Michael Barnathan

{{short description|American film producer}}

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Michael Barnathan is an American film producer who has produced and executive-produced films such as Used People, The Help, the first three Harry Potter films, Rent, Cheaper by the Dozen and Night at the Museum. He was also a producer for the 2010 film adaptation Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief and 2013 Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, based on the novels by Rick Riordan.

Barnathan graduated from Tisch School of the Arts of New York University in 1980.{{cite news|title=NYU Alumnus Mark Bridges Wins Oscar for Best Costume Design for "The Artist" |url=http://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2012/02/27/nyu-alumnus-mark-bridges-wins-oscar-for-best-costume-design-for-the-artist.html |work=New York University |date=February 27, 2012 |access-date=February 27, 2012}}

Barnathan is Jewish.{{cite web| url = http://www.jweekly.com/2012/02/17/celebrity-jews216/| title = celebrity jews – J.| date = February 17, 2012}}