Many congratulations to Dan Dark, EVP, Worldwide Studio Operations, who collected his OBE at his investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle this week.

Dan received the Officer of The Order of The British Empire for his services to the UK film industry. Dan’s contribution to the industry has long-standing ties to Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden, which he originally helped build. In the mid-90s, Eon Productions approached him to develop Leavesden Aerodrome into a studio for the production of Goldeneye and, following, he continued to run the site as a film studio which became home to all eight Harry Potter films, before it became Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden in 2011.

We are all thrilled for Dan on this tremendous honour.

“ I am a great believer in honour and I am a great believer in respect. I wanted to honour and respect the fact I had been given the award.

I think the health of the UK film and TV industry is really strong. I still believe we have the greatest environment for big blockbuster film production and we have the best technicians in the world, and long may that continue.”

– Dan Dark.