Michael Barnathan

Michael Barnathan is an American film producer who has produced and executive-produced films such as Used People, The Help, the first three Harry Potter films, Rent, Cheaper by the Dozen and Night at the Museum. He was also a producer for the 2010 film adaptation Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief and 2013 Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, based on the novels by Rick Riordan.

Barnathan graduated from Tisch School of the Arts of New York University in 1980.

Barnathan is Jewish.

Film
Producer


 * Nine Months (1995)
 * Jingle All the Way (1996)
 * Stepmom (1998)
 * Bicentennial Man (1999)
 * Monkeybone (2001)
 * Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)
 * Christmas with the Kranks (2004)
 * Rent (2005)
 * Night at the Museum (2006)
 * Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)
 * I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009)
 * Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)
 * The Help (2011)
 * Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013)
 * Pixels (2015)
 * The Young Messiah (2016)
 * I Kill Giants (2017)
 * The Christmas Chronicles (2018)
 * The Christmas Chronicles 2 (2020)

Executive producer


 * Used People (1992)
 * Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
 * Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
 * Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
 * Fantastic Four (2005)
 * Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)
 * Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014)
 * Melody (TBA)


 * Miscellaneous crew


 * Thanks

Television

 * Production manager