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Horn’s primary focus is the oversight of all of Warner Bros.’ theatrical and home entertainment operations, including Warner Bros. Pictures (worldwide theatrical production, distribution and marketing), Warner Independent Pictures, Warner Premiere (the Studio’s direct-to-DVD production arm) and Warner Home Video (operations in 90 international territories).
Under Horn’s leadership, the Studio’s theatrical and home entertainment divisions operate as solidly established category leaders. In 2006, Warner Bros. Pictures’ domestic and international divisions each had their sixth consecutive billion dollar-plus years at the box office, and Warner Home Video was the industry’s marketshare leader. Warner Bros. Pictures was honored with six Academy Awards for its films released in 2006, including Best Picture for The Departed and Best Animated Feature for Happy Feet.
Among the films produced under Horn’s aegis are some of the Studio’s most popular and profitable, including the five films in the Harry Potter series to date, 300,Happy Feet,The Departed,Batman Begins,Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,Ocean’s 11 and 12, the second and third Matrix films, The Last Samurai,The Polar Express and Million Dollar Baby (received Academy Awards for Best Picture, Director, Actress and Supporting Actor). The Studio’s 2007 slate includes Ocean’s 13,Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,Fred Claus and I Am Legend from Warner Bros. Pictures as well as In the Valley of Elah and Rails & Ties from Warner Independent.
Horn has enjoyed a very successful career as a hands-on executive with experience in film and television in both the business and creative areas. In 1987, he co-founded Castle Rock Entertainment, where he served as Chairman & CEO until taking on his current role. During his tenure, Castle Rock attained worldwide recognition for the most successful series in television history, Seinfeld, and for such Best Picture Oscar nominees as A Few Good Men,The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile, as well as such other hit films as When Harry Met Sally and In the Line of Fire. In 1993, Castle Rock Entertainment was sold to Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., and, with the merger of TBS and Time Warner Inc. in October 1996, Castle Rock became part of the Warner Bros. family, with the Studio taking over Castle Rock’s worldwide film and television distribution in 1998.
Horn received Master of Business Administration (awarded with distinction) from Harvard Business School and spent two years in brand management with Procter & Gamble. Prior to working at Procter & Gamble, he served nearly five years in the U.S. Air Force, achieving the rank of Captain.
Horn is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the Hollywood Radio and Television Society and the Museum of Broadcasting. In 2004, he received the Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation’s Pioneer of the Year Award, and in 2007 he was honored with the Harvard Business School’s Leadership Award.
Horn serves on the Board of Directors of the American Film Institute; as a Vice Chairman of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC); on the Board of Trustees for the Autry National Center in Los Angeles; and the advisory board of the National Museum of the American Indian. He served for six years as a member of the Harvard Business School Board of Associates, and is also a founding Board Member of the Environmental Media Association. | 