Michael Barnathan
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.[1]
Filmography
Film
Producer
- Nine Months (1995)
- Jingle All the Way (1996)
- Stepmom (1998)
- Bicentennial Man (1999)
- Monkeybone (2001)
- Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)
- Christmas with the Kranks (2004)
- Rent (2005)
- Night at the Museum (2006)
- Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)
- I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009)
- Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)
- The Help (2011)
- Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013)
- Pixels (2015)
- The Young Messiah (2016)
- I Kill Giants (2017)
- The Christmas Chronicles (2018)
- The Christmas Chronicles 2 (2020)
Executive producer
- Used People (1992)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
- Fantastic Four (2005)
- Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)
- Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014)
- Melody (TBA)
- Miscellaneous crew
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | The Tragedy of King Lear | Production staff | Direct-to-video |
| 1984 | Mrs. Soffel | Assistant: Edgar Scherick |
- Thanks
| Year | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Parched | The producers wish to thank |
Television
| Year | Title | Credit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | On Wings of Eagles | Associate producer | |
| 1987 | Uncle Tom's Cabin | Executive producer | Television film |
| 1988 | Stranger on My Land | Television film | |
| Unholy Matrimony | Television film | ||
| 1990 | The Kennedys of Massachusetts | Executive producer | |
| 2012 | Applebaum | Consulting producer | Television film |
- Production manager
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Anything to Survive | Executive in charge of production | Television film |
| The Secret Life of Ian Fleming | |||
| The Girl Who Came Between Them |
