Amblin Partners has brought in Michelle Brattson as executive vp of physical production.
She will lead Amblin’s physical film production, including production financing and reporting to Amblin’s production presidents, Holly Bario and Jeb Brody. Brattson returns to Amblin, where she previously served as senior vp physical production until 2017.
She then moved to Netflix Original Studio Features as first manager and then director of physical productions. Her Netflix credit included Hustle, Marriage Story, White Noise, Hillbilly Elegy and Dolemite is My Nameamong other titles.
“Michelle is an endlessly talented production manager, with a passion and experience that make her a top leader in the industry. We are excited that her expertise will once again benefit our work at Amblin,” Brody and Bario said in a joint statement.
A member of the Producer’s Guild of America, Brattson first came to Amblin after 15 years freelancing in the field. She was a production supervisor on major studio functions such as Interstellar, Star Trek into Darkness, Neighbours, Angels & Demons and Frost/Nixon.
Brattson began her career as a development assistant at New Regency. She holds a degree in English from Dartmouth College and an MFA from the Peter Stark Producing Program at the USC School of Cinematic Arts.
Amblin recently released Steven Spielberg’s The Fables and is currently in production on Continue.