Brett Ratner

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Brett Ratner

Brett Ratner at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival.
Born March 28, 1969 (1969-03-28) (age 39)
Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.
Years active 1990 - present

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.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Brett Ratner was born in Miami Beach to Marcia Ratner, a Cuban-born socialite.[1] Ratner's maternal grandparents were Eastern Europe Jews who end up in Cuba as they couldn't get into the United States, before finally moving to Miami.[2]

In an interview with Advocate magazine, Ratner revealed that he enjoyed his first homosexual oral sex experience from another gay man. [3]

[edit] 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." [4]

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. [5]

[edit] 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.[6]

He also appeared as himself in Entourage.

[edit] Reported salaries

Ratner holding a producer credit for The 1 Second Film in September 2004
Ratner holding a producer credit for The 1 Second Film in September 2004

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

[edit] Works

[edit] Film and television

Year Title Type Notes
2009 Rush Hour 4 Feature film Director
2009 Beverly Hills Cop IV Feature film Director[7]
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

[edit] Music videos

Year Song Singer/Band Notes
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

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Martindale, Stone, "Director Brett Ratner's party for abuelita turns out stars", People, December 10, 2006. Retrieved on April 22, 2007.
  2. ^ Beach boy nurtures his roots - Entertainment News, Billion-Dollar Director: Brett Ratner, Media - Variety
  3. ^ Brett Ratner knows gay sex | Q & A | Advocate.com
  4. ^ http://www.answers.com/topic/brett-ratner?cat=entertainment
  5. ^ Brett Ratner directing Beverly Hills Cop IV with Eddie Murphy
  6. ^ Hall of Shame, Punk'd.
  7. ^ [ http://www.moviehole.net/news/20080529_axel_foley_smells_a_rat.html Axel Foley smells a Rat!]

[edit] References

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Films directed by Brett Ratner
Whatever Happened to Mason Reese • Money Talks • Rush Hour • The Family Man • Rush Hour 2
Red Dragon • After the Sunset • X-Men: The Last Stand • Rush Hour 3 • The Boys From Brazil • Mr. S: My Life with Frank Sinatra