Richard H. Frank is an American entertainment executive who served chairman of Walt Disney Television and Telecommunications (1994 to 1995) and as president of the

Disney Studios The Walt Disney Studios is an American film and entertainment studio, and is the Studios Content segment of the Walt Disney Company. Based mainly at the namesake studio lot in Burbank, California, the studio is best known for its multifacete ...

(1985 to 1994).

Career

Richard Frank was president of the Paramount Television Group in 1985. became president of

under chair

Jeffrey Katzenberg Jeffrey Katzenberg (; born December 21, 1950) is an American filmmaker, animator, and media proprietor. He became well known for his tenure as chairman of Walt Disney Studios from 1984 to 1994. After departing Disney, he was a co-founder and C ...

starting 1985. In August 1994 with the departure of

chair Jeffrey Katzenberg, its filmed entertainment business, Disney Studios, was split into two, with the newly created Walt Disney Television and Telecommunications under Frank as chair. At the end of his contract on April 30, 1995, Frank left Disney. Frank currently owns Frank Family Vineyards, a Napa Valley winery with four estate vineyards, and sits on the board of eco-friendly goods firm

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. In October 2009, Frank invested in and took a seat on the board of mobile marketing and advertising venture The Hyperfactory.

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* http://www.frankfamilyvineyards.com * {{DEFAULTSORT:Frank, Richard H. Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American film studio executives American television executives Disney executives Gies College of Business alumni University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign alumni