Jeffrey Katzenberg

KATZENBERG: A FRONT-ROW SEAT AT THE MOVIES Few people know Hollywood better than Jeffrey Katzenberg, the onetime wunderkind who by the time he was in his thirties had already been an executive at Paramount Pictures and was running the motion picture studio at Walt Disney. After a much publicized falling out with then-Disney CEO Michael Eisner and a subsequent court settlement that made him a very wealthy man, Katzenberg started DreamWorks SKG with Steven Spielberg and David Geffen. DreamWorks Animation was spun off from its parent in a 2004 IPO, and Katzenberg became CEO. On Oct. 27, after DreamWorks Animation reported earnings--beating Street estimates ... Read Full Story

Few people know Hollywood better than Jeffrey Katzenberg, the onetime wunderkind who by the time he was in his thirties had already been an executive at Paramount Pictures and was running the motion picture studio at Walt Disney. After a much publicized falling out with then-Disney CEO Michael Eisner and a subsequent court settlement that made him a very wealthy man, Katzenberg started DreamWorks SKG with Steven Spielberg and David Geffen. DreamWorks Animation was spun off from its parent in a 2004 IPO, and Katzenberg became CEO. On Oct. 27, after DreamWorks Animation reported earnings—beating Street estimates for the fourteenth out of the past ... Read Full Story

DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. on Tuesday reported second-quarter earnings that beat Wall Street forecasts and said cheaper advertising and its bigger film lineup will mean cost savings ahead. The animated movie house has committed to producing five movies every two years, up from four previously, and has said all of them will be produced in 3-D. Its first 3-D movie, "Monsters vs. Aliens," has grossed $377 million worldwide since its March release, around half of which came from theaters equipped to show it in 3-D. There is a general concern, however, that the conversion of screens to show 3-D movies has been delayed because ... Read Full Story

  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc will release five feature films every two years, adding an additional film every other year to its existing two picture-a-year release schedule going forward, Chief Executive Jeffrey Katzenberg told investors on Thursday. The company's slate through 2012 now includes eight feature films, including five original films and three sequels based on its " Shrek ", " Madagascar " and " Kung Fu Panda " franchises. All DreamWorks Animation films are available in 3D. Katzenberg told the Cowen and Co Technology Media and Telecom Conference the animation company has "the resources and bandwidth to support the ... Read Full Story

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc will release five feature films every two years, adding an additional film every other year to its existing two picture-a-year release schedule going forward, Chief Executive Jeffrey Katzenberg told investors on Thursday. The company's slate through 2012 now includes eight feature films, including five original films and three sequels based on its "Shrek", "Madagascar" and "Kung Fu Panda" franchises. All DreamWorks Animation films are available in 3D. Katzenberg told the Cowen and Co Technology Media and Telecom Conference the animation company has "the resources and bandwidth to support the new films" and would see "significant cost ... Read Full Story