Robbie Brenner

Robbie Brenner is an American film executive, a partner at The Firm and the president of its film division. As President of Mattel Films, she leads strategy in developing and producing movies based on Mattel’s brands and IP. In 2023, Brenner produced ''Barbie'', directed and co-written by Greta Gerwig, which grossed over $1.4 billion and set numerous global box office records.

Brenner worked at Miramax Films for nine years. While at Miramax, she worked on numerous films including ''Serendipity'', starring John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale. In 2004, Brenner produced the film ''Haven'', a Cayman Islands crime drama featuring Orlando Bloom, Bill Paxton, and Zoe Saldana. Brenner went on to work at Twentieth Century Fox as senior vice president, Production in 2005 and 2006. After her time there, she was with Davis Entertainment and produced the science fiction film ''Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem''. Previously as an independent producer, Brenner earned a 2013 Oscar nomination for ''Dallas Buyers Club.'' This film won three 3 Academy Awards including Best Actor for Matthew McConaughey and Best Supporting Actor for Jared Leto.

Before her work at Mattel Films, Brenner served as President of Production at Relativity. While there, she helped manage the studio's acquisition of the Sundance documentary ''Catfish.'' She also led production on movies such as ''Immortals, Safe Haven, Mirror, Mirror, Out of the Furnace,'' and ''The Fighter'', amongst others.

Brenner appeared at No. 96 in ''The Hollywood Reporter's'' "Women in Entertainment 2012: Power 100."

Brenner is a film alumnus of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Executive Branch. Provided by Wikipedia
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