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Dreamworks Animation SKG, Inc.

1000 Flower St
Glendale
CA 91201-3007
US

p. 818-695-5000
f. 818-695-9944
http://www.dreamworksanimation.com

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Location Type:	Headquarters	Company Type:	Standard
Year Founded:	1994	Asset Amount (USD):	$677,124,000
Sector Type:	Publicly Traded Companies	Ticker:	DWA
Primary Industry:	Media/Advertising	Secondary Industry:	Entertainment
SIC Code:	7812	NAICS:	51219
Annual Sales (USD):	$395,000,000	# of Employees:	1,300

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Name:	Ms. Kristina M. Leslie
Title:	Chief Financial Officer, Finance and Accounting	Email:
Nickname:		Date Appointed:	10/2004
Biography:	Kristina Leslie has served as Chief Financial Officer of DreamWorks Animation SKG since its IPO in October 2004. Previously, she served in the same capacity at DreamWorks Studios SKG since the fall of 2003. Prior to becoming CFO, Ms. Leslie oversaw the corporate finance and strategic planning functions for the company, including all banking and investor relations. Since joining the company in 1996, Ms. Leslie was a key participant in all significant financing and investing activities, including the 2002 $1 billion asset-backed film securitization and refinanced $500 million revolving credit facility. Prior to joining DreamWorks, Ms. Leslie was Director of Financial Planning at Viacom for two years following its acquisition of Paramount Communications where she served in various finance positions including treasury, investor relations and strategic planning since 1990. Ms. Leslie received an M.B.A. from Columbia University and a B.A. in economics from Bucknell University.
Name:	Ms. Christine Birch
Title:	President, Marketing	Email:
Nickname:		Date Appointed:	1/2007
Business Phone:		Business Fax:
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Name:	Mr. John Batter
Title:	Co-President of Production for Feature Animation	Email:
Nickname:		Date Appointed:	11/2007
Biography:	John Batter worked with a cross-functional team on an international basis to establish EA Mobile as a significant force in the mobile gaming space.
Name:	Mr. Bill Damaschke
Title:	Co-President of Production for Feature Animation, President of Live Theatrical	Email:
Nickname:		Date Appointed:	11/2007
Biography:	Bill Damaschke served as a producer on the computer-animated comedy hit "Shark Tale," which earned an Academy Award(R) nomination for Best Animated Feature. He has also been involved in the productions of the Oscar(R)-winning hit "Shrek" and its box office record-breaking sequel "Shrek 2"; "Madagascar," which has grossed more than $500 million worldwide making it the studio's highest-grossing original animated film; and the upcoming "Over the Hedge." Damaschke joined DreamWorks in 1995 as the production manager on the studio's first traditionally animated production, "The Prince of Egypt."
Name:	Ms. Ann Daly
Title:	Chief Operating Officer, Operations	Email:
Nickname:		Date Appointed:
Biography:	Ann Daly is the COO (Chief Operating Officer) of DreamWorks Animation SKG. Prior to DreamWorks Animation's public offering in October 2004, Daly served as head of the animation division of DreamWorks SKG since July 1997, and oversaw DreamWorks Worldwide Home Entertainment, which is among the top video companies in the world. With Daly, the division released the worldwide record-breaker, Shrek, selling close to 43 million copies to date. Under Daly's leadership DreamWorks' animation division developed into a CG studio with multiple worldwide production locations, including its two main campuses, PDI/DreamWorks in Northern California and DreamWorks Glendale campus in Southern California. DreamWorks' world-class creative talent, technology pioneers and leading innovators made it possible for the studio to be first to release two CG animated feature films in one year. In May 2004, Shrek 2 broke numerous box office records including: fastest film to earn $400 million, a record-setting Memorial Day Weekend gross of $95.6 million, and the highest grossing opening weekend in box office history. Shrek 2 ended its theatrical run as not only the highest-grossing animated feature in history but also the third highest-grossing film of all time. DreamWorks Animation's current release, Shark Tale, topped the domestic box office for its first three weeks of release and has already earned more than $220 million worldwide. The film is a smash hit internationally, opening number one in over 20 major territories including the UK, France and Germany, with many more to come. The studio's upcoming animated feature film slate includes the comedy Madagascar, starring the voices of Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer and Jada Pinkett-Smith; Over the Hedge, based on the popular comic strip featuring the voices of Bruce Willis and Gary Shandling, and Shrek 3, which continues to be one of the most successful film franchises in modern history. The studio currently has nine films in various stages of development and production. Prior to joining DreamWorks, Daly was the President of Buena Vista Home Video (BVHV), North America, where she presided over the single largest video company in the world. Daly was responsible for marketing, sales, distribution, operations, production and all other facets of the Walt Disney Company division. Under her leadership, the division maintained a number one market share in the industry, as it has for over nine consecutive years, with over twice the revenue of its nearest competitor. During her 14-year tenure at Disney, she was a video industry pioneer, orchestrating many innovations. Beginning in 1994, Daly initiated a radically new business concept for the entertainment industry -- high quality, family-oriented films produced exclusively for video, featuring some of Disney's most successful franchises. BVHV's operating division, which was orchestrated under Daly, was unique to the entertainment industry and to retailing overall for its state-of-the-art distribution, shipping and inventory replenishment systems. BVHV won several Vendor of the Year Awards during this time, including recognition from Wal-Mart, the #1 retailer in the United States.
Name:	Mr. Steven Spielberg
Title:	Co-Founder, Administration	Email:
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Name:	Mr. Tom Freston
Title:	Member of Board of Directors, Corporate Planning	Email:
Nickname:		Date Appointed:	9/2007
Business Phone:		Business Fax:
Biography:	Mr. Tom Freston most recently served as President and CEO of Viacom, from January to September 2006. Prior to assuming this position, Mr. Freston was Co-President and Co-COO of Viacom and, previously, Chairman and CEO of MTV Networks. Under his leadership, MTV Networks grew to reach over 400 million households in 164 countries. Mr. Freston currently serves on the Board of the American Museum of Natural History and the Board of Trustees for Emerson College in Boston. He has chaired numerous charity campaigns for leading organizations within the entertainment industry. Mr. Freston holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Saint Michael's College and an M.B.A. from New York University.
Name:	Mr. Nathan Myhrvold
Title:	Member of Board of Directors, Corporate Planning	Email:
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Biography:	Nathan Myhrvold is the chief executive officer of Intellectual Ventures, a private entrepreneurial firm he founded with his former Microsoft colleague, Dr. Edward Jung. Before Intellectual Ventures, Dr. Myhrvold spent 14 years at Microsoft Corporation, where he was a top technical and business strategist for the company and was involved with founding the company’s scalable operating systems efforts which lead to the Windows NT and Windows CE product lines. During his tenure, Dr. Myhrvold held several executive positions, eventually retiring as chief technology officer in May 2000. Before assuming his role as chief technology officer at Microsoft, Dr. Myhrvold was group vice president of applications and content, which comprised a number of company divisions, including desktop applications, consumer software and Microsoft’s online systems. Prior to that, he was senior vice president of Microsoft’s advanced technology division, responsible for advanced product development in areas such as interactive television, advanced graphics and identifying new forms of consumer computing. Before joining Microsoft in 1986, Dr. Myhrvold was founder and president of Dynamical Systems. Prior to that he was a postdoctoral fellow in the department of applied mathematics and theoretical physics at Cambridge University and worked with Professor Stephen Hawking on research in cosmology, quantum field theory in curved space time and quantum theories of gravitation. Dr. Myhrvold holds a doctorate in theoretical and mathematical physics and a master’s degree in mathematical economics from Princeton University . He also has a master’s degree in geophysics and space physics and a bachelor’s degree in mathematics, all from the University of California , Los Angeles.
Name:	Ms. Meg Whitman
Title:	Member of Board of Directors, Corporate Planning	Email:
Nickname:		Date Appointed:
Biography:	As president and CEO of eBay since March 1998, Meg has led the company to become "The World's Online Marketplace" and has helped reshape how commerce takes place around the world. Prior to joining eBay, Meg was general manager of Hasbro's Preschool Division responsible for global management and marketing of some of the world's best-known children's brands including Playskool. Among her many accolades, Time named Meg one of the world's 100 most influential people in 2004 and 2005, and Fortune ranked her one of the 25 most powerful people in business and the most powerful woman in American business in 2004.
Name:	Ms. Mellody Hobson
Title:	Member of Board of Directors, Corporate Planning	Email:
Nickname:		Date Appointed:
Biography:	Mellody Hobson has served as the president and a director of Ariel Capital Management, LLC/ Ariel Mutual Funds, a Chicago-based investment management firm, since 2000. She previously served as senior vice president and director of marketing at Ariel Capital Management, Inc. from 1994 to 2000, and as vice president of marketing at Ariel Capital Management, Inc. from 1991 to 1994. Ms. Hobson is a graduate of Princeton University where she received a Bachelor of Arts from the Woodrow Wilson School of International Relations and Public Policy. Ms. Hobson works with a variety of civil and professional institutions, including serving as a director of the Chicago Public Library as well as its foundation and as a board member of the Field Museum and as the director of Chicago Public Education Fund. She has also served as a director of Tellabs, Inc. since 2002. In 2002, Esquire Magazine named Ms. Hobson as one of “ America ’s Best and Brightest” emerging leaders.
Name:	Mr. Howard Schultz
Title:	Member of Board of Directors, Corporate Planning	Email:
Nickname:		Date Appointed:
Biography:	Howard Schultz is the founder and chairman of the board of Starbucks Corporation and has served as its chief global strategist since June 2000. From Starbucks’ inception in 1985 to June 2000, he served as chairman of the board and chief executive officer. From 1985 to June 1994, Mr. Schultz was also Starbucks’ president. From January 1986 to July 1987, Mr. Schultz was the chairman of the board, chief executive officer and president of Il Giornale Coffee Company, a predecessor to Starbucks. From September 1982 to December 1985, Mr. Schultz was the director of retail operations and marketing for Starbucks Coffee Company, another predecessor to Starbucks. In 1997, Mr. Schultz created The Starbucks Foundation to raise awareness for literacy causes and to give grants to organizations that promote literacy. Mr. Schultz has received many prestigious awards in recognition of his numerous business and community contributions, including the Business Enterprise Trust Award for courage, integrity and social vision in business; the International Humanitarian Award for CARE, a world-wide relief organization; the Jerusalem Fund of Aish HaTorah for individuals making significant contributions to improving the lives of people around the world; the National Leadership Award for philanthropic and educational efforts to battle AIDS from AIDS Action; the Business Leader of the Year Award from Georgetown University and the Botwinick Prize for Business Ethics from Columbia University. In January 2002, Mr. Schultz was named one of the top 25 Managers of the Year by Business Week magazine.
Name:	Mr. Karl M. Von der Heyden
Title:	Member of Board of Directors, Corporate Planning	Email:
Nickname:		Date Appointed:	10/2005
Name:	Mr. Michael J. Montgomery
Title:	Member of Board of Directors, Corporate Planning	Email:
Nickname:		Date Appointed:	7/2006
Business Phone:		Business Fax:
Biography:	Mr. Montgomery was chief executive officer of Sega Gameworks, a joint venture between Sega, Universal Studios, and DreamWorks SKG. In 1995, Montgomery joined DreamWorks and helped raise $1 billion in private equity financing.
Name:	Mr. Judson C. Green
Title:	Member of Board of Directors, Corporate Affairs	Email:
Nickname:		Date Appointed:	3/2006
Name:	Mr. David Geffen
Title:	Member of Board of Directors, Corporate Planning Co-Founder, Administration	Email:
Nickname:		Date Appointed:
Biography:	David Geffen co-founded and has been a principal of DreamWorks Studios since it began operating in October 1994. Prior to the formation of DreamWorks Studios, he founded, built and sold both Asylum Records (founded in 1970) and Geffen Records (founded in 1980) by signing contracts with and producing albums for such notable artists as The Eagles, Jackson Browne, Joni Mitchell and Linda Rondstadt (at Asylum Records) and John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Elton John, Donna Summer, Don Henley, Peter Gabriel, Guns n’ Roses, Aerosmith and Nirvana (at Geffen Records). Mr. Geffen has also produced successful live action films, including Interview with a Vampire (1994), Beetlejuice (1988) and Risky Business (1983). Following DreamWorks Animation’s separation from DreamWorks Studios, Mr. Geffen is overseeing DreamWorks Studios and will remain one of its principal members.
Name:	Ms. Katherine Kendrick
Title:	General Counsel, Legal	Email:
Nickname:		Date Appointed:
Biography:	Katherine Kendrick has served as General Counsel of DreamWorks Animation SKG since its initial public offering in October 2004. Previously, she had served as General Counsel and Head of Human Resources of DreamWorks Studios SKG, since April 1996. Prior to joining DreamWorks, Ms. Kendrick was Vice President - European Legal Affairs for The Walt Disney Company based in Paris, France. Before moving to Paris in 1993, Ms. Kendrick served in the legal department of Hollywood Pictures, a theatrical film division of Walt Disney Studios. Prior to joining Disney, she was an associate at the law firm of Latham & Watkins in Los Angeles specializing in corporate securities law. Ms. Kendrick received her J.D. degree in 1986 from Columbia University where she was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. She received a B.A. in Economics with highest distinction in 1982 from The University of California at Berkeley. Ms. Kendrick was elected to Mortar Board, Pyrtanean Society and Omnicron Delta Epsilon (Economics Honor Society). Ms. Kendrick serves on the Executive Committee of The Next Generation Council and the Board of Directors of Before and After Productions of the Motion Picture & Television Fund Foundation, the Advisory Board of the Los Angeles Sports and Entertainment Commission, the Advisory Board of Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts for Columbia University School of Law, and the Board of Directors for Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Los Angeles. She previously served on the California State School to Career Advisory Council, and as Vice Chair of the Minority Business Opportunity Council of the City of Los Angeles. She is also actively involved in the Alzheimer’s Association. Ms. Kendrick was the recipient of the Women’s Law Association of Los Angeles Women of Distinction Award as well as a Certificate of Distinction Award from the Office of the Mayor of the City of Los Angeles.
Name:	Ms. Kristine Belson
Title:	Head-Development	Email:
Nickname:		Date Appointed:	9/2005
Biography:	Kristine Belson comes to DreamWorks Animation with more than 15 years' experience developing and producing both live-action and animated films. She most recently spent eight years as Executive Vice President of Production at the Jim Henson Company. During her tenure, she developed a slate of more than 40 live-action and animated films. In addition, she served as an executive producer on "Muppets from Space," producer on "Good Boy!" and co-producer on "Five Children and It" and "The Muppets' Wizard of Oz." Prior to joining The Jim Henson Company, Belson held the post of Senior Vice President of Production for Columbia Pictures, overseeing such films as "Big Daddy" and "Can't Hardly Wait." Before her stint at Columbia, she served as Senior Vice President for Turner Pictures, and also spent two years as Director of Production at 20th Century Fox.
Name:	Ms. Jane Hartwell
Title:	Head, Global Production	Email:
Nickname:		Date Appointed:	12/2005
Biography:	Jane Hartwell began her DreamWorks career in 1996 at PDI, the company's Redwood City campus. She served as a production manager on "Antz," the company's first CG animated film, and later took on the role of associate producer on the Academy Award-winning "Shrek." Hartwell was promoted to Head of Digital Production for Glendale in 2001 and became responsible for the digital aspects and needs of all the animated projects in production and pre-production in Glendale. She also helped spearhead the company's transition from traditional 2D animation to computer generated animation.
Name:	Ms. Nancy Bernstein
Title:	Head, Production, studio's Glendale campus	Email:
Nickname:		Date Appointed:	12/2005
Biography:	Nancy Bernstein spent ten years at R/GA Digital Studios.
Name:	Ms. Anne Globe
Title:	Head of Worldwide Marketing and Consumer Products	Email:
Nickname:		Date Appointed:	1/2007
Business Phone:		Business Fax:
Biography:	Anne Globe has been head of worldwide consumer products and promotion at DreamWorks Animation since 2005. In this role, she has become one of the foremost marketing and merchandising executives in the film industry, spearheading a significant increase in both the number and scope of DreamWorks promotional partnerships, as well as the scale of their support of DreamWorks Animation movies. In the last 12 months alone, under Anne's leadership, DreamWorks solidified new relationships with McDonald's, Activision, AOL and Kellogg's, in addition to building upon the studio's long-term significant, strategic partnerships with HP and AMD. Anne joined DreamWorks in 1996, when she assumed responsibility for promotion and merchandising campaigns for all DreamWorks SKG films.
Name:	Derek Chan
Title:	Head of Digital Operations	Email:
Nickname:		Date Appointed:
Name:	Mr. Damon Ross
Title:	Senior Development Executive	Email:
Nickname:		Date Appointed:	6/2007
Business Phone:		Business Fax:
Biography:	Ross most recently worked at Nickelodeon Movies where he served as Vice President of Development & Production. During his 12-year tenure there, he optioned and shepherded the feature film development of several high-profile children's books, including: Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events; The Spiderwick Chronicles, which Mark Waters is directing; Angus, Thongs & Full Frontal Snogging which Gurinder Chadha is writing and directing; and the award-winning picture book, Sector 7, which Shari Berman & Robert Pulcini are writing, among others. In 2006, Ross co-produced the comedy, Nacho Libre - inspired by a true story that Ross discovered in 2003. Directed by Jared Hess (Napoleon Dynamite) and starring Jack Black, the film was one of the hits of that year.

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