Brett Ratner
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 Brett Ratner at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival. |
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| Born | March 28, 1969 Miami Beach, Florida, U.S. |
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| 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, 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] Early life
Brett Ratner was born in Miami Beach, Florida to Marcia Presman, the daughter of Eastern European Jews who lived in Cuba before moving to Florida in the 1960s.[1] 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.[2]
Ratner attended high school in Israel[3] and is a 1990 graduate of New York University.[4]
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."[5]
[edit] Career
[edit] 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.[6]
[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.[7]
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.
[edit] 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.[8]
[edit] Personal life
Ratner funds a scholarship to the New York Film Academy,[9] where he has been a featured guest speaker.
[edit] Works
[edit] Film and television
| Year | Title | Type | Notes |
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| 1990 | Whatever Happened to Mason Reese | Short film | Director, producer and writer |
| 1997 | Money Talks | Feature film | Director |
| 1998 | Rush Hour | Feature film | Director |
| 2000 | The Family Man | Feature film | Director |
| 2001 | Rush Hour 2 | Feature film | Director |
| 2002 | Red Dragon | Feature film | Director |
| 2004 | After the Sunset | Feature film | Director |
| 2005 | Prison Break (Pilot episode) | TV Series | Director |
| 2006 | X-Men: The Last Stand | Feature film | Director |
| 2006 | Becker Hargrove, Inc. | Short film | Producer |
| 2007 | Rush Hour 3 | Feature film | Director |
| 2010 | Harbinger | Feature film | Director |
| 2010 | Beverly Hills Cop 4 | Feature film | Director |
| 2011 | Infinity | Feature film | Director |
[edit] Music videos
| Year | Song | Singer/Band | Notes |
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| 1993 | "Pink Cookies In a Plastic Bag Getting Crushed By Buildings" | LL Cool J | Director |
| 1994 | "Nuttin' But Love" | Heavy D and the Boyz | Director |
| 1997 | "Triumph" | Wu-Tang Clan | Director |
| 1998 | "I Still Believe" | Mariah Carey | Director |
| 1999 | "Beautiful Stranger" | Madonna | Director |
| "Heartbreaker" | Mariah Carey | Director | |
| 2000 | "Thank God I Found You" | Mariah Carey | Director |
| 2001 | "Diddy" | P. Diddy | Director |
| 2005 | "It's Like That" | Mariah Carey | Director |
| "We Belong Together" | Mariah Carey | Director | |
| "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" | Jessica Simpson | Director | |
| 2006 | "Make Them Suffer" | Cannibal Corpse | Director |
| "A Public Affair" | Jessica Simpson | Director | |
| "Samantha" | Courtney Love | Director | |
| 2008 | "7 Things" | Miley Cyrus | Director |
| "Touch My Body" | Mariah Carey | Director | |
| "Just Like Me" | Jamie Foxx | Director[10] | |
| 2009 | "Obsessed" | Mariah Carey | Director |
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Beach boy nurtures his roots - Entertainment News, Billion-Dollar Director: Brett Ratner, Media -Variety
- ^ Nancy Jo Sales, "Hollywood Loves Brett Ratner", Vanity Fair, March 2007
- ^ Nancy Jo Sales, "Hollywood Loves Brett Ratner", Vanity Fair, March 2007
- ^ 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.
- ^ Brett Ratner. (August 3, 2007) Advocate.com
- ^ Brett Ratner directing Beverly Hills Cop IV with Eddie Murphy
- ^ Hall of Shame, Punk'd.
- ^ Brett Ratner Takes on Publishing Yahoo News, March 23, 2009
- ^ Financial aid. New York Film Academy. Accessed 2008-11-11.
- ^ Jamie Foxx Offers Behind-The-Scenes Look at “Just Like Me” Video Shoot
[edit] References
- Official site
- Brett Ratner at the Internet Movie Database
- Brett Ratner Producer Profile for The 1 Second Film
- New York Film Academy School of Film and Acting
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