Brett Ratner
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- March 28, 1969, Miami Beach, Florida, USA
- Movies
- 67
Brett Ratner (born March 28, 1969) is an American film director and producer. He directed the Rush Hour film series, The Family Man, Red Dragon, X-Men: The Last Stand, Tower Heist, and Hercules. He is a producer of several films, including the Horrible Bosses series, as well as executive producer on other projects, including the films The Revenant and War Dogs and the television series Prison Break.
Ratner got his start directing with music videos in the 1990s and directed his first motion picture, Money Talks, in 1997. Overall, the films Ratner has directed have earned over $2 billion at the global box office. Ratner is the co-founder of RatPac Entertainment, a film production company. Ratner led RatPac's partnership with Dune Entertainment in September 2013 for a co-producing deal with Warner Bros. that included 75 films. RatPac Entertainment has co-financed 81 theatrically released motion pictures, exceeding $17 billion in worldwide box office receipts. RatPac's co-financed films have been nominated for 59 Academy Awards, 25 Golden Globes, and 43 BAFTAs and have won 25 Academy Awards, 8 Golden Globes, and 24 BAFTAs. In January 2017, Ratner received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to the motion picture industry, located at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard.
In 2017, numerous women in Hollywood came forward with allegations of sexual misconduct, sexual assault, or harassment against Ratner.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2021 | Jackie Chan: Building an Icon | Self (archive footage) |
| 2020 | Pollywood | Self |
| 2017 | The Fabulous Allan Carr | Self |
| 2013 | Seduced and Abandoned | Self |
| 2012 | Eddie Murphy: One Night Only | Self |
| 2012 | In The Tracks of Lalo Schifrin | Self |
| 2011 | POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold | Self |
| 2010 | With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story | Self |
| 2009 | How Bruce Lee Changed the World | Self |
| 2009 | I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale | Self |
| 2007 | Making Rush Hour 3 | Self |
| 2007 | The Grand | "Sob Story" Barry Blaustein |
| 2006 | X3: The Excitement Continues | Self |
| 2006 | Brett Ratner's X-Diaries | Self |
| 2006 | The N Word | Self |
| 2006 | Class Act | Self |
| 2005 | Reservoir Dogs Revisited | Self |
| 2003 | Unseen + Untold: Scarface | |
| 2003 | A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon' | Self |
| 1999 | Black and White | Brett Ratner |
| 1999 | A Piece of the Action: Behind the Scenes of Rush Hour | Self |
| 1996 | Jackie Chan - From Stuntman to Superstar | Self |
| 1983 | Scarface | Boy Lying on Raft in Pool (uncredited) |
Directing, Writing & Producing
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