Universal Pictures 
Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers 
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP 
NBCUniversal has given executive Jimmy Horowitz a big boost across its content portfolio.Horowitz has been named vice chairman of NBCUniversal business affairs and operations, effective immediately. He previously served as a vice chair in the Universal Filmed Entertainment Group, but will now expand his dealmaking to NBCU’s streaming and TV arms.In addition to reporting to UFEG Chairman Donna Langley, Horowitz will also work closely with NBCUniversal Television and Streaming Chairman Mark Lazarus and Universal Studios Group Chairman Pearlena Igbokwe, and...
NBCUniversal
Jimmy
Horowitz
Vice Chairman, Business Affairs & Operations
Horowitz’s job at Universal Filmed Entertainment Group has him negotiating content deals for its film and TV studios, TV networks and, perhaps most important nowadays, its streaming service Peacock. He outbid studios to secure the rights to the “Exorcist” IP for a trilogy budgeted at $400 million that will premiere its first installment theatrically in 2023, with the latter two potentially going straight to Peacock. He lured Christopher Nolan away from longtime home Warner Bros. for his next feature, about the Manhattan Project, and crafted a multiyear partnership with NBA star Steph Curry’s Unanimous Media that includes first-look development deals with DreamWorks Animation and Universal Studio Group for scripted and unscripted TV.
