Michael Walbrecht serves as Vice President, Public Affairs, Warner Bros. Entertainment, with responsibility for handling government and community affairs for the company’s corporate, feature film, and television production divisions in North America as well as for the Studio’s facilities located in Burbank, California. His office also oversees the philanthropic work for the company.

Prior to joining Warner Bros. in 1992, Walbrecht served as Associate Director of the California Film Commission under Governor George Deukmejian. Before that, he worked for Century Productions as a production coordinator and for independent producer Laura A.S. Phillips as a post production coordinator. He graduated from the University of Southern California, where he studied political science and history and film criticism.

In addition to his professional responsibilities, Walbrecht currently serves on a number of local advisory commissions and nonprofit boards. He lives in the Pasadena area with his wife and two children.