---
name: "Michael G. Nathanson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-g-nathanson"
fi1m_id: "michael-g-nathanson"
imdb_id: "nm0622296"
tmdb_id: 18349
wikidata_id: "Q22114568"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-19T04:22:30.269538+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 G. Nathanson

## Identity

Michael G. Nathanson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-g-nathanson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-g-nathanson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0622296
- **TMDB ID:** 18349
- **Wikidata ID:** Q22114568
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Nathanson_(film_executive), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22114568, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0622296/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/18349

Producer. Born 1 January 2000 in New York City.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 2000, New York City
- **Active:** 1996–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Kevin Spacey](https://film.one/person/kevin-spacey.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as producer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 72 (2), 2010s 84 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 74 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Crime 3, Drama 2, Thriller 2, Mystery 1, Western 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $316m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Nathanson_(film_executive), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22114568, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0622296/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/18349

## Coming up

- *A Dog’s Perfect Christmas* (2026-11-04), Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/a-dogs-perfect-christmas.md)

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*L.A. Confidential*](https://film.one/film/l-a-confidential.md) (88)

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

## Biography

Michael G. Nathanson is an American film producer and studio executive. He began his career in the late 1970s and held senior production roles at Columbia Pictures, New Regency Productions and MGM Pictures, where he served as president from 1997.

As a producer his credits include *L.A. Confidential* (1997), for which he shared an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture, *A Time to Kill* (1996), *Empire Records* (1995) and *Copycat* (1995). He later worked as president of OddLot Entertainment and as an executive producer on films such as *Hell or High Water* (2016) and *Draft Day* (2014).

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Hell or High Water* (2016), Fi1m 84, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/hell-or-high-water.md)
- *L.A. Confidential* (1997), Fi1m 88, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/l-a-confidential.md)
- *A Time to Kill* (1996), Fi1m 55, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/a-time-to-kill.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *A Dog’s Perfect Christmas* (2026), Producer — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/a-dogs-perfect-christmas.md)
- *Hell or High Water* (2016), Executive Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/hell-or-high-water.md)
- *Draft Day* (2014), Executive Producer
- *Joyful Noise* (2012), Producer
- *Yours, Mine & Ours* (2005), Producer
- *Goodbye Lover* (1999), Executive Producer
- *Dangerous Beauty* (1998), Executive Producer
- *The Man Who Knew Too Little* (1997), Producer
- *L.A. Confidential* (1997), Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/l-a-confidential.md)
- *Murder at 1600* (1997), Executive Producer
- *Bogus* (1996), Executive Producer
- *Carpool* (1996), Producer
- *A Time to Kill* (1996), Producer — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/a-time-to-kill.md)
- *The Sunchaser* (1996), Executive Producer
- *Copycat* (1995), Producer
- *Empire Records* (1995), Producer
- *Illicit Dreams* (1994), Second Unit Director
- *Wisdom* (1986), Thanks
- *The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension* (1984), Executive In Charge Of Production

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1998: Best Picture (nominated), for *L.A. Confidential*

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

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