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Brett Ratner

  • Producer
  • Director
  • Music Department
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Brett Ratner at an event for Catfish (2010)
Brett Ratner is one of Hollywood's most successful filmmakers. His diverse films resonate with audiences worldwide and, as director, his films have grossed over $2 billion at the global box office. Brett began his career directing music videos before making his feature directorial debut at 28 years old with the action comedy hit Money Talks. He followed with the blockbuster Rush Hour and its successful sequels. Brett also directed The Family Man, Red Dragon, After the Sunset, X-Men: The Last Stand, Tower Heist and Hercules.

Ratner has also enjoyed critical acclaim and box office success as a producer. He has served as an executive producer on the Golden Globe and Oscar winning The Revenant, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Black Mass, starring Johnny Depp; and as a producer on Truth, starring Robert Redford and Cate Blanchett; I Saw the Light, starring Tom Hiddleston and Elizabeth Olsen; and the upcoming film Rules Don't Apply, written, directed and produced by Warren Beatty. His other produced films include the smash hit comedy Horrible Bosses and its sequel, and the re-imagined Snow White tale Mirror Mirror.

His additional producing credits include the documentaries Author: The JT LeRoy Story, Catfish, the Emmy-nominated Woody Allen - A Documentary, Helmut by June, I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale, Chuck Norris vs. Communism, the 5-time Emmy nominated and Peabody Award winning Night Will Fall, Bright Lights and National Geographic's upcoming Untitled Leonardo DiCaprio Environmental Documentary, directed, produced by and starring Leonardo DiCaprio. He also executive produced and directed the Golden Globe-nominated FOX series Prison Break, and executive produced the television series Rush Hour, based on his hit films.

Brett, along with his business partner James Packer, formed RatPac Entertainment, a film finance production and media company, in 2013. RatPac has a first-look deal with Warner Bros. and joined with Dune Capital to co-finance over 75 films including Gravity, The Lego Movie, American Sniper, and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. RatPac Entertainment also co-financed The Revenant and Birdman with New Regency. Internationally, Warner Bros. and RatPac have formed a joint venture content fund with China's Shanghai Media Group to finance local Chinese content. In partnership with New Regency, RatPac also finances the development and production of Brad Pitt's Plan B Entertainment.

Since inception, RatPac Entertainment has co-financed 52 theatrically released motion pictures exceeding $9.3 billion in worldwide box office receipts. RatPac's co-financed films have been nominated for 51 Academy Awards, 20 Golden Globes and 39 BAFTAs and have won 21 Academy Awards, 7 Golden Globes and 17 BAFTAs.

Brett is a Board of Trustees member of the Simon Wiesenthal Center and Museum of Tolerance. He sits on the boards of Chrysalis, Best Buddies and Do Something, while serving on the Dean's Council of the NYU Tisch School of the Arts and on the Board of Directors at Tel Aviv University's School of Film and Television. In 2017, he will receive a coveted star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
BornMarch 28, 1969
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    • Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys
      • 6 wins & 6 nominations total

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    Known for

    Anthony Hopkins and Edward Norton in Red Dragon (2002)
    Red Dragon
    7.2
    • Director(directed by)
    • 2002
    Famke Janssen, Halle Berry, Kelsey Grammer, Anna Paquin, Patrick Stewart, Ben Foster, James Marsden, Hugh Jackman, and Elliot Page in X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
    X-Men: The Last Stand
    6.6
    • Director
    • 2006
    Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker in Rush Hour (1998)
    Rush Hour
    7.0
    • Director
    • 1998
    Dwayne Johnson in Hercules (2014)
    Hercules
    6.0
    • Producer
    • 2014

    Credits

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    Producer



    • Untitled Melania Trump & Brett Ratner Documentary Project
      • producer
      • In Production



    • Vanessa Redgrave, Annette Bening, and Christoph Waltz in Georgetown (2019)
      Georgetown
      6.2
      • producer
      • 2019
    • Fred Armisen, Michael Peña, Dave Franco, Zach Woods, Abbi Jacobson, and Kumail Nanjiani in The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017)
      The Lego Ninjago Movie
      6.0
      • executive producer
      • 2017
    • Michael Rapaport, Muse Watson, Stacy Keach, Paul Adelstein, Barbara Eve Harris, Wentworth Miller, Dominic Purcell, Leon Russom, Wade Williams, Amaury Nolasco, and Marshall Allman in Prison Break (2005)
      Prison Break
      8.3
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2005–2017
    • American Masters (1985)
      American Masters
      8.1
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2011–2017
    • Warren Beatty, Alden Ehrenreich, and Lily Collins in Rules Don't Apply (2016)
      Rules Don't Apply
      5.7
      • producer
      • 2016
    • Jim Carrey in Dark Crimes (2016)
      Dark Crimes
      4.7
      • producer
      • 2016
    • Stanley Kubrick's Napoleon (2016)
      Stanley Kubrick's Napoleon
      7.4
      Short
      • producer
      • 2016
    • Before the Flood (2016)
      Before the Flood
      8.2
      • producer (produced by)
      • 2016
    • Jon Foo and Justin Hires in Rush Hour (2016)
      Rush Hour
      5.5
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2016
    • Jonah Hill and Miles Teller in War Dogs (2016)
      War Dogs
      7.1
      • executive producer
      • 2016
    • Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds (2016)
      Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
      7.9
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 2016
    • Laura Albert in Author: The JT LeRoy Story (2016)
      Author: The JT LeRoy Story
      7.0
      • producer
      • 2016
    • Independent Lens (1999)
      Independent Lens
      8.0
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2016
    • In the Name of Honor (2015)
      In the Name of Honor
      7.3
      • producer
      • 2015
    • Leonardo DiCaprio in The Revenant (2015)
      The Revenant
      8.0
      • executive producer
      • 2015

    Director



    • Untitled Melania Trump & Brett Ratner Documentary Project
      • Director
      • In Production



    • Breakthrough (2015)
      Breakthrough
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2015
    • American Express Unstaged: Dead & Company
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Mariah Carey: Infinity (2015)
      Mariah Carey: Infinity
      3.9
      Music Video
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Dwayne Johnson in Hercules (2014)
      Hercules
      6.0
      • Director
      • 2014
    • 30 for 30: Soccer Stories (2014)
      30 for 30: Soccer Stories
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Richard Gere, Kate Winslet, Halle Berry, Seann William Scott, Anna Faris, Hugh Jackman, Johnny Knoxville, Emma Stone, Chloë Grace Moretz, and Christopher Mintz-Plasse in Movie 43 (2013)
      Movie 43
      4.4
      • Director (segment "Happy Birthday")
      • 2013
    • Rogue (2012)
      Rogue
      5.3
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2012
    • Matthew Broderick, Téa Leoni, Eddie Murphy, Casey Affleck, Ben Stiller, Michael Peña, and Gabourey Sidibe in Tower Heist (2011)
      Tower Heist
      6.2
      • Director
      • 2011
    • Mindless Behavior Feat. Diggy Simmons: Mrs. Right (2011)
      Mindless Behavior Feat. Diggy Simmons: Mrs. Right
      5.8
      Music Video
      • Director
      • 2011
    • Chaos (2011)
      Chaos
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2011
    • The Music Inside
      Video
      • main director
      • 2010
    • Mariah Carey in Mariah Carey: Obsessed (2009)
      Mariah Carey: Obsessed
      5.8
      Music Video
      • Director
      • 2009
    • Cop House
      4.6
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2009
    • Mariah Carey in Mariah Carey: H.A.T.E.U. (2009)
      Mariah Carey: H.A.T.E.U.
      4.6
      Music Video
      • Director
      • 2009
    • Madonna in Madonna: Celebration - The Video Collection (2009)
      Madonna: Celebration - The Video Collection
      8.2
      Video
      • Director (video "Beautiful Stranger")
      • 2009

    Music Department



    • Chaos (2011)
      Chaos
      6.9
      TV Series
      • composer: main title theme
      • 2011
    • Gilbert Glenn Brown in Raising the Heights (1998)
      Raising the Heights
      5.8
      • music supervisor
      • 1998

    Personal details

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    • Height
      • 5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
    • Born
      • March 28, 1969
      • Miami Beach, Florida, USA
    • Parents
        Ronald Ratner
    • Relatives
        Mario Presman(Grandparent)
    • Other works
      TV commercial: Directed commercial (PSA) for New York Film Academy
    • Publicity listings
      • 2 Interviews
      • 7 Articles
      • 1 Pictorial
      • 1 Magazine Cover Photo

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Without knowing him, Steven Spielberg and his company Amblin Entertainment sent him $5000 to finish funding for his final film project at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts after he sent out 20 letters to producers asking for help.
    • Quotes
      There's no difference between a tacky Jew from Miami and a rap star. They both want the Cadillac and the Rolex with the diamonds.
    • Trademarks
        Opens his movies with a character singing
    • Salaries
        Rush Hour 3
        (2007)
        $7,500,000

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