Robbie Brenner is President of Mattel Films. She joined Mattel in 2018. In her role, Ms. Brenner is responsible for creating full-length feature films based on Mattel’s iconic portfolio of brands in partnership with major studios, to be distributed globally in movie theaters and on streaming platforms.

Ms. Brenner has over 30 years of experience in the film industry, including two Academy Award® nominations for Best Picture for “Barbie” and “Dallas Buyers Club.” In 2023, Ms. Brenner produced the cultural phenomenon “Barbie,” directed by Greta Gerwig and starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, which achieved the largest global box-office in 2023 and became the industry’s 14th-highest grossing movie of all time. The Barbie movie was nominated for eight Academy Awards including Best Picture, and received the Oscar for Best Original Song. In 2018 Ms. Brenner also produced the independent film “Burden,” which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and won the U.S. Dramatic Audience Award that same year.

Ms. Brenner worked at Relativity Media, which she joined in 2009 as Executive Vice President of Production and was integral to the studio’s acquisition of the Sundance documentary “Catfish,” which became a cultural sensation. She was promoted to President in 2011 and oversaw the development and production of several movies such as “Immortals,” “Safe Haven,” “Mirror, Mirror,” “Out of the Furnace,” “The Fighter,” and many more that topped box office upon release.

Previously, Ms. Brenner worked at Miramax and at 20th Century Fox, overseeing and shepherding dozens of feature films.

For her leadership on the Barbie movie, Ms. Brenner was honored in 2023 as The Hollywood Reporter's Producer of the Year and its Women in Entertainment Power 100. Ms. Brenner was also featured in Variety’s Women’s Impact Report and the Variety500 for her distinguished achievements among media executives and creatives worldwide. She was named in 2024 to Forbes’ 50 over 50 list, celebrating her visionary work as a culture creator in the entertainment industry.

Ms. Brenner received a bachelor’s degree in Film from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Executive Branch.