---
name: "Michael Pruss"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-a-pruss"
fi1m_id: "michael-a-pruss"
imdb_id: "nm2165590"
tmdb_id: 1527474
wikidata_id: "Q110969168"
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 64
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-17T15:19:01.365105+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Michael Pruss

## Identity

Michael Pruss

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-a-pruss
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-a-pruss
- **IMDb ID:** nm2165590
- **TMDB ID:** 1527474
- **Wikidata ID:** Q110969168
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Pruss, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110969168, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2165590/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1527474

Producer.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Active:** 2023–present
- **Also known as:** Michael A. Pruss
- **Frequently works with:** [Ridley Scott](https://film.one/person/ridley-scott.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 64, as producer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 64 to 66 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Science Fiction 2, Action 1, Adventure 1, History 1, Horror 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,073m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Pruss, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110969168, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2165590/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1527474

## Coming up

- *Treasure Island* (2028-05-24), Producer

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Alien: Romulus*](https://film.one/film/alien-romulus.md) (70)
- **Apple TV:** [*Gladiator II*](https://film.one/film/gladiator-ii.md) (64)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Michael Pruss is a British film producer. He serves as president of film at Scott Free Productions, where he has worked since 2013.

He produced *Gladiator II* (2024) and *Alien: Romulus* (2024), and was executive producer on *Napoleon* (2023). Earlier credits include *Equals* (2015), *Newness* (2017), *Zoe* (2018), *American Woman* (2018), *Earthquake Bird* (2019) and *Boston Strangler* (2023). He received a BAFTA nomination for his work.

Pruss holds an MFA from Chapman University (2005) and previously worked at Focus Features and Indian Paintbrush.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, deadline.com, blogs.chapman.edu.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *The Dog Stars* (2026), Fi1m 58, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-dog-stars.md)
- *Alien: Romulus* (2024), Fi1m 70, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/alien-romulus.md)
- *Gladiator II* (2024), Fi1m 64, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/gladiator-ii.md)
- *Napoleon* (2023), Fi1m 63, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/napoleon.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Treasure Island* (2028), Producer
- *The Dog Stars* (2026), Producer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/the-dog-stars.md)
- *Trap House* (2025), Producer
- *The Chronology of Water* (2025), Producer
- *Echo Valley* (2025), Producer
- *Gladiator II* (2024), Producer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/gladiator-ii.md)
- *Alien: Romulus* (2024), Producer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/alien-romulus.md)
- *A Sacrifice* (2024), Producer
- *Napoleon* (2023), Executive Producer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/napoleon.md)
- *Boston Strangler* (2023), Producer
- *Earthquake Bird* (2019), Producer
- *Our Friend* (2019), Producer
- *Zoe* (2018), Producer
- *American Woman* (2018), Producer
- *Newness* (2017), Producer
- *Equals* (2015), Producer
- *Breathe In* (2013), Producer
- *Children of the Jungle*, Producer
- *Untitled Alien: Romulus Sequel*, Producer
- *God of the Rodeo*, Producer
- *Inground*, Producer
- *Here Be Monsters*, Producer
- *Nightwatching*, Producer
- *They Like the Dark*, Producer
- *The Riders*, Producer
- *Nue*, Producer
- *Untitled Ernest Shackleton Film*, Producer
- *Halftime Hero*, Producer

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