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 the strategy for 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 of 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 productions of 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 the New York University of the Arts and an Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Executive Branch member.
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