Brett Ratner

Birthday: Mar 28, 1969
Birthplace: Miami Beach, Florida, USA

Bio: The only child to Jewish parents in Miami, FL, Brett Ratner was accepted to N.Y.U. at the age of 16. Attending the Tisch School for the Arts, he received funding from Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment for his senior project Whatever Happened to Mason Reese?, a documentary about a child star. After forming a friendship with Def Jam producer Russell Simmons,… More Bio: The only child to Jewish parents in Miami, FL, Brett Ratner was accepted to N.Y.U. at the age of 16. Attending the Tisch School for the Arts, he received funding from Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment for his senior project Whatever Happened to Mason Reese?, a documentary about a child star. After forming a friendship with Def Jam producer Russell Simmons, Ratner began directing music videos for stars such as Jay-Z, Mariah Carey, and Madonna. It was Simmons who helped him get his first big break, directing Money Talks with Chris Tucker and Charlie Sheen. Ratner worked with Tucker again for his sophomore effort, Rush Hour, a Jackie Chan comedy that broke box-office records for New Line Cinema. A brief departure into romantic comedy with The Family Man was not very well received, but the wild success of Rush Hour 2 brought him back into the limelight, and he soon landed the director's chair for The Silence of the Lambs prequel Red Dragon. He helmed the pilot of the FOX drama Prison Break, and was behind the camera for the superhero sequel X-Men: The Last Stand before returning to familiar territory in 2007 with Rush Hour 3. He created one of the segments for the omnibus film New York, I Love You, and directed Eddie Murphy and Ben Stiller in the ensemble action comedy Tower Heist in 2011. He was tapped to direct the 2012 Oscar telecast, but was fired from the job, allegedly after making a series of insensitive statements. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi

POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold

Horrible Bosses

The Outsider

Tower Heist

Filmography

Hercules: The Thracian Wars (2014)
- Director
Hong Kong Phooey (2014)
- Director
Movie 43 (2013)
- Director
- 4%
Mirror Mirror (2012)
- Producer
- 50%
The Incredible Shrinking Man (2012)
- Director
Tower Heist (2011)
- Director
- 69%
Horrible Bosses (2011)
- Producer
- 70%
POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold (2011)
- Actor
- 73%
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale (2009)
- Producer
21 (2008)
- Producer
- 36%
Starz Inside: Fashion in Film (2008)
- Actor
Rush Hour 3 (2007)
- Director
- 18%
X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
- Director
- 57%
Class Act (2006)
- Actor
The Outsider (2005)
- Actor
- 69%
Running Scared (2005)
- Producer
- 40%
After the Sunset (2004)
- Director
- 18%
Red Dragon (2002)
- Director
- 68%
Rush Hour 2 (2001)
- Director
- 52%
The Family Man (2000)
- Director
- 53%
Rush Hour (1998)
- Director
- 61%
Money Talks (1997)
- Director
- 16%
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Brett Ratner Videos
                        
X-men 3: The Last Stand3 minutes 36 seconds

The Family Man1 minutes 6 seconds

Red Dragon3 minutes 32 seconds

Rush Hour 21 minutes 4 seconds

Mirror Mirror2 minutes 27 seconds

Rush Hour 32 minutes 24 seconds

After The Sunset2 minutes 24 seconds

Running Scared2 minutes 59 seconds

Class Act2 minutes 27 seconds

Movie 433 minutes 32 seconds

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