
Brett Ratner
Biography
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. He has not produced a film in Hollywood since then, and he emigrated to Israel in 2023.
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Acting (19 movies)

POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
2011

With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story
2010

Eddie Murphy: One Night Only
2012

A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon'
2003

Black and White
1999

Scarface
1983

Brett Ratner's X-Diaries
2006

Jackie Chan - From Stuntman to Superstar
1996

How Bruce Lee Changed the World
2009

In The Tracks of Lalo Schifrin
2012

The Grand
2007

Class Act
2006

I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
2009

The N Word
2006

The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017

Making Rush Hour 3
2007

A Piece of the Action: Behind the Scenes of Rush Hour
1999

Pollywood
2020

Jackie Chan: Building an Icon
2021
Directing (18 movies)

Rush Hour
1998

After the Sunset
2004

Rush Hour 3
2007

Rush Hour 2
2001

The Family Man
2000

Money Talks
1997

Red Dragon
2002

X-Men: The Last Stand
2006

Tower Heist
2011

Movie 43
2013

Meet Mickey Rourke
1994

Whatever Happened to Mason Reese
1990

Hercules
2014
Evil Luke Lee
1999

Mysteries of the Jules Rimet Trophy
2014

New York, I Love You
2008
Lady Luck!
2001
Melania
2026