Diane Warren

Sound

Diane Warren

Born 1956-09-07 · Van Nuys, California, USA

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Diane Warren, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting credits

Diane Warren: Relentless poster
5.6

An intimate look at the life, career and process of one of the most accomplished songwriters of all time, Diane Warren.

Diane Warren: Relentless

2025

Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives poster
6.7

The life and successes of iconic music executive Clive Davis, from his miraculous start at Columbia Records through his trailblazing work at Arista Records and J Records, with a heavy dose of outstanding music sprinkled in between.

Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives

2017

A Night at the Academy Museum poster
7.0

Exclusive look at the movies' 120-year history as well as an insight into the largest institution in the U.S. dedicated to the arts, sciences and artists of moviemaking.

A Night at the Academy Museum

2021

Milli Vanilli poster
7.0

The story of Robert Pilatus and Fabrice Morvan, who became fast friends during their youth in Germany. With Rob coming from a broken home and Fabrice having left an abusive household, they shared a similar upbringing, as well as a future goal: to become famous superstars. In a few short years, their dreams came true. Rob and Fab, better known as Milli Vanilli, became the world's most popular pop duo in 1990 and won the GRAMMY for Best New Artist. However, their ascension to success came with a devastating price that ultimately led to their infamous undoing.

Milli Vanilli

2023

David Foster: Off the Record poster
7.0

A documentary about Canadian music icon David Foster.

David Foster: Off the Record

2019

Killing Me Softly with His Songs poster
5.0

A musical documentary about the life and work of composer Charles Fox, known for pop hits such as 'Killing Me Softly with His Song', 'I Got a Name', 'Ready to Take a Chance Again', and iconic television show themes for Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, The Love Boat and Wonder Woman.

Killing Me Softly with His Songs

2022

No artwork available
NR

Earlier this year Andrew Lloyd Webber was a man with a mission - to put the UK back on the Eurovision map. On the BBC's Your Country Needs You he set out to find this year's Eurovision act and wrote the song, It's My Time, with the award-winning Diane Warren. The public chose Jade Ewen, and Eurovision: Jade's Story follows her from the moment she won through to her final preparations and her first rehearsals in the vast Olympiyski Stadium in Moscow.

Eurovision: Jade's Story

2009

No artwork available
NR

New demands for entertainment helped give birth to the popular song.

Tin Pan Alley: Soundtrack of America

2008

Brian Wilson’s Imagination poster
7.0

This documentary includes footage from a Brian Wilson solo concert and documents the making of his 1998 album "Imagination".

Brian Wilson’s Imagination

1998

Behind the camera