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Brett Ratner (born March 28, 1969) is an American film director and music-video director. He is best known as the director of The Family Man, After the Sunset, Red Dragon, the Rush Hour series, and X-Men: The Last Stand. He is also a producer on the Fox drama, Prison Break.
Biography
Early life
Brett Ratner was born in Miami Beach to Marcia Ratner, a Cuban-born socialite. Ratner's maternal grandparents were Eastern Europe Jews who ended up in Cuba as they couldn't get into the United States, before finally moving to Miami.
In an interview with The Advocate magazine, Ratner revealed that he enjoyed his first homosexual oral sex experience from another gay man.
Film career
Ratner directed several music videos before reaching commercial success with the action-comedy Rush Hour (1998), starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker, both of whom reunited with Ratner for two sequels, Rush Hour 2 (2001) and Rush Hour 3 (2007). Ratner was under consideration to direct X-Men (2000) and Superman Returns (2006), although both were eventually directed by Bryan Singer. After Singer left the X-Men franchise to direct Superman Returns, Ratner became director of X-Men: The Last Stand (2006). X3 was panned by critics and fans alike, validating Brett's nickname as "Hackner."
On April 25, 2007, Fox Broadcasting announced that he, Carrie Fisher, Garry Marshall, and Jon Avnet would be the judges for the network's filmmaking-competition reality TV series, On the Lot, which premiered to low ratings in May 2007. In May 2008, it was announced that Ratner would be directing the upcoming long in-development Beverly Hills Cop IV.
Screen appearances
Ratner was seen on MTV series Punk'd when Hugh Jackman, who portrays Wolverine in the X-Men films, was the subject of a practical joke that made it appear Ratner's $3.6 million home in Beverly Hills was destroyed by a BBQ grill explosion. Ashton Kutcher later arrived to his home and hugged him after Jackman was punk'd.
He also appeared as himself in Entourage.
Reported salaries
According to IMDB
- X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) - $5,000,000
- Red Dragon (2002) - $6,000,000
- Rush Hour 2 (2001) - $5,000,000
- The Family Man (2000) - $5,000,000
- Rush Hour 3 (2007) - $9,000,000
Works
Film and television
| Year | Title | Type | Notes |
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| 2009 | God of War | Feature film | Director |
| 2009 | Rush Hour 4 | Feature film | Director |
| 2009 | Harbinger | Feature film | Director |
| 2009 | Beverly Hills Cop IV | Feature film | Director |
| 2007 | Rush Hour 3 | Feature film | Director |
| 2006 | Becker Hargrove, Inc. | Short film | Producer |
| 2006 | X-Men: The Last Stand | Feature film | Director |
| 2005 | Prison Break (Pilot episode) | TV Series | Director |
| 2004 | After the Sunset | Feature film | Director |
| 2002 | Red Dragon | Feature film | Director |
| 2001 | Rush Hour 2 | Feature film | Director |
| 2000 | The Family Man | Feature film | Director |
| 1998 | Rush Hour | Feature film | Director |
| 1997 | Money Talks | Feature film | Director |
| 1990 | Whatever Happened to Mason Reese | Short film | Director, producer and writer |
Music videos
| Year | Song | Singer/Band | Notes |
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| 2008 | "Touch My Body" | Mariah Carey | Director |
| "7 Things" | Miley Cyrus | Director | |
| 2007 | "Samantha" | Courtney Love | Director |
| "Say OK" | Vanessa Hudgens | Director | |
| 2006 | "A Public Affair" | Jessica Simpson | Director |
| "Make Them Suffer" | Cannibal Corpse | Director | |
| 2005 | "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" | Jessica Simpson | Director |
| "We Belong Together" | Mariah Carey | Director | |
| "It's Like That" | Mariah Carey | Director | |
| 2001 | "Diddy" | P. Diddy | Director |
| 2000 | "Thank God I Found You" | Mariah Carey | Director |
| 1999 | "Heartbreaker" | Mariah Carey | Director |
| "Beautiful Stranger" | Madonna | Director | |
| 1998 | "I Still Believe" | Mariah Carey | Director |
| 1997 | "Triumph" | Wu-Tang Clan | Director |
| 1994 | "Nuttin' But Love" | Heavy D and the Boyz | Director |
| 1993 | "Pink Cookies in a Plastic Bag Getting Crushed by Buildings" | LL Cool J | Director |
Footnotes
- Martindale, Stone, "Director Brett Ratner's party for abuelita turns out stars", People, December 10, 2006. Retrieved on April 22, 2007.
- Beach boy nurtures his roots - Entertainment News, Billion-Dollar Director: Brett Ratner, Media - Variety
- Brett Ratner knows gay sex | Q & A | Advocate.com
- http://www.answers.com/topic/brett-ratner?cat=entertainment
- Brett Ratner directing Beverly Hills Cop IV with Eddie Murphy
- Hall of Shame, Punk'd.
- Ratner eyes Valiant's 'Harbinger'
- Axel Foley smells a Rat!
References
- Official site
- Brett Ratner at IMDb
- Brett Ratner Producer Profile for The 1 Second Film
- New York Film Academy School of Film and Acting
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