It is truly the end of another era at Walt Disney Studios. In a move that many were expecting, Alan Horn, 78, is retiring as Chief Creative Officer of Disney Studios Content, effective Dec. 31 afte…
, Alan Bergman was named Disney Studios Content Chairman; after co-running the division with Horn as a Co-Chairman since May 2019, as the media conglom made a commitment to spend $14 billion to $16 billion over the next four years. Horn remained on as Chief Creative Officer at the time, shedding some of his duties to zero on the studio’s creative pipeline.
. as President and Chief Operating Officer in 2011, after a 12-year run with that Burbank, CA studio, after such hits as theFollowing Horn’s arrival at Disney in 2012, he brought great stability to the studio after the Rich Ross era of massive flops, i.e. the $300M+ production. Horn came to Disney at a time when its acquisitions of platinum brands such as Marvel and Lucasfilm were added to its portfolio alongside its vibrant live-action division and Disney Animation and Pixar studios.
Horn’s nine year track record saw Disney expand its productions beyond the big screen to streaming. All in, during his reign, Disney set several box office records clicking past $7B in 2016 and 2018 and $11B in 2019, the only motion picture studio ever to hit such levels. Twenty movies at Disney surpassed the billion dollar mark globally, a dozen of which are in the top 20 and five of which are in the top 10 worldwide releases of all time.
Horn led The Walt Disney Studios as Chairman from June 2012 to May 2019, when he transitioned to Co-Chairman and Chief Creative Officer alongside Co-Chairman Bergman. An MBA Harvard Business school grad, and former Captain in the United States Air Force, Horn cut his teeth in entertainment in 1973 at Embassy Communications. In 1987, he co-founded Castle Rock Entertainment, which he led as Chairman until 1999, when he joined Warner Bros., where he served as President and Chief Operating Officer until 2011.
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