Brett Ratner
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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
Brett Ratner was born in Miami Beach to Marcia Ratner, a Cuban-born socialite.[1] Ratner's maternal grandparents were Eastern European Jews who immigrated to Cuba and then the United States.[2]
For a time, Ratner was engaged to actress Rebecca Gayheart. In her first film role, Gayheart appeared in Ratner's NYU short film Whatever Happened to Mason Reese? (1990) starring Mason Reese. She also appeared in the Ratner-directed music video "Nuttin' But Love" performed by Heavy D and the Boyz.
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.
In an interview with The Advocate magazine, Ratner confessed that he enjoyed his first oral sex experience from a gay drag queen. [3]
As of 2006, Ratner resides in Beverly Hills, California. 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 in May 2007.
Working with the screenwriting team of Richard Potter and Matthew Stravitz, Ratner is preparing to direct an updated remake of the 1978 film The Boys From Brazil (based on the novel by Ira Levin) for New Line Cinema. The project should go before cameras in late 2007 or early 2008.
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.[4]
He also appeared as himself in Entourage, as part of a storyline centered on Johnny Drama's possibly showing up in Rush Hour 3.
Ratner will be appearing in the "making of" documentary that accompanies the feature-length credits of The 1 Second Film. Ratner is an executive producer of the film.
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
Works
Film and television
| Year | Title | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | "Touch My Body" | Mariah Carey | 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.
- ^ http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117969378.html?categoryid=2631&cs=1
- ^ http://www.advocate.com/exclusive_detail_ektid47827.asp
- ^ Hall of Shame, Punk'd.