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Brett Ratner
Ratner at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival
Occupation	Director
Years active	1990–present

Brett Ratner (born March 28, 1969) is an American filmmaker and music video director. He is best known for his films such as The Family Man, Red Dragon, the Rush Hour series, and X-Men: The Last Stand. He was also a producer on the Fox drama, Prison Break. He edited the English version of the Indian movie Kites starring Hrithik Roshan and Barbara Mori using a comprehensive remix formula originated by the international Kung Faux television series.

Early life

Ratner was born in Miami Beach, Florida. His mother, Marcia Presman, was the daughter of Eastern European Jews who lived in Cuba before moving to Florida in the 1960s. His father was Ronny Ratner, the son of a wealthy Miami businessman. Ratner's parents married when he was in his senior year of high school, and his father died in 2006.

Ratner attended high school in Israel and is a 1990 graduate of New York University. He cites the 1980 film "Raging Bull" as his inspiration to enter the world of film.

Rush Hour 3 has a scene where a girl takes off a wig and Chris Tucker accuses her of being a man. Ratner said to the Advocate magazine that this scene was based on an event from his own life. Ratner said, "That's from my personal experience. My first blow job was from a man, but I didn't know it was a man. That's where that comes from. It's based on personal experience. It happens to a lot of people." Ratner continued, "The reaction is 'Oh, shit!' if you're not gay, which is funny, I think."

Career

Directing

Ratner directed several music videos and one movie, the 1997 action comedy Money Talks, 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).

In May 2008, it was announced that Ratner would be directing the upcoming long in-development Beverly Hills Cop IV. He also edited the English version of the Indian movie Kites, starring Indian superstar Hrithik Roshan and Mexican actress Barbara Mori. The movie is scheduled to release on May 21, 2010. Ratner will direct the Gothic tale of Snow White and wich based on the screenplay Brother's Grimm: Snow White by Melisa Wallack.

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 at his home and hugged him after Jackman was punk'd.

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.

He also appeared as himself in Entourage and in the movie Black and White.

Publishing

His publishing company, Rat Press, is re-releasing out of print books about Hollywood. The first three books, released on March 25, 2009, are about Marlon Brando, Robert Evans and Jim Brown. Brett Ratner also created his own magazine titled "Ratmag" through a celebrity magazine publishing company called MYMAG.

Personal life

Ratner funds a scholarship to the New York Film Academy, where he has been a featured guest speaker. Ratner has recently created his own website called shooterseries.com where he has posted his previous projects. It has been recently known to expose an interview with Michael Jackson, who was a good friend of his during Jackson's final years.

Works

Film and television

Music videos

See also

• List of directors
• Kites (film) : ( Dubtitled )

References

1. Beach boy nurtures his roots - Entertainment News, Billion-Dollar Director: Brett Ratner, Media -Variety
2. ^ Nancy Jo Sales, "Hollywood Loves Brett Ratner", Vanity Fair, March 2007
3. NYU's Tisch School of the Arts to Celebrate Broadway and the Performing Arts at Benefit Gala. (October 24, 2006) NYU. Accessed 2008-11-11.
5. Brett Ratner. (August 3, 2007) Advocate.com
6. Brett Ratner directing Beverly Hills Cop IV with Eddie Murphy
7. RSS EXCLUSIVE: Brett Ratner Confirms 'The Brothers Grimm: Snow White' To Be Shot In 3-D
8. Hall of Shame, Punk'd.
9. Brett Ratner Takes on Publishing Yahoo News, March 23, 2009
10. MYMAG
11. Financial aid. New York Film Academy. Accessed 2008-11-11.
12. Jamie Foxx Offers Behind-The-Scenes Look at “Just Like Me” Video Shoot

External links

• Official website
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• Brett Ratner Producer Profile for The 1 Second Film
• New York Film Academy School of Film and Acting

• 1969 births
• American film directors
• American music video directors
• American people of Cuban descent
• Living people
• American Jews
• Miami Beach Senior High School alumni
• New York University alumni
• People from Miami, Florida