Brett Ratner

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

Known For: Directing

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brett Ratner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

2026

Melania ... (Director)

2021

Jackie Chan: Building an Icon as Self (archive footage)

2020

Pollywood as Self

2019

Georgetown ... (Producer)

2017

The Lego Ninjago Movie ... (Executive Producer)
Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds ... (Executive Producer)
The Fabulous Allan Carr as Self

2016

War Dogs ... (Executive Producer)
Rush Hour ... (Executive Producer)
Dark Crimes ... (Producer)
Rules Don't Apply ... (Producer)
I Saw the Light ... (Producer)
Before the Flood ... (Producer)
S Is for Stanley ... (Producer)

2015

The Revenant ... (Executive Producer)
The Audition ... (Producer)
Black Mass ... (Executive Producer)
Truth ... (Producer)
Chuck Norris vs Communism ... (Producer)
Barely Lethal ... (Producer)
By Sidney Lumet ... (Executive Producer)
Scorsese's GoodFellas ... (Producer)
Breakthrough ... (Director)

2014

Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
Hercules ... (Director)
Horrible Bosses 2 ... (Producer)
The Water Diviner ... (Executive Producer)
One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film ... (Producer)
Night Will Fall ... (Producer)
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films ... (Producer)
Jersey Boys ... (Executive Producer)
Mysteries of the Jules Rimet Trophy ... (Director)

2013

Movie 43 ... (Director)

2012

Mirror Mirror ... (Producer)
Eddie Murphy: One Night Only as Self
In The Tracks of Lalo Schifrin as Self

2011

Tower Heist ... (Director)
Horrible Bosses ... (Producer)
CHAOS ... (Director)
POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold as Self
Woody Allen: A Documentary ... (Executive Producer)

2010

Catfish ... (Executive Producer)
Skyline ... (Executive Producer)
I'm Still Here ... (Thanks)
Mother's Day ... (Producer)
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story as Self

2009

Prison Break: The Final Break ... (Executive Producer)
How Bruce Lee Changed the World as Self
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale as Self

2008

21 ... (Executive Producer)
New York, I Love You ... (Director)
Blue Blood ... (Director)

2007

Rush Hour 3 ... (Director)
The Grand as "Sob Story" Barry Blaustein
Women's Murder Club ... (Producer)
Code Name: The Cleaner ... (Producer)
On the Lot
Making Rush Hour 3 as Self

2006

Running Scared ... (Producer)
End Game ... (Executive Producer)
The N Word as Self
X-Men: The Last Stand ... (Director)
Brett Ratner's X-Diaries as Himself
Class Act as Self

2005

Prison Break ... (Director)
Santa's Slay ... (Producer)

2004

Entourage as Brett Ratner
After the Sunset ... (Director)

2003

Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon' as Self

2002

Paid in Full ... (Producer)
Red Dragon ... (Director)

2001

Rush Hour 2 ... (Director)
Double Take ... (Producer)
Lady Luck! ... (Director)

2000

The Family Man ... (Director)

1999

Making the Video ... (Director)
Black and White as Brett Ratner
Jackie Chan: My Stunts ... (Thanks)
A Piece of the Action: Behind the Scenes of Rush Hour as Self
Evil Luke Lee ... (Director)

1998

Rush Hour ... (Director)

1997

Money Talks ... (Director)

1983

Scarface as Boy Lying on Raft in Pool (uncredited)