---
name: "Michael Barnathan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-barnathan"
fi1m_id: "michael-barnathan"
imdb_id: "nm0055431"
tmdb_id: 17828
wikidata_id: "Q11778321"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 1958"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 8
average_fi1m_score: 59
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 8
updated: "2026-10-05T11:18:59.703987+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."
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# Michael Barnathan

## Identity

Michael Barnathan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-barnathan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-barnathan
- **IMDb ID:** nm0055431
- **TMDB ID:** 17828
- **Wikidata ID:** Q11778321
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Barnathan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11778321, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0055431/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17828

Producer. Born 1 January 1958 in USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1958, USA
- **Active:** 2001–2015
- **Frequently works with:** [Chris Columbus](https://film.one/person/chris-columbus.md), [Ben Garant](https://film.one/person/robert-ben-garant.md), [Ben Stiller](https://film.one/person/ben-stiller.md), [Shawn Levy](https://film.one/person/shawn-levy.md), [Thomas Lennon](https://film.one/person/thomas-lennon.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 59, as producer, over 8 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 62 (6), 2010s 51 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 59 to 57 across 8 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 4 under 60
- **Genres:** Adventure 6, Fantasy 6, Action 4, Science Fiction 3, Comedy 2, Drama 1
- **Screen time:** 17 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $4,206m across 8 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Barnathan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11778321, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0055431/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17828

## Coming up

- *Gremlins 3* (2027-11-18), Producer

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*The Help*](https://film.one/film/the-help.md) (66)
- **Disney+:** [*Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian*](https://film.one/film/night-at-the-museum-battle-of-the-smithsonian.md) (54)

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## Biography

Michael Barnathan is an American film producer. He graduated from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University in 1980 and is a partner at 1492 Pictures alongside Chris Columbus and Mark Radcliffe.

Barnathan produced *The Help* (2011), *Night at the Museum* (2006), *Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian* (2009), *Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief* (2010) and *Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters* (2013). He was executive producer on the first three *Harry Potter* films (2001–2004) and on *Fantastic Four* (2005) and its sequel (2007).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (8)

- *Pixels* (2015), Fi1m 36, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/pixels.md)
- *The Help* (2011), Fi1m 66, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-help.md)
- *Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian* (2009), Fi1m 54, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/night-at-the-museum-battle-of-the-smithsonian.md)
- *Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer* (2007), Fi1m 52, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/fantastic-four-rise-of-the-silver-surfer.md)
- *Fantastic Four* (2005), Fi1m 48, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/fantastic-four-2005.md)
- *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban* (2004), Fi1m 82, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/harry-potter-and-the-prisoner-of-azkaban.md)
- *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets* (2002), Fi1m 65, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/harry-potter-and-the-chamber-of-secrets.md)
- *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone* (2001), Fi1m 68, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/harry-potter-and-the-philosophers-stone.md)

## Complete filmography (33)

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

- *Gremlins 3* (2027), Producer
- *Chupa* (2023), Producer
- *Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again* (2022), Executive Producer
- *The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two* (2020), Producer
- *The Christmas Chronicles* (2018), Producer
- *I Kill Giants* (2017), Producer
- *The Young Messiah* (2016), Producer
- *Pixels* (2015), Executive Producer — Fi1m 36, [page](https://film.one/film/pixels.md)
- *Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb* (2014), Executive Producer
- *Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters* (2013), Producer
- *The Help* (2011), Producer — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/the-help.md)
- *Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief* (2010), Producer
- *I Love You, Beth Cooper* (2009), Producer
- *Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian* (2009), Producer — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/night-at-the-museum-battle-of-the-smithsonian.md)
- *Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer* (2007), Executive Producer — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/fantastic-four-rise-of-the-silver-surfer.md)
- *Night at the Museum* (2006), Producer
- *Rent* (2005), Producer
- *Fantastic Four* (2005), Executive Producer — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/fantastic-four-2005.md)
- *Christmas with the Kranks* (2004), Producer
- *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban* (2004), Executive Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/harry-potter-and-the-prisoner-of-azkaban.md)
- *Cheaper by the Dozen* (2003), Producer
- *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets* (2002), Executive Producer — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/harry-potter-and-the-chamber-of-secrets.md)
- *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone* (2001), Executive Producer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/harry-potter-and-the-philosophers-stone.md)
- *Monkeybone* (2001), Producer
- *Bicentennial Man* (1999), Producer
- *Stepmom* (1998), Producer
- *Jingle All the Way* (1996), Producer
- *Nine Months* (1995), Producer
- *The Girl Who Came Between Them* (1990), Executive In Charge Of Production
- *The Kennedys of Massachusetts* (1990), series, Producer
- *Unholy Matrimony* (1988), Producer
- *Uncle Tom's Cabin* (1987), Executive Producer
- *Melody*, Executive Producer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2012: Best Picture (nominated), for *The Help*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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