Brett Ratner

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yearsactive = 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 "". He is also a producer on the Fox drama, "Prison Break".

Biography

Early life

Brett Ratner was born in Miami Beach to Marcia Ratner, a Cuban-born socialite. [Martindale, Stone, " [http://people.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1231852.php/ Director Brett Ratner's party for abuelita turns out stars] ", "People", December 10, 2006. Retrieved on April 22, 2007.] Ratner's maternal grandparents were Eastern Europe Jews who ended up in Cuba as they couldn't get into the United States, before finally moving to Miami. [ [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117969378.html?categoryid=2631&cs=1 Beach boy nurtures his roots - Entertainment News, Billion-Dollar Director: Brett Ratner, Media - Variety ] ]

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 "" (2006).

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". [ [http://www.firstshowing.net/2008/05/29/brett-ratner-directing-beverly-hills-cop-iv-with-eddie-murphy/ Brett Ratner directing "Beverly Hills Cop IV with Eddie Murphy] ]

creen 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. [ [http://www.mtv.com/onair/punkd/assets/hall_of_shame.jhtml Hall of Shame] , "Punk'd".]

He also appeared as himself in "Entourage".

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
*"Rush Hour 3" (2007) - $9,000,000

Works

Film and television

Music videos

Footnotes

References

* [http://www.brettratner.com Official site]
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* [http://the1secondfilm.com/producer/648 Brett Ratner Producer Profile for The 1 Second Film]
* [http://www.nyfa.com New York Film Academy School of Film and Acting]