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Known credits:
89
Birthday:
1969-03-28
Place of birth:
Miami Beach, Florida, USA
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Brett Ratner

Overview

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. He has not produced a film in Hollywood since then, and he emigrated to Israel in 2023.

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Known for

Acting
2020 Pollywood Actor Self 58
Average
2017 The Fabulous Allan Carr Actor Self 58
Average
2012 Eddie Murphy: One Night Only Actor Self 58
Average
2012 In The Tracks of Lalo Schifrin Actor Self N/A
N/A
2011 POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold Actor Self 60
Fair
2010 With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story Actor Self 59
Average
2009 How Bruce Lee Changed the World Actor Self 59
Average
2009 I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale Actor Self 59
Average
2007 Making Rush Hour 3 Actor Self N/A
N/A
2007 The Grand Actor "Sob Story" Barry Blaustein 58
Average
2006 The Making of 'X-Men: The Last Stand' Vignettes Actor Self 60
Fair
2006 Brett Ratner's X-Diaries Actor Himself 59
Average
2006 X-Men: The Last Stand - Production Diaries Actor Self 60
Fair
2006 The N Word Actor Self 58
Average
2006 Class Act Actor Self 60
Fair
2003 A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon' Actor Self 58
Average
2002 Jackie Chan: Fast, Funny and Furious Actor Self (archive footage) 59
Average
1999 Black and White Actor Brett Ratner 57
Average
1999 A Piece of the Action: Behind the Scenes of Rush Hour Actor Self N/A
N/A
1996 Jackie Chan - From Stuntman to Superstar Actor Himself 59
Average
1983 Scarface Actor Boy Lying on Raft in Pool (uncredited) 80
Very good
Jackie Chan: Down to Earth Actor Self N/A
N/A

Directing
2014 Hercules Directing Director 57
Average
2014 Mysteries of the Jules Rimet Trophy Directing Director N/A
N/A
2013 Movie 43 Directing Director 48
Bad
2011 Tower Heist Directing Director 60
Fair
2008 New York, I Love You Directing Director 58
Average
2007 Rush Hour 3 Directing Director 64
Fair
2006 X-Men: The Last Stand Directing Director 63
Fair
2004 After the Sunset Directing Director 60
Fair
2002 Red Dragon Directing Director 69
Fair
2001 Lady Luck! Directing Director N/A
N/A
2001 Rush Hour 2 Directing Director 67
Fair
2000 The Family Man Directing Director 66
Fair
1999 Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99 Directing Director N/A
N/A
1999 Evil Luke Lee Directing Director 59
Average
1998 Rush Hour Directing Director 69
Fair
1997 Money Talks Directing Director 59
Average
1994 Meet Mickey Rourke Directing Director N/A
N/A
1990 Whatever Happened to Mason Reese Directing Director 58
Average
Untitled Melania Trump & Brett Ratner Documentary Project Directing Director N/A
N/A
Blue Blood Directing Director N/A
N/A

Writing
1990 Whatever Happened to Mason Reese Writing Writer 58
Average

Production
2019 Georgetown Production Producer 59
Average
2017 The Lego Ninjago Movie Production Executive Producer 63
Fair
2017 Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds Production Executive Producer 60
Fair
2016 Rules Don't Apply Production Producer 58
Average
2016 Before the Flood Production Producer 69
Fair
2016 Dark Crimes Production Producer 52
Average
2016 War Dogs Production Executive Producer 68
Fair
2016 S Is for Stanley Production Producer 60
Fair
2016 Rush Hour Production Executive Producer 58
Average
2016 I Saw the Light Production Producer 59
Average
2015 The Revenant Production Executive Producer 74
Good
2015 Chuck Norris vs Communism Production Producer 59
Average
2015 Truth Production Producer 62
Fair
2015 The Audition Production Producer 59
Average
2015 Black Mass Production Executive Producer 64
Fair
2015 By Sidney Lumet Production Executive Producer 58
Average
2015 Scorsese's GoodFellas Production Producer 59
Average
2015 Barely Lethal Production Producer 57
Average
2014 The Water Diviner Production Executive Producer 65
Fair
2014 Horrible Bosses 2 Production Producer 61
Fair
2014 Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films Production Producer 61
Fair
2014 One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film Production Producer 58
Average
2014 Hercules Production Producer 57
Average
2014 Jersey Boys Production Executive Producer 63
Fair
2014 Night Will Fall Production Producer 61
Fair
2014 Mysteries of the Jules Rimet Trophy Production Executive Producer N/A
N/A
2012 Mirror Mirror Production Producer 58
Average
2011 Woody Allen: A Documentary Production Executive Producer 60
Fair
2011 Horrible Bosses Production Producer 65
Fair
2011 CHAOS Production Producer 67
Fair
2010 Skyline Production Executive Producer 52
Average
2010 Mother's Day Production Producer 61
Fair
2010 Catfish Production Executive Producer 63
Fair
2009 Prison Break: The Final Break Production Executive Producer 68
Fair
2009 I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale Production Producer 59
Average
2008 21 Production Executive Producer 66
Fair
2007 Women's Murder Club Production Producer 73
Good
2007 Code Name: The Cleaner Production Producer 56
Average
2006 End Game Production Executive Producer 57
Average
2006 Running Scared Production Producer 66
Fair
2005 Santa's Slay Production Producer 57
Average
2005 Prison Break Production Executive Producer 80
Very good
2002 Paid in Full Production Producer 61
Fair
2001 Double Take Production Producer 58
Average

Crew
2010 I'm Still Here Crew Thanks 59
Average
1999 Jackie Chan: My Stunts Crew Thanks 60
Fair