Alan F. Horn

{{Infobox person

| name = Alan F. Horn

| image = File:AlanHorn.jpg

| birth_name = Alan Frederick Horn

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1943|2|28}}

| birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S.

| alma_mater = Union College
Harvard University

| occupation = Film executive

| employer = Warner Bros. (1999–2012; 2022–present)
Walt Disney Studios (2012–2021)

| title = Chairman, Chief Creative Officer

| years_active = 1973–present

| boards =

| spouse = Cindy Harrell

| children = 2, including Cody

}}

Alan Frederick Horn (born February 28, 1943) is an American entertainment industry executive.{{cite web|last=Friedman|first=Roger|date=April 18, 2012|title=Alan Horn, Former Warner Bros. Chief, To Run Disney|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/rogerfriedman/2012/05/31/alan-horn-ex-warner-bros-chief-to-run-disney/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120602200550/http://www.forbes.com/sites/rogerfriedman/2012/05/31/alan-horn-ex-warner-bros-chief-to-run-disney/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 2, 2012|access-date=May 31, 2012|work=Forbes}} Horn became president and COO of Warner Bros. from 1999 to 2012. Horn next served as the chairman of Walt Disney Studios from 2012 to 2020.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/12/disney-studios-alan-bergman-chairman-alan-horn-chief-creative-officer-1234660115/|title=Alan Bergman Elevates To Disney Studios Content Chairman; Alan Horn Staying On As Chief Creative Officer|last=D'Alessandro|first=Anthony|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=December 21, 2020|access-date=December 21, 2020}} During his tenure at Disney, Horn also served as the chief creative officer from 2019 to 2021.{{cite web|last=D'Alessandro|first=Anthony|date=May 1, 2019|title=Alan Bergman Promoted To Disney Studio Co-Chairman; Alan Horn Expands Role As Disney Chief Creative Officer|url=https://deadline.com/2019/05/walt-disney-studios-alan-bergman-alan-horn-executive-title-promotions-1202605243/|access-date=May 1, 2019|publisher=Deadline}} Horn agreed to depart from Disney, effective December 31, 2021.{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2021/film/news/alan-horn-retiring-walt-disney-company-1235086284/|title=Alan Horn Retiring as Disney Studios Chief Creative Officer|first=Brent|last=Lang|work=Variety|date=October 11, 2021|access-date=December 31, 2021}}

In July 2022, Horn rejoined Warner Bros., having assumed a new position as a consultant with Warner Bros. Discovery.{{Cite news|last1=Weprin|first1=Alex|last2=McClintock|first2=Pamela|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/alan-horn-to-help-shape-warner-bros-film-studio-during-transition-1235188288/|title=Alan Horn to Help Shape Warner Bros. Film Studio During Transition|date=July 28, 2022|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en-US|access-date=July 28, 2022}}

Personal life

Horn was raised on Long Island, New York, in Riverhead.{{cite web|url=http://www.algemeiner.com/2014/10/21/hillary-clinton-raises-record-2-1-million-at-event-hosted-by-jewish-hollywood-moguls/|title=Hillary Clinton Raises Record $2.1 Million at Event Hosted by Jewish Hollywood Moguls|website=Algemeiner Journal|date=October 21, 2014|access-date=October 31, 2018}}{{cite book|url=http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1003&context=purduepress_previews|first=Vincent|last=Brook|title=From Shtetl to Stardom: Jews and Hollywood: Chapter 1: Still an Empire of Their Own: How Jews Remain Atop a Reinvented Hollywood|page=15|publisher=Purdue University Press|date=December 15, 2016|isbn=9781557537638}}{{cite web|url=http://riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com/tag/alan-horn/|title=Alan Horn Archives|website=Riverhead News Review|date=August 31, 2012|access-date=May 2, 2017}} He graduated from Union College in Schenectady, New York, in 1964. In 1971, he received an MBA from Harvard Business School.{{cite web|url=http://www.union.edu/N/DS/s.php?s=9135|title=Students in Schenectady spellbound by Harry Potter's wand |website=Union.edu|date=November 20, 2010|access-date=May 31, 2012}}{{cite web|url=https://www.alumni.hbs.edu/campaign/making-a-difference/Pages/individual-spotlights.aspx?num=3624&cindex=4 |title=Alan Horn (MBA 1971) - Alumni|website=Harvard Business School|date=February 5, 2017|access-date=May 2, 2017}} He was a captain in the United States Air Force.{{cite web|url=https://www.thewaltdisneycompany.com/leaders/alan-f-horn/|title=Alan F. Horn|website=The Walt Disney Company|access-date=October 31, 2018|archive-date=December 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191231193918/https://www.thewaltdisneycompany.com/leaders/alan-f-horn/|url-status=dead}}

Horn currently lives in the East Gate Bel Air section of Los Angeles, California,The Huffington Post [http://fundrace.huffingtonpost.com/neighbors.php?type=loc&addr=401+St.+Cloud+Rd.&zip=90077 FundRace 2008 Contributions map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111117163755/http://fundrace.huffingtonpost.com/neighbors.php?type=loc&addr=401+St.+Cloud+Rd.&zip=90077 |date=November 17, 2011}} with his wife, Cindy Harrell, a former model.{{cite web |author=Fiamma Sanò |url=http://www.vogue.it/en/magazine/people-in-vogue/2010/04/cody-horn-in-vogue |title=Cody Horn |publisher=Vogue.it |date=April 27, 2010 |access-date=July 9, 2012 |archive-date=October 19, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019034035/http://www.vogue.it/en/magazine/people-in-vogue/2010/04/cody-horn-in-vogue |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://hamptons-magazine.com/number-hamptons35-flashback-cindy-harrell-horn-circa-1982|title=#Hamptons35 Flashback: Cindy Harrell Horn, Circa 1982|last=Vilanova|first=John|publisher=Hamptons Magazine|date=May 23, 2013}} They have two daughters, actress Cody, and Cassidy.

Career

Horn worked at Norman Lear's television production companies, Tandem Productions and Embassy Communications, the latter of which he was chairman before becoming president of 20th Century Fox in October 1986 soon after it was acquired by Rupert Murdoch.{{cite magazine|magazine=Variety|date=May 21, 1986|page=4|title=New Fox Focus On In-House Pix, Planning $100-Mil Public Offering|last=Galbraith|first=Jane}} He was one of the founders of Castle Rock Entertainment in 1987.{{cite web|url=http://www.union.edu/N/DS/s.php?s=8786|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320092825/http://www.union.edu/N/DS/s.php?s=8786|title=Warner Bros. studio chief Alan Horn to deliver 2010 Commencement address|website=Union College|date=February 23, 2010|archive-date=March 20, 2012|access-date=May 31, 2012|url-status=dead}} There, he oversaw films including A Few Good Men (1992), The Green Mile (1999), When Harry Met Sally (1989), and the TV sitcom Seinfeld (1989–1998).

Horn became president and COO of Warner Bros. in 1999, where he ran the studio in partnership with chairman and CEO Barry Meyer for 12 years. Under Horn's leadership, Warner Bros. had many hits, including the Harry Potter series (2001–2011) and Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005–2012). He was also the executive producer on all three films in The Hobbit Trilogy. At age 68, Horn was forced to retire as president and COO of Warner Bros., at the behest of Time Warner Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Bewkes who wanted to groom younger talent to take over at the studio, with Meyer relinquishing his role as studio CEO in March 2013 to be succeeded by Kevin Tsujihara.

In 2012, at the urging of The Walt Disney Company chairman and CEO Bob Iger, Horn was lured out of retirement to become the chairman of Walt Disney Studios, replacing Rich Ross who had been dismissed from the position after having conflicts with Pixar executives. Horn established a successful working relationship with Pixar, Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm, and 20th Century Studios which operated with great autonomy under Disney's overall ownership, while also overseeing strong box office releases from Walt Disney Pictures and Walt Disney Animation Studios.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/alan-horn-disney-chairman-1201749971/|title=Alan Horn: Disney Chairman Guides Studio to Hits of the Future|last=Rainey|first=James|work=Variety|date=April 11, 2016|access-date=May 2, 2017}}

In 2017, he said of his past professional success:{{cite episode|title=Alan Horn|series=The Hollywood Masters|first=Stephen|last=Galloway|network=Netflix|date=August 1, 2017|season=1|number=7|time=35 minutes}}

I have this ... theory that whoever is working in a job deserves to stay ... unless they prove that they don't deserve to be in the job.

On May 1, 2019, Horn was given the added title of chief creative officer (CCO) of Walt Disney Studios. In December 2020, it was announced that effective January 1, 2021, Alan Bergman would become the new chairman of the Walt Disney Studios while Horn would remain as the studios' chief creative officer.

In October 2021, it was announced that Horn would be retiring for a second time at the end of the year, and his position would likely not be filled.{{cite web |last1=Barnes |first1=Brooks |title=Alan Horn, a top creative executive, is the latest high-ranking Disney departure |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/11/business/media/alan-horn-disney-retires.html |work=The New York Times |date=October 11, 2021}}

In July 2022, it was reported that Horn would assume a new position with Warner Bros. Discovery. Starting August 1, 2022, Horn began serving as a business consultant during its transitionary period following the acquisition of WarnerMedia by Discovery, Inc.

References

External links

[https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/leaders/alan-f-horn/ Corporate Bio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616100144/https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/leaders/alan-f-horn/ |date=2021-06-16 }}
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Category:American chief executives in the mass media industry

Category:American media executives

Category:Living people

Category:Union College (New York) alumni

Category:Disney executives

Category:American film studio executives

Category:Chairmen of The Walt Disney Company

Category:20th Century Studios people

Category:Warner Bros. people

Category:People from Long Island

Category:20th-century American Jews

Category:Harvard Business School alumni