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    <periodOfReport>2015-11-10</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001297401</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>DWA</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>Daly Ann</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O DREAMWORKS ANIMATION SKG, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>1000 FLOWER ST.</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>GLENDALE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>91201</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
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            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>President</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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            <securityTitle>
                <value>CLASS A COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.01 PER SHARE</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2015-11-10</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
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                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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                <value></value>
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                <transactionShares>
                    <value>110899</value>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>23.67</value>
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                    <value>A</value>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>778335</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The restricted stock units were issued to Ms. Daly 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 Ann Daly</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2015-11-12</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
