Talk:Jeffrey Katzenberg

Final wrap-up requests

Hi editors, I thought I'd put in a series of requests to wrap things up here, with the hope that the community might engage with the individual requests at their leisure.

Infobox

• Change alma mater field to Ethical Culture Fieldston School as it was before
• Add Good Morning, Vietnam to list of notable works
• Change title to
  • Co-founder of WndrCo
  • Former chairman of The Walt Disney Studios
  • Co-founder of Hollywood Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures, DreamWorks Animation
  • Former CEO of DreamWorks

I think in each case, these changes make the infobox more accurate and complete

@BINK Robin: What role did Katzenberg have in producing this film? iirc, the notable works parameter is for works by the subject, not for works done under a company he lead or something. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 16:15, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

@ARandomName123: Fair question, this article from the Guardian says he produced Good Morning Vietnam. I’ll defer to you if you think this is worth including in the Infobox. Cheers, BINK Robin (talk) 17:11, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

 Partly done: : BINK Robin, I've deleted the alma mater field instead, as that parameter is usually for graduates of higher education institutions. afaict, he didn't graduate from NYU, so the parameter isn't necessary. I didn't add Good Morning, Vietnam per my earlier reasoning. As the first and third title are the same, I put them together. imo former positions aren't necessary in the infobox, but I'm not sure what our guidance is on that, so I haven't made any of those changes. I'll get to the other requests over the coming days. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 22:53, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

Hi, I've stricken the part where I said I'd be getting to the other request over the coming days. Another editor has recently expressed concern at an edit request I previously implemented, and I've been losing interest in answering more complex edit requests. As such, I've decided to take a step back from answering large edit requests and let other editors respond to your remaining requests. Sorry for the trouble! ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 20:23, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

@ARandomName123No trouble at all! I really appreciate all the help you've provided. BINK Robin (talk) 20:44, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

Introduction

• Replace current introduction with the following:

Extended content

Jeffrey Katzenberg (/ˈkætsənbɜːrɡ/; born December 21, 1950) is an American entertainment executive and media proprietor. He became well known for his tenure as chairman of The Walt Disney Studios from 1984 to 1994. After departing Disney, he was a co-founder and CEO of DreamWorks Animation, where he oversaw the production of such animated franchises as Shrek, Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda, and How to Train Your Dragon. He has since founded a new media and technology company called WndrCo and was a co-founder of Quibi, a defunct short-form mobile video platform. Katzenberg has also been involved in politics. With his active support of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, he was called "one of Hollywood's premier political kingmakers and one of the Democratic Party's top national fund-raisers." He is a campaign co-chair of President Joe Biden's re-election campaign. References

I think this helps keep the introduction focused and concise while still conveying the relevant information.

 Partly done Beyond removing the awards, which I agree don't belong in the introduction, I don't really see what purpose these changes serve beyond being "more concise", which given the current length of the lead doesn't seem necessary. Rusalkii (talk) 19:01, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

DreamWorks Animation

• Remove the sentence "It was reported that Katzenberg receives an airfare allowance of $1.5 million per year, which was the most of all media-company CEOs."

This strikes me more as trivia than WP:ENCYCLOPEDIC content

 Done, the source isn't great. Rusalkii (talk) 19:01, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

Political activities

• Add the following the collapsed box regarding Katzenberg's support for Karen Bass

Extended content
Katzenberg donated approximately $1.8 million to a PAC supporting Karen Bass's Los Angeles mayoral bid in 2022. References

 Done Rusalkii (talk) 19:01, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

SOPA/PIPA

• Remove this section

The source does not support that Katzenberg took a "leading role" in SOPA/PIPA. PIPA is never mentioned, and Katzenberg's involvement only went so far as to decline to try to convince the president to support SOPA. I am not sure that this instance of choosing not to do something warrants inclusion in his article, and this section's opening is simply inaccurate.

Agreed that the opening is not supported by the source. Googling around it seems like there's enough coverage of his support for SOPA to merit a sentence or two. I've removed the first sentence but am leaving the rest for now and leaving the edit request open, I am not currently up for synthesizing this into something better. Rusalkii (talk) 19:01, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: Per Rusalkii's message. Encoded  Talk 💬 08:24, 27 October 2024 (UTC)

Special awards

• Rename section "Recognition" for WP:NPOV
• Change text of section to what is in collapsed box below

Extended content

Katzenberg was awarded an honorary Doctor of Arts degree by Ringling College of Art and Design in 2008, the first in the school's history. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded Katzenberg with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 2012, in acknowledgment of his role in "raising money for education, art and health-related causes, particularly those benefiting the motion picture industry." The following year, Katzenberg was awarded the National Medal of Arts by President Obama. At the 2017 Cannes Film Festival, Katzenberg was awarded an honorary Palme d'Or, the festival's highest prize. Cannes director Thierry Frémaux credited Katzenberg and Shrek with expanding the range of films considered at the competition. Katzenberg compared the distinction to the earlier Academy recognition. References

This rescues several sources, places awards listed in the Personal life section in this section to better capture everything together in sequence, and I think overall offers a more complete and accurate look at the recognition he has received.

 Done Rusalkii (talk)

Personal life

• Remove the final two paragraphs
  • The Ringling honorary degree would be made redundant with the changes requested of the "Special awards/Recognition" section. The paragraph regarding political donations is already well covered earlier, and the source for his political donations does not meet standards for biographies of living people
• Change the third paragraph to the following in the collapsed box:

Extended content

Katzenberg sits on the board of directors of multiple organizations, including the Motion Picture & Television Fund, Geffen Playhouse, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, AIDS Project Los Angeles, The Michael J. Fox Foundation, California Institute of the Arts, Simon Wiesenthal Center, and the USC School of Cinematic Arts. In 2008, Katzenberg founded the DreamWorks Animation Academy in partnership with Inner-City Arts, a Los Angeles-based art education nonprofit organization, to provide inner-city students with instruction in digital media production. In 2016, Katzenberg had an estimated net worth of more than $1 billion. References

This will cut repeated mention of the Jean Hersholt award, as well as offer a more complete look at Katzenberg's board memberships while providing sources to previously unsourced sentences. It also re-adds and updates Katzenberg's net worth.

 Partly done I have kept the net worth as is. I don't see a reason to prefer the LA Times estimate over the Forbes estimate already in the article, and the Forbes article is slightly later. It would be good to have more recent total numbers for the political section but a quick google isn't bringing anything up and agreed that the source isn't ideal. Rusalkii (talk) 19:01, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

Filmography

• Replace section with the following in the collapsed box, which is much more complete and accurate

Extended content

Filmography Films Year Title Credits Production company Notes 1979 Star Trek: The Motion Picture Production executive Paramount Pictures Meatballs 1980 Airplane! 1981 Raiders of the Lost Ark Reds 1982 Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan An Officer and a Gentleman 48 Hrs. President of production 1983 Flashdance Trading Places Terms of Endearment 1984 Footloose Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Star Trek III: The Search for Spock Beverly Hills Cop 1985 Witness The Black Cauldron Disney chairman/editor Walt Disney Animation Studios The latter uncredited 1986 The Great Mouse Detective Disney chairman Flight of the Navigator Walt Disney Pictures The Color of Money Touchstone Pictures Ruthless People Tough Guys 1987 Down and Out in Beverly Hills Adventures in Babysitting Good Morning, Vietnam Outrageous Fortune Stakeout Three Men and a Baby Tin Men 1988 Beaches Cocktail D.O.A. Who Framed Roger Rabbit Oliver & Company Walt Disney Animation Studios 1989 The Little Mermaid Dead Poets Society Touchstone Pictures Turner & Hooch Disney chairman/producer Honey, I Shrunk the Kids Disney chairman Walt Disney Pictures 1990 Pretty Woman Touchstone Pictures Dick Tracy Green Card Arachnophobia Hollywood Pictures Taking Care of Business The Rescuers Down Under Walt Disney Animation Studios 1991 Beauty and the Beast Billy Bathgate Touchstone Pictures Father of the Bride The Rocketeer Scenes from a Mall What About Bob? 1992 Consenting Adults Hollywood Pictures Encino Man The Hand That Rocks the Cradle Medicine Man Aladdin Walt Disney Animation Studios The Mighty Ducks Walt Disney Pictures The Muppet Christmas Carol Newsies Sister Act Touchstone Pictures 1993 Alive The Nightmare Before Christmas What's Love Got to Do with It The Joy Luck Club Hollywood Pictures Tombstone Cool Runnings Walt Disney Pictures Hocus Pocus The Three Musketeers 1994 Angels in the Outfield The Lion King Walt Disney Animation Studios Ed Wood Touchstone Pictures I Love Trouble Renaissance Man When a Man Loves a Woman Quiz Show Hollywood Pictures The Santa Clause Walt Disney Pictures/Hollywood Pictures 1995 Your Studio and You Universal Pictures Short Pocahontas Walt Disney Animation Studios Partially Toy Story Walt Disney Pictures/Pixar Animation Studios 1998 Antz Executive in charge of production DreamWorks Animation The Prince of Egypt Executive producer 2000 The Road to El Dorado Executive producer/Director The latter uncredited Chicken Run Executive producer Joseph: King of Dreams Video 2001 Shrek Producer 2002 Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron 2003 Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas 2004 Shrek 2 Executive producer Shark Tale 2005 Madagascar Executive in charge of production/voice actor (as Rico and Abner) Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Executive in charge of production 2006 Over the Hedge Flushed Away 2007 Shrek the Third Bee Movie Executive in charge of production/Special thanks 2008 Kung Fu Panda Executive in charge of production Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa 2009 Monsters vs. Aliens 2010 Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds Animation director EuropaCorp How to Train Your Dragon Executive in charge of production DreamWorks Animation Shrek Forever After Megamind 2011 Kung Fu Panda 2 Puss in Boots 2012 Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted Rise of the Guardians 2013 The Croods Turbo 2014 Mr. Peabody & Sherman How to Train Your Dragon 2 Penguins of Madagascar 2015 Home 2016 Kung Fu Panda 3 Trolls Partially 2017 The Boss Baby Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie Television Year Title Occupation Notes 2004 Father of the Pride Creator/Executive producer 2 episodes 2005–2009 The Contender Executive producer 26 episodes 2005 The Contender Rematch: Mora vs. Manfredo TV Special 2008 The Contender Asia 12 episodes 2010 Neighbors from Hell 5 episodes 2020 Dummy wiip, Heller Highwater Pictures, Let's Go Again Thanks a Million Producer Short TV series Beauty Short series Benedict Men TV series (pre-production) The Now Executive producer TV Mini-Series (post-production) Natural Born Narco 1 episode: Pilot (post-production) Elba vs. Block Short TV Series (post-production)

I made a subpage with a diff that shows the changes.

Not done for now Well, the original is completely unsourced, so it feels slightly silly to demand a source here, but it does in fact need sources, especially for anything listed as "uncredited" where you can't even assume it's self-sourcing. Also, are all the new additions just "films where he was chairman of Disney at the time of production?" I acknowledge that the current filmography also has this but I'm not sure this makes sense. Unfortunately the diff is approximately unreadable (this isn't your fault, the software is bad at tables). Could you provide a summary of your changes? Rusalkii (talk) 19:12, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

That covers all of it! Thanks so much for taking the time to look. I appreciate the consideration and any thoughts you may have. BINK Robin (talk) 15:52, 21 May 2024 (UTC)