Michael Barnathan
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Michael Barnathan

Born 1 January 1958
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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 the Tisch School of the Arts of New York University in 1980. Barnathan is Jewish.

Known for

Night at the Museum
The Help
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Bicentennial Man
Jingle All the Way
Cheaper by the Dozen
The Christmas Chronicles
Stepmom
Christmas with the Kranks
I Kill Giants
Gremlins 3
Chupa
The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two
The Christmas Chronicles
I Kill Giants
The Young Messiah
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
The Help
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
I Love You, Beth Cooper
Night at the Museum
Rent
Christmas with the Kranks
Cheaper by the Dozen
Monkeybone
Bicentennial Man
Stepmom
Jingle All the Way
Nine Months
Unholy Matrimony
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