Jeffrey Katzenberg
Jeffrey Katezenberg was the chairman of The Walt Disney Studios (a major division of The Walt Disney Company) from 1984 to 1994.
When Greg Weisman pitched Gargoyles to Michael Eisner for the second time in 1992, Eisner rejected the pitch. But Katzenberg saw something in the pitch and, the following day, told Weisman to keep on working on it. Weisman thought that Eisner had killed it, but Katzenberg assured him that Eisner liked it, he just thought it needed work. Weisman has postulated that he knew when a pitch was rejected and believes that Katzenberg liked it. Weisman ended up not changing the show, but changing the pitch and cutting it down considerably. Six months later, when Weisman pitched Gargoyles again, Eisner greenlit it. After the meeting, Katzenberg pulled Weisman aside and said "you added a lot to that, didn't you?". Weisman responded "yes I did."
See Also
- Jeffrey Katzenberg at Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
- Jeffrey Katzenberg at the Internet Movie Database
