Jennifer Kuo Baxter, an entertainment attorney and executive who worked as SVP Business and Legal Affairs at Sony Pictures and in senior positions at DreamWorks Animation and other studios during her 30-year career, has died.
She was 62.A friend told Deadline that Kuo Baxter died July 23 of cancer at her Pasadena home, surrounded by family.Hollywood & Media Deaths 2022: A Photo GalleryA Hawaii native, Kuo Baxter joined the legal affairs group at Columbia Pictures — subsequently became Sony Pictures Entertainment — in fall 1986.
Her responsibilities there included supporting the production and distribution of motion pictures, and her experience across production and special effects led her to become co-head of the business and legal affairs group for Sony Pictures Digital.
She was closely involved with such films as Stuart Little, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Trolls and Starship Troopers.Ultimately, Kuo Baxter’s unique expertise in special effects and animation landed her at DreamWorks.
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