Anne Marie Sweeney
Anne Marie Sweeney is currently the Co-Chair of Disney Media and President of the Disney–ABC Television Group. In March 2014 she announced that she would be leaving her position at the Walt Disney Company to become a television director.
Anne was born November 4, 1957 and graduated with a B.A. degree from the College of New Rochelle and earned an Ed.M. degree from Harvard University. She is also a board member of A&E; Television Group, the Museum of Television & Radio, Special Olympics and an honorary chair of Cable Positive.
Previous to her work at Disney/ABC she was chairman and CEO of FX Networks, Inc., from 1993 to 1996. During her tenure, she presided over the launch of two basic cable networks, FX, an entertainment network representing the most successful basic cable launch in history, and FXM: Movies from Fox, Hollywood’s first studio-based movie network.
Before joining Fox, Sweeney spent 12 years at Nickelodeon/Nick in various executive positions, most recently as senior vice president of Program Enterprises. Among many accomplishments, she oversaw Nickelodeon’s international expansion, including launching the channel in the United Kingdom, resulting in a joint venture with British Sky Broadcasting.
Anne is married to Philip Miller and they have two children.
