Warner Bros president and chief operating officer Alan Horn will receive the Producers Guild Of America's (PGA) 2008 Milestone Award.

The PGA will present its most prestigious honour at the 19th Annual PGA Awards in Beverly Hills on Feb 2.

PGA Awards chair Mark Gordon said that under Horn's leadership the studio had 'consistently held category-leading positions and produced numerous movies that have been hugely successful at the box office and hailed by critics.'

Horn has served as president and chief operating officer of Warner Bros for eight years, and before that he held the office of chairman and chief executive officer of Castle Rock Entertainment, which he co-founded in 1987.

'The Award's past recipients are industry luminaries, and I am proud to be among this elite group,' Horn said.

Previous Milestone recipients include Ron Meyer, Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg, Sherry Lansing, Jack Valenti, Kirk Douglas and Louis B Mayer.