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Diane Warren

Known for Ghostbusters · Armageddon · Pearl Harbor

Diane Eve Warren (born September 7, 1956) is an American songwriter. She has won an Academy Honorary Award, Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, two Golden Globe Awards and three consecutive Billboard Music Awards for Songwriter of the Year from 1997 to 1999. She first gained recognition for her work on DeBarge's 1985 single "Rhythm of the Night". By the late 1980s, she joined the record label EMI, where she became the first songwriter in the…

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Born
Sep 7, 1956
Birthplace
Van Nuys, California, USA
Known For
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Biography

Diane Eve Warren (born September 7, 1956) is an American songwriter. She has won an Academy Honorary Award, Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, two Golden Globe Awards and three consecutive Billboard Music Awards for Songwriter of the Year from 1997 to 1999. She first gained recognition for her work on DeBarge's 1985 single "Rhythm of the Night". By the late 1980s, she joined the record label EMI, where she became the first songwriter in the history of Billboard magazine to have written seven hit songs, each recorded by different artists, prompting EMI's UK Chairman Peter Reichardt to call her "the most important songwriter in the world".

Warren has written nine number-one songs and 33 top-10 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 including "If I Could Turn Back Time" (Cher, 1989), "Look Away" (Chicago, 1988), "Because You Loved Me" (Celine Dion, 1996), "How Do I Live" (LeAnn Rimes, 1997), "When I See You Smile" (Bad English, 1989) and "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" (Aerosmith, 1998). Two of the top 13 hits in the Hot 100's 57-year history were composed by Warren. She has been inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She has been rated the third most successful female artist in the UK, leading her to win the Ivor Novello Award and Special International Award in 2008. Warren has received 16 competitive Academy Award nominations without a win, tying with sound mixer Greg P. Russell for the most Oscar nominations without a single win. She received an honorary Oscar at the Governors Awards in November 2022.

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Known For

Filmography

Movies

GhostbustersSongs
1984
The Last DragonSongs
1985
The Golden ChildSongs
1986
YoungbloodSongs
1986
DisorderliesSongs
1987
MannequinSongs
1987
SingSongs
1989
TapSongs
1989
The Karate Kid Part IIISongs
1989
ArachnophobiaSongs
1990
For the BoysSongs
1991
White Men Can't JumpSongs
1992
Only YouSongs
1994
The PagemasterSongs
1994
The ShadowSongs
1994
The SpecialistSongs
1994
Free Willy 2: The Adventure HomeSongs
1995
Space JamSongs
1996
The AssociateSongs
1996
The Preacher's WifeSongs
1996
Up Close & PersonalSongs
1996
Con AirSongs
1997
Speed 2: Cruise ControlSongs
1997
TG
The Gift of Song: Music for UNICEFSelf
1997
ArmageddonSongs
1998
Brian Wilson’s ImaginationSelf
1998
Hope FloatsSongs
1998
The Prince of EgyptSongs
1998
Message in a BottleSongs
1999
Music of the HeartSongs
1999
Notting HillSongs
1999
Runaway BrideSongs
1999
Stuart LittleSongs
1999
The Other SisterSongs
1999
Pearl HarborSongs
2001
TP
Tin Pan Alley: Soundtrack of America
2008
EJ
Eurovision: Jade's StorySelf
2009
BurlesqueSongs
2010
Silver Linings PlaybookSongs
2012
The Mortal Instruments: City of BonesSongs
2013
Beyond the LightsSongs
2014
Miss You AlreadySongs
2015
The Hunting GroundSongs
2015
Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our LivesSelf
2017
MarshallSongs
2017
RBGSongs
2018
BreakthroughSongs
2019
David Foster: Off the RecordSelf
2019
The Life AheadSongs
2020
TR
The Right GirlMusic
2020
A Night at the Academy MuseumSelf
2021
Four Good DaysSongs
2021
The Mustangs: America's Wild HorsesCo-Producer
2021
Killing Me Softly with His SongsSelf
2022
Tell It Like a WomanSongs
2022
Flamin' HotSongs
2023
Milli VanilliSelf
2023
Here's Yanni!Co-Producer
2024
The Six Triple EightSongs
2024
Diane Warren: RelentlessSelf
2025
Diane Warren: RelentlessSongs
2025
Maserati: The BrothersSongs
2026
The BridgeExecutive Producer
2026
The Crystal PlanetSongs
2026
FJ
Finding JackSongs
UD
Untitled Diane Warren Drama ProjectProducer

Television

The OscarsSelf · 6 eps
1953
The Music BizSelf · 1 eps
1995
American IdolSelf - Guest Judge · 1 eps
2002
Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self - Musical Guest · 1 eps
2003
Trailblazer HonorsSelf · 1 eps
2014
Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterSelf · 1 eps
2015
Electric BloomMusic
2025
Electric BloomMain Title Theme Composer
2025

Photos

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