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

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    <issuer>
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        <issuerName>DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>DWA</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001478532</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>CHANG JOHN ANDREW</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>DREAMWORKS ANIMATION SKG, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>1000 FLOWER STREET</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>General Counsel</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
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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>23764</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>23.67</value>
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                    <value>A</value>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>58940</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The restricted stock units were issued to Mr. Chang 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 John Andrew Chang</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2015-11-12</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
