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        <issuerName>DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>DWA</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>KATZENBERG JEFFREY</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O M &amp; JK DREAM LIMITED PARTNERSHIP</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>1000 FLOWER ST.</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>GLENDALE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>91201</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
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            <officerTitle>Chief Executive Officer</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
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                <value>CLASS A COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.01 PER SHARE</value>
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            <transactionDate>
                <value>2015-11-10</value>
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            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
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                    <value>142585</value>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>23.67</value>
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                    <value>By Trust</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The restricted stock units were issued to Mr. Katzenberg pursuant to DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.'s Amended and Restated 2008 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan. The restricted stock units vest ratably over four years.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>ROBERT A. KELLY, as Attorney-in-Fact for Jeffrey Katzenberg</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2015-11-12</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
