons at his Malibu estate and his Utah vacation home.
Katzenberg is now worth an estimated $725 million, earning him a spot on another "400" list compiled by Forbes.
www.motherjones.com /news/special_reports/mojo_400/58_katzenberg.html   (456 words)

  
 Jeffrey Katzenberg Biography, Photos, News for Jeffrey Katzenberg | TVGuide.com
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 The Movie Chicks - Interview - Tim Johnson, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and Wanda Sykes
Jeffrey: The thing that was so brilliant about what they did was the satirical look into our lives from the point of view of these animals, because we’re actually weirder creatures than any of them.
In this day and age in which special effects can do absolutely everything and anything, the one thing they can’t do is bring these animals to life and give them the kind of attitude and personality that animation can.
Jeffrey: The answer is yes and the reason is because these movies have been consistently great.
www.themoviechicks.com /mid2006/mctoverhedge.html   (1847 words)

  
 CNN - 'Prince of Egypt' is new pitch by Katzenberg -- December 18, 1998
CNN - 'Prince of Egypt' is new pitch by Katzenberg -- December 18, 1998
Just as Moses stood up to the Egyptians, Jeffrey Katzenberg now is standing up to his former employers, the Walt Disney Company, by launching DreamWorks' first full-length animated feature.
The animated story of Moses is Katzenberg's brainchild, who chose Val Kilmer to voice the lead role.
www.cnn.com /SHOWBIZ/Movies/9812/18/prince.of.egypt   (559 words)

  
 Jeffrey Katzenberg
Jeffrey Katzenberg says that he wants to use Indian animation studios.
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Wallace and Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit contributes to strong performance.
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 Q&A With Jeffrey Katzenberg - Forbes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The following are excerpts from Forbes' interview with Jeffrey Katzenberg.
The 52-year-old, who helped revive the Walt Disney Co. 's fortunes with such hits as The Lion King and Beauty and the Beast, is now DreamWorks' de facto chief executive.
Katzenberg: We are about to start working on all 12 cylinders, instead of six or eight.
www.forbes.com /2003/02/20/cz_pnpk_0220katz.html   (1472 words)

  
 Jeffrey Katzenberg News :: Hollywood.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
More than one thousand Hollywood luminaries, including DreamWorks partner Jeffrey Katzenberg, director Robert Zemeckis, wife Kate Capshaw and actor Ben Kinsley, were in attendance to witness Britain’s Prince Andrew present the award to the director.
Steven Spielberg and his DreamWorks SKG partner Jeffrey Katzenberg are reportedly trying to lure Katie Couric to their company.
A number of Disney animators are expressing strong dissatisfaction with the direction of the studio since the departure of Jeffrey Katzenberg and his replacement by Tom Schumacher, with several saying that the current emphasis has gone from featuring character and story to showing off whiz-bang graphics.
www.hollywood.com /celebs/news/id/191120   (2334 words)

  
 Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, And David Geffen
In October, Spielberg, Katzenberg, and Geffen had a blockbuster $812 million initial public offering of the animation unit -- and then saw the stock zoom by more than 45% the next month.
The animation unit is run by Katzenberg, the hyperkinetic onetime Walt Disney Co. (DIS) studio chief who teases his former bosses with subtle Disneyland references in his Shrek flicks.
Katzenberg has a film in the works about a London rat that no doubt will be likened to Disney's you-know-who.
www.businessweek.com /magazine/content/05_02/b3915608.htm   (717 words)

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