---
name: "Michael Shamberg"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-shamberg"
fi1m_id: "michael-shamberg"
imdb_id: "nm0787834"
tmdb_id: 5381
wikidata_id: "Q13409484"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 1945"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 10
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 9
updated: "2026-09-24T08:05:19.406839+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 Shamberg

## Identity

Michael Shamberg

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-shamberg
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-shamberg
- **IMDb ID:** nm0787834
- **TMDB ID:** 5381
- **Wikidata ID:** Q13409484
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Shamberg, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13409484, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0787834/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5381

Producer. Born 1 January 1945 in Chicago.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1945, Chicago
- **Active:** 1983–2012
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 10: 1 acting, 9 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [Stacey Sher](https://film.one/person/stacey-sher.md), [Danny DeVito](https://film.one/person/danny-devito.md), [Steven Soderbergh](https://film.one/person/steven-soderbergh.md), [Jude Law](https://film.one/person/jude-law.md), [Kevin Kline](https://film.one/person/kevin-kline.md), [Scott Frank](https://film.one/person/scott-frank.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscar nominations
- **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as producer, over 9 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 75 (2), 1990s 82 (4), 2000s 74 (2), 2010s 78 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 79 to 71 across 9 titles
- **Score spread:** 5 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 6, Drama 5, Crime 4, Thriller 3, Romance 2, Science Fiction 2
- **Screen time:** 18 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,254m across 9 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Shamberg, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13409484, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0787834/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5381

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*A Fish Called Wanda*](https://film.one/film/a-fish-called-wanda.md) (83)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Get Shorty*](https://film.one/film/get-shorty.md) (82)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Gattaca*](https://film.one/film/gattaca.md) (80)
- **Tubi:** [*The Big Chill*](https://film.one/film/the-big-chill.md) (67)

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

## Biography

Michael Shamberg is an American film producer. He began his career as a Time–Life correspondent and co-founded the video collective TVTV in the early 1970s. He later moved into feature-film production and co-founded Jersey Films with Danny DeVito and Stacey Sher; he has also worked through Double Feature Films with Sher.

His producing credits include *Out of Sight* (1998), *Erin Brockovich* (2000) and *Contagion* (2011). He served as executive producer on *Pulp Fiction* (1994) and *Django Unchained* (2012). Other films include *The Big Chill* (1983), *A Fish Called Wanda* (1988), *Gattaca* (1997), *Man on the Moon* (1999) and *World Trade Center* (2006). He received Academy Award nominations for Best Picture for *The Big Chill* and *Erin Brockovich*.

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

## On Fi1m (10)

### Performed in (1)

- *Erin Brockovich* (2000), Fi1m 78, as PG&E Lawyer — [page](https://film.one/film/erin-brockovich.md)

### Produced (9) — the average rests on these

- *Django Unchained* (2012), Fi1m 78, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/django-unchained.md)
- *Contagion* (2011), Fi1m 78, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/contagion.md)
- *Garden State* (2004), Fi1m 71, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/garden-state.md)
- *Out of Sight* (1998), Fi1m 86, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/out-of-sight.md)
- *Gattaca* (1997), Fi1m 80, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/gattaca.md)
- *Get Shorty* (1995), Fi1m 82, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/get-shorty.md)
- *Pulp Fiction* (1994), Fi1m 82, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/pulp-fiction.md)
- *A Fish Called Wanda* (1988), Fi1m 83, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/a-fish-called-wanda.md)
- *The Big Chill* (1983), Fi1m 67, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-chill.md)

## Complete filmography (50)

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

- *Reno 911!: It's a Wonderful Heist* (2022), Executive Producer
- *Reno 911!: The Hunt for QAnon* (2021), Executive Producer
- *Cold Pursuit* (2019), Producer
- *Wetlands* (2017), Executive Producer
- *Burnt* (2015), Executive Producer
- *Freeheld* (2015), Producer
- *A Walk Among the Tombstones* (2014), Producer
- *Wish I Was Here* (2014), Producer
- *Runner Runner* (2013), Producer
- *The Source Family* (2013), Thanks
- *Django Unchained* (2012), Executive Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/django-unchained.md)
- *LOL* (2012), Producer
- *Contagion* (2011), Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/contagion.md)
- *Extraordinary Measures* (2010), as Renzler Venture Capitalist #1 · Producer
- *Reno 911!: Miami* (2007), Producer
- *Freedom Writers* (2007), Producer
- *World Trade Center* (2006), Producer
- *The Skeleton Key* (2005), Producer
- *Be Cool* (2005), Producer
- *Garden State* (2004), Executive Producer — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/garden-state.md)
- *Along Came Polly* (2004), as Van Lew Executive · Producer
- *Karen Sisco* (2003), series, Executive Producer
- *Camp* (2003), Producer
- *How High* (2001), Producer
- *The Caveman's Valentine* (2001), Producer
- *Erin Brockovich* (2000), as PG&E Lawyer · Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/erin-brockovich.md)
- *Drowning Mona* (2000), Executive Producer
- *Man on the Moon* (1999), Producer
- *Living Out Loud* (1998), Producer
- *Out of Sight* (1998), Producer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/out-of-sight.md)
- *The Pentagon Wars* (1998), Executive Producer
- *Gattaca* (1997), Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/gattaca.md)
- *Fierce Creatures* (1997), Producer
- *Feeling Minnesota* (1996), Producer
- *Matilda* (1996), Producer
- *Sunset Park* (1996), Producer
- *Get Shorty* (1995), Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/get-shorty.md)
- *Pulp Fiction* (1994), Executive Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/pulp-fiction.md)
- *8 Seconds* (1994), Producer
- *Reality Bites* (1994), Producer
- *How I Got Into College* (1989), Producer
- *A Fish Called Wanda* (1988), Producer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/a-fish-called-wanda.md)
- *Club Paradise* (1986), Producer
- *The Big Chill* (1983), Producer — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-chill.md)
- *Grace Jones: A One Man Show* (1982), Producer
- *Heart Beat* (1980), Producer
- *Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall* (1979), Thanks
- *The Lord of the Universe* (1974), Producer, Editor, Director
- *Media Primer* (1971), Director, Editor
- *Untitled Breakfast at Tiffany's Making of Film*, Executive Producer

## Gallery

- ![Michael Shamberg](https://film.one/media/person/9485/gallery-fb82fac7c740.jpg) Michael Shamberg — Web Summit, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Michael_Shamberg%2C_Web_Summit_2017_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Michael_Shamberg%2C_Web_Summit_2017_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![9 November 2017; Michael Shamberg, Movie and TV Producer, MAS Production, on Content Makers Stage during day three of Web Summit 2017 at Altice Arena in Lisbon.](https://film.one/media/person/9485/gallery-77511c1ee78a.jpg) 9 November 2017; Michael Shamberg, Movie and TV Producer, MAS Production, on Content Makers Stage during day three of Web Summit 2017 at Altice Arena in Lisbon. — Web Summit, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Web_Summit_2017_-_Content_Makers_SM5_8985_%2838283857041%29.jpg/1280px-Web_Summit_2017_-_Content_Makers_SM5_8985_%2838283857041%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![9 November 2017; Michael Shamberg, Movie and TV Producer, MAS Production, on Content Makers Stage during day three of Web Summit 2017 at Altice Arena in Lisbon.](https://film.one/media/person/9485/gallery-ae7f040640cd.jpg) 9 November 2017; Michael Shamberg, Movie and TV Producer, MAS Production, on Content Makers Stage during day three of Web Summit 2017 at Altice Arena in Lisbon. — Web Summit, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Web_Summit_2017_-_Content_Makers_SM0_1364_%2837572340814%29.jpg/1280px-Web_Summit_2017_-_Content_Makers_SM0_1364_%2837572340814%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Michael Shamberg](https://film.one/media/person/9485/gallery-431a7bebdb67.jpg) Michael Shamberg — Image via TMDB
- ![Michael Shamberg](https://film.one/media/person/9485/gallery-fb5b20234f74.jpg) Michael Shamberg — Image via TMDB
- ![Michael Shamberg](https://film.one/media/person/9485/gallery-df34907d3fc7.jpg) Michael Shamberg — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 2001: Best Picture (nominated), for *Erin Brockovich*
- 1984: Best Picture (nominated), for *The Big Chill*

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- European Film Award for Best Non-European Film 2000: European Film Award for Best Non-European Film (nominated), for *Erin Brockovich*

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

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