Mattel, Inc. announced the promotion of Robbie Brenner to President of Mattel Films. She was previously Executive Producer of Mattel Films since 2018. Pior to joining Mattel, as an independent producer, Brenner earned a 2013 Academy Award nomination for ?Dallas Buyers Club,? which won three Academy Awards including Best Actor for Matthew McConaughey and Best Supporting Actor for Jared Leto.

Brenner also produced the critically acclaimed women's rights drama ?Call Jane,? starring Elizabeth Banks and Sigourney Weaver; the supernatural romance ?The In Between,? starring Joey King and Kyle Allen and ?Burden,?

starring Garrett Hedlund, Forest Whitaker, and Andrea Riseborough, which premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and won the U.S. Dramatic Audience Award. Previously, Brenner served as President of Production at Relativity and was integral to the studio?s acquisition of the Sundance documentary ?Catfish,? which became a cultural sensation.

There she also led production on movies such as ?Immortals,? ?Safe Haven,? ?Mirror, Mirror,?

?Out of the Furnace,? ?The Fighter,? and many more.

She also previously oversaw and shepherded film production at Miramax Films and 20th Century Fox. 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.