# 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.

## Filmography

She was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

### Film

| Year | Film | Credit | Notes |
| 2001 | Serendipity | Co-executive producer | |
| 2001 | On the Line | Executive producer | |
| 2003 | View from the Top | Executive producer | |
| 2004 | Haven | | |
| 2007 | Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem | Executive producer | |
| 2008 | Deception | | |
| 2009 | A Perfect Getaway | | |
| 2011 | A Little Bit of Heaven | Executive producer | |
| 2011 | Machine Gun Preacher | | |
| 2011 | Immortals | Co-executive producer | |
| 2012 | Mirror Mirror | Executive producer | |
| 2013 | Safe Haven | Executive producer | |
| 2013 | 21 & Over | Co-executive producer | |
| 2013 | Escape Plan | | |
| 2013 | Dallas Buyers Club | | |
| 2013 | Out of the Furnace | Executive producer | |
| 2014 | Earth to Echo | Executive producer | |
| 2014 | The Best of Me | Executive producer | |
| 2016 | The Disappointments Room | Executive producer | |
| 2017 | The Space Between Us | Executive producer | |
| 2017 | The Tribes of Palos Verdes | | |
| 2018 | Burden | | |
| 2018 | Escape Plan 2: Hades | | Direct-to-video |
| 2019 | Escape Plan: The Extractors | | Direct-to-video |
| 2020 | The Night Clerk | Executive producer | |
| 2022 | Call Jane | | |
| 2022 | The In Between | | |
| 2023 | Barbie | | |
| 2026 | Masters of the Universe | Producer | |
| TBA | Thomas & Friends: The Movie | | |
| TBA | Hot Wheels | | |
| TBA | View-Master | | |
| TBA | Wishbone | | |

#### Miscellaneous crew

| Year | Film | Role |
| 1991 | The Resurrected | Additional legal services |
| 1996 | Bullet | Assistant: Mickey Rourke |
| 1997 | Nightwatch | Assistant: Michael Obel |
| 2010 | The Fighter | Executive vice president of production: Relativity Media |
| 2011 | Limitless | Executive vice president of production: Relativity Media |
| 2011 | Haywire | Executive vice president of production: Relativity Media |
| 2012 | Mirror Mirror | President of production: Relativity Media |
| 2013 | Movie 43 | President of production: Relativity Media |
| 2013 | 21 & Over | President of production: Relativity Media |
| 2013 | Out of the Furnace | President of production: Relativity Media |

#### Production manager

| Year | Film | Role |
| 2014 | Earth to Echo | President of production |

#### Thanks

| Year | Film | Role |
| 2008 | Traitor | The producers wish to thank |
| 2013 | Oculus | The producers and director wish to thank |
| 2019 | Fractured | Special thanks |

### Television
#### Thanks

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2017 | Please Tell Me I'm Adopted! | Very special thanks | Television short |