Alan F Horn and Jeff Robinov | No 14 | Film Power 100
Studio executives: president and chief operating officer of Warner Bros, and president of Warner Bros Pictures, respectively
As the two men in control of the Hollywood studio that currently leads – just – the US domestic market, Horn, 67, and Robinov come in at the head of the mini-competition between Hollywood majors. Since they finished 2009 well ahead of the next-placed outfit, their pairing can still be considered Tinseltown's No 1.
Hollywood studio types may be considered a little distant, perhaps, to affect British cinemagoing, but consider this: Warner Bros has made all the Harry Potter films, financed and released Christopher Nolan's Inception (as well as his two Batman films), and revived Guy Ritchie's career by greenlighting Sherlock Holmes. This year has been up and down, with Sex and the City 2 and Inception compensating for the poor performance of Jonah Hex and The Losers.
According to the studio-savvy insiders on our panel, Warners has benefited in recent years not only from management stability, but also from fostering relationships with specific film-makers. Nolan is the latest to throw his lot in with Warner's, following in the footsteps of the likes of Clint Eastwood and Steven Soderbergh. And WB can also draw on subsidiary outfits New Line, HBO and Castle Rock, all substantial operations in their own right. With two more Harry Potter films on the horizon, as well as the Yogi Bear movie and next year's Green Lantern, prospects look healthy for the immediate future.