
Personal Info
Known For
Production
Born
December 21, 1950 (age 75)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Jeffrey Katzenberg
Biography
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.
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Known For

Film
Madagascar
Rico (voice) (uncredited)
2005

TV
Kulturplatz
Self
2004

TV
The South Bank Show
Self
1978

Film
Spielberg
Self
2017

TV
E! True Hollywood Story
1996

Film
For the Love of Spock
Self
2016

Film
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Self
2009

Film
Howard
Self
2018

Film
Seduced and Abandoned
Self
2013

Film
Untouchable
Self (archive footage)
2019

Film
Being Eddie
Self
2025

Film
The Happy Days of Garry Marshall
Self
2020

Film
Not Just a Goof
Self
2024

Film
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
Self - CEO of DreamWorks Animation
2015

Film
Your Studio and You
Jeffrey Katzenberg
1995

Film
The Making of the Lion King
Self
1994

Film
Chaos on the Bridge
Self
2014

Film
Eddie Murphy: One Night Only
Self
2012

Film
Shrek: Once Upon a Time
Self
2011

Film
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
Self
2009
Filmography
2026FilmThe Hollywood Rabbias Himself2025FilmBeing Eddieas Self2024FilmNot Just a Goofas Self2023FilmCommitment to Lifeas Self2022FilmHans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebelas Self2020FilmThe Happy Days of Garry Marshallas Self2019FilmUntouchableas Self (archive footage)2018FilmHowardas Self2017FilmSpielbergas Self2016FilmFor the Love of Spockas Self2016FilmMeet the Donors: Does Money Talk?as Self2015FilmA Grand Night In: The Story of Aardmanas Self - CEO of DreamWorks Animation2014FilmChaos on the Bridgeas Self2013FilmSeduced and Abandonedas Self2012FilmEddie Murphy: One Night Onlyas Self2011FilmShrek: Once Upon a Timeas Self2011FilmPride of The Lion Kingas Self2011FilmBrian May's Brief History of 3Das Self2011FilmHans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywoodas Self2010FilmBeyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beastas Self2009FilmWaking Sleeping Beautyas Self2009FilmSquare Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePantsas Self2006FilmTreasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'as Self2005FilmMadagascaras Rico (voice) (uncredited)2004TVKulturplatzas Self2001FilmCreating a Fairy Tale World: The Making of Shrekas Self1999FilmThe Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screenas Self1996TVE! True Hollywood Story1995FilmYour Studio and Youas Jeffrey Katzenberg1994FilmThe Making of the Lion Kingas Self1990FilmDick Tracy: Behind the Badge, Behind the Scenesas Self1978TVThe South Bank Showas Self