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.^[1][2] 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.^[3][4][5][6]

Brenner worked at Miramax Films for nine years.^[7] 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.^[8] After her time there, she was with Davis Entertainment and produced the science fiction film Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem.^[9] Previously as an independent producer, Brenner earned a 2013 Oscar nomination for Dallas Buyers Club.^[10][1] This film won three 3 Academy Awards including Best Actor for Matthew McConaughey and Best Supporting Actor for Jared Leto.^[11]

Before her work at Mattel Films, Brenner served as President of Production at Relativity.^[10][12] While there, she helped manage the studio's acquisition of the Sundance documentary Catfish.^[13] She also led production on movies such as Immortals, Safe Haven, Mirror, Mirror, Out of the Furnace, and The Fighter, amongst others.^[1][2]

Brenner appeared at #96 in The Hollywood Reporter's "Women in Entertainment 2012: Power 100."^[14]

Brenner is a film alumnus of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts^[2] and a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Executive Branch.^[15][16]

She was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.