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    <periodOfReport>2016-08-22</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>1</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001297401</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>DWA</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001514873</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Grainge Lucian</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O 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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            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2016-08-22</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>D</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
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            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>28747</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>41.00</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>0</value>
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        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">On August 22, 2016, Comcast Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation (&quot;Parent&quot;) acquired the Issuer pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April 28, 2016 (the &quot;Merger Agreement&quot;), among the Issuer, Parent and Comcast Paris NewCo, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (&quot;Merger Sub&quot;).  In accordance with terms of the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub merged with and into Issuer (the &quot;Merger&quot;), with the Issuer surviving the Merger as a wholly ownerd subsidiary of Parent.  The Merger is more fully described in the Issuer's information statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 11, 2016.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement), each restricted stock unit with respect to the Issuer's Class A common stock held by the reporting person immediately prior to the Effective Time was cancelled and converted into the right to receive $41.00 in cash (the &quot;per share merger consideration&quot;) multiplied by the number of shares of the Issuer's Class A common stock subject to such restricted stock unit, without interest and less an applicable withholding taxes.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Robert A. Kelly, as Attorney-in-fact for Lucian Grainge</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2016-08-22</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
