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Kathleen Kennedy Lucas film president and film producer. Kennedy born on June. 5, 1953 has made a lot of accomplishment in her life. Some examples have been involved with more than 60 films, such as E.T. and many Star Wars movies. She has also been nominated for 8 Oscars. Kathleen uses project management skills in her everyday life, such as scheduling, and time management. I possess some skills that Kathleen Kennedy needs in her everyday life and I need and want to acquire some of her skills. Kathleen Kennedy has made a lot of accomplishments in her life. Kennedy was grown up in Lake Shasta, in Northern California, she and her two sisters. Kathleen met her husband Frank Marshall on a beach. Kathleen Kennedy has help produce many of the most …show more content…

One example is, she must learn to make close assumption about how the film will turn out and how much it will make. She must document the whole process and know what will go in the movie. The president of Lucasfilms was chosen because, "It was important that my successor not only be someone with great creative passion and proven leadership abilities, but also someone who loves movies. I care deeply about my employees--it is their creativity and hard work that has made this company what it is today”.-George Lucas( Kathleen Kennedy To Become Co-Chair of Lucasfilm Ltd.Business Wire). This means Kennedy had to be a leader and be able to talk to many different personalities. Another use of project management skills are, “"She was terrible, and didn't know how to do it very well. But what she did know how to do was interrupt somebody in midsentence. We'd be pitching ideas back and forth, and Kathy — who was supposed to be writing these ideas down — suddenly put her pencil down and would say something like, 'And what if he didn't get the girl, but instead he got the dog?' ". This shows she needed the project cycle, needed real-world problems. She also needed to know the risk level going into the project, she needed to know her milestone, and the resources she had to complete the project. Like doing E.T. she needed to know who would star in it, how much it would cost to make, what would be the outcome, the set and many

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