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Brett Ratner

Brett Ratner

Born: 1969-03-28 • Miami Beach, Florida, USA

Brett Ratner (born March 28, 1969) is an American film director and producer. He directed the Rush Hour film series, The Family Man, Red Dragon, X-Men: The Last Stand, Tower Heist, and Hercules. He is a producer of several films, including the Horrible Bosses series, as well as executive producer on other projects, including the films The Revenant and War Dogs and the television series Prison Break.

Ratner got his start directing with music videos in the 1990s and directed his first motion picture, Money Talks, in 1997. Overall, the films Ratner has directed have earned over $2 billion at the global box office. Ratner is the co-founder of RatPac Entertainment, a film production company. Ratner led RatPac's partnership with Dune Entertainment in September 2013 for a co-producing deal with Warner Bros. that included 75 films. RatPac Entertainment has co-financed 81 theatrically released motion pictures, exceeding $17 billion in worldwide box office receipts. RatPac's co-financed films have been nominated for 59 Academy Awards, 25 Golden Globes, and 43 BAFTAs and have won 25 Academy Awards, 8 Golden Globes, and 24 BAFTAs. In January 2017, Ratner received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to the motion picture industry, located at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard.

In 2017, numerous women in Hollywood came forward with allegations of sexual misconduct, sexual assault, or harassment against Ratner.

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Filmography
Jackie Chan: Building an Icon poster
Jackie Chan: Building an Icon
2021 • Self (archive footage)
Pollywood poster
Pollywood
2020 • Self
The Fabulous Allan Carr poster
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017 • Self
Seduced and Abandoned poster
Seduced and Abandoned
2013 • Self
Eddie Murphy: One Night Only poster
Eddie Murphy: One Night Only
2012 • Self
In The Tracks of Lalo Schifrin poster
In The Tracks of Lalo Schifrin
2012 • Self
POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold poster
POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
2011 • Self
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story poster
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story
2010 • Self
How Bruce Lee Changed the World poster
How Bruce Lee Changed the World
2009 • Self
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale poster
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
2009 • Self
Making Rush Hour 3 poster
Making Rush Hour 3
2007 • Self
The Grand poster
The Grand
2007 • "Sob Story" Barry Blaustein
Brett Ratner's X-Diaries poster
Brett Ratner's X-Diaries
2006 • Himself
The N Word poster
The N Word
2006 • Self
Class Act poster
Class Act
2006 • Self
A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon' poster
A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon'
2003 • Self
Black and White poster
Black and White
1999 • Brett Ratner
A Piece of the Action: Behind the Scenes of Rush Hour poster
A Piece of the Action: Behind the Scenes of Rush Hour
1999 • Self
Jackie Chan - From Stuntman to Superstar poster
Jackie Chan - From Stuntman to Superstar
1996 • Self
Scarface poster
Scarface
1983 • Boy Lying on Raft in Pool (uncredited)
No Image
Jackie Chan: Down to Earth
— • Self