Robbie Brenner

{{Short description|American film producer}}

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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.{{Cite web |last=Kilday |first=Gregg |date=2018-09-06 |title=Mattel Names Robbie Brenner to Head New Film Division |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/mattel-names-robbie-brenner-head-new-film-division-1140516/ |access-date=2023-11-14 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Donnelly |first=Matt |date=2023-09-27 |title=Mattel Films Elevates Robbie Brenner to President Following 'Barbie' Boom |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/news/mattel-films-names-robbie-brenner-president-barbie-1235737899/ |access-date=2023-11-14 |website=Variety |language=en-US}} 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.{{Cite web |last=babrams |date=2023-07-24 |title=Greta Gerwig Makes History as "Barbie" Becomes Biggest Opening Weekend Ever For Female Director |url=https://www.motionpictures.org/2023/07/greta-gerwig-makes-history-as-barbie-becomes-biggest-opening-weekend-ever-for-female-director/ |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=Motion Picture Association |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Berk |first=Dr Nancy |date=2019-01-08 |title=Margot Robbie to Star as Barbie in Live-Action Movie |url=https://parade.com/730542/nancyberk/margot-robbie-to-star-as-barbie-in-live-action-movie/ |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=Parade |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2023-09-12 |title=As 'Barbie' hits streaming, here's every record it's broken so far |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2023-09-12/barbie-streaming-records-broken-box-office |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |date=2023-10-09 |title=Barbie director Greta Gerwig calls film's success 'so moving' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-67046404 |access-date=2023-11-28 |language=en-GB}}

Brenner worked at Miramax Films for nine years.http://www.relativitymediallc.com/About.aspx 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.{{cite web |last1=Sneider |first1=Jeff |title=Relativity ups Tooley to co-prexy |url=https://variety.com/2011/film/news/relativity-ups-tooley-to-co-prexy-1118043709/ |website=Variety |access-date=December 11, 2019 |date=September 30, 2011}} After her time there, she was with Davis Entertainment and produced the science fiction film Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem.http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/352388/Aliens-vs-Predator-Requiem/credits Previously as an independent producer, Brenner earned a 2013 Best Picture 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.{{Cite web |date=2014-03-03 |title='Dallas Buyers Club' Wins Three Oscars; A Big Night For McConaughey And Leto |url=https://www.keranews.org/2014-03-03/dallas-buyers-club-wins-three-oscars-a-big-night-for-mcconaughey-and-leto |access-date=2023-12-11 |website=KERA News |language=en}}

Before her work at Mattel Films, Brenner served as President of Production at Relativity.{{Cite web |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |date=2015-09-08 |title=Robbie Brenner Leaving Relativity To Run The Firm's Film Division |url=https://deadline.com/2015/09/robbie-brenner-the-firm-relativity-1201517970/ |access-date=2023-11-20 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2023-11-20 |title=Reuters {{!}} Breaking International News & Views |url=https://www.reuters.com/ |access-date=2023-11-20 |website=Reuters |language=en}} While there, she helped manage the studio's acquisition of the Sundance documentary Catfish.{{Cite web |last=Kit |first=Borys |date=2011-09-30 |title=Relativity Promotes Tucker Tooley, Robbie Brenner |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/relativity-promotes-tucker-tooley-robbie-242652/ |access-date=2023-11-20 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}} 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."{{cite web |title=THR's Women in Entertainment 2012: Power 100 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/amp/lists/women-entertainment-list-anne-sweeney-396224 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=December 11, 2019 |date=December 5, 2012}}

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.{{Cite web |last=Donnelly |first=Matt |date=2023-09-27 |title=Mattel Films Elevates Robbie Brenner to President Following 'Barbie' Boom |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/news/mattel-films-names-robbie-brenner-president-barbie-1235737899/ |access-date=2023-11-08 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Trey |date=2018-09-06 |title=Mattel Creates New Film Division, Taps Oscar-Nominated Producer Robbie Brenner to Head |url=https://www.thewrap.com/mattel-creates-new-film-division-taps-oscar-nominated-producer-robbie-brenner-head/ |access-date=2023-11-08 |website=TheWrap |language=en-US}}