Courtney D. Armstrong ’93, ’97 JD, MBA

Warner Bros. Pictures executive

Courtney D. Armstrong is executive vice president of worldwide business affairs for Warner Bros. Pictures. In this role, he oversees all day-to-day business and legal aspects of worldwide film acquisition, production, and distribution for the studio, including supervising the negotiations of key deals with filmmakers and talent.

During his career at Warner Bros., Armstrong has been involved with several key film projects, including Dunkirk, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, Justice League, Lego Batman, Ocean’s 8, Ready Player One, The Dark Knight Trilogy, and Wonder Woman.

Before joining the studio in 2003, Armstrong spent three years at Walt Disney Pictures as an attorney in the business and legal affairs department of the Motion Picture Group. He began his career as a litigation associate on the entertainment litigation teams at the Los Angeles-based law firm Paul Hastings LLP.

In addition to his professional responsibilities, Armstrong is an executive committee member of the Law Board at the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and co-chair of the 25th reunion committee for his undergraduate class. He is a member of the Executive Leadership Council, an organization for the development of global black leaders, as well as a member of the executive branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Armstrong is married to Lori Armstrong. They have two children, Miles and Ellis.

Armstrong received a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering from Northwestern’s McCormick School of Engineering, a juris doctor from the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, and a master of business administration from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management.