Michael Nathanson (born 1955/1956)[1] is an American film industry executive who was head of MGM Pictures.
[3][2][7][8] Nathanson began his career at NBC Sports in New York City and then moved to Los Angeles in 1975[9] where he worked as a production assistant on the 1977 films, The Deep[10] and Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger.
[11] In 1994, he was named as chairman and chief executive of Arnon Milchan's New Regency Productions where he oversaw such films as A Time to Kill, Tin Cup, Natural Born Killers, Heat, Free Willy, Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home,[1] and Copycat.
[11] In February 1997, Frank Mancuso hired him to serve as president of MGM Pictures replacing Mike Marcus.
In 2012, Nathanson was named along with Bill Lischak as co-presidents of OddLot Entertainment by its CEO and founder, Gigi Pritzker.