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Jeffrey Katzenberg Biography

Birth Name:Jeffrey Katzenberg

Birth Place:New York City, New York, United States

Profession Production manager, Producer, Actor, Director, Writer, Visual effects, Animation department

Fast Facts

In 2008, he received an honorary doctorate from Ringling College of Art and Design
Joined the boards or became a trustee of such organizations as AIDS Project Los Angeles, American Museum of the Moving Image and California Institute of the Arts
Donated over a million dollars to Boston University in 2006 for the renovation of its facilities
Started his career as producer David Picker's assistant, started as Paramount Pictures Chairman Barry Diller's assistant in 1974 and worked in the marketing department for Paramount
A proponent of digital 3D film production, he announced on a 2010 episode of The Colbert Report that all of DreamWorks Animations future films would be in 3D
Has produced or overseen the production of a number of animated films for children, including "The Little Mermaid" and "Beauty and the Beast" for Walt Disney Studios and "Shrek" with DreamWorks Animation
Claimed that he begged Leonard Nimoy on his hands and knees in a New York restaurant to play Mr․ Spock in "Star Trek: The Motion Picture․"