Brett Ratner
- Highest Rated: Night Will Fall (2014)
- Lowest Rated: Code Name: The Cleaner (2007)
- Birthday: Mar 28, 1969
- Birthplace: Miami Beach, Florida, USA
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The only child to Jewish parents in Miami, FL, Brett Ratner was accepted to N.Y.U. at the age of 16. Attending the Tisch School for the Arts, he received funding from Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment for his senior project Whatever Happened to Mason Reese?, a documentary about a child star. After forming a friendship with Def Jam producer Russell Simmons, Ratner began directing music videos for stars such as Jay-Z, Mariah Carey, and Madonna. It was Simmons who helped him get his first big break, directing Money Talks with Chris Tucker and Charlie Sheen. Ratner worked with Tucker again for his sophomore effort, Rush Hour, a Jackie Chan comedy that broke box-office records for New Line Cinema. A brief departure into romantic comedy with The Family Man was not very well received, but the wild success of Rush Hour 2 brought him back into the limelight, and he soon landed the director's chair for The Silence of the Lambs prequel Red Dragon. He helmed the pilot of the FOX drama Prison Break, and was behind the camera for the superhero sequel X-Men: The Last Stand before returning to familiar territory in 2007 with Rush Hour 3. He created one of the segments for the omnibus film New York, I Love You, and directed Eddie Murphy and Ben Stiller in the ensemble action comedy Tower Heist in 2011. He was tapped to direct the 2012 Oscar telecast, but was fired from the job, allegedly after making a series of insensitive statements.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
Rating |
Title |
Credit |
Box
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Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45% | Georgetown | Producer | — | 2019 |
| Beverly Hills Cop 4 | Director | — | 2018 | |
| 73% | Before the Flood | Producer | — | 2016 |
| 78% | Author: The JT LeRoy Story | Producer | $86.1K | 2016 |
| 18% | I Saw the Light | Producer | $1.7M | 2016 |
| 79% | The Revenant | Executive Producer | — | 2015 |
| 63% | Truth | Producer | $1.6M | 2015 |
| 73% | Black Mass | Executive Producer | $48.8M | 2015 |
| 26% | Barely Lethal | Producer | — | 2015 |
| 61% | The Water Diviner | Executive Producer | — | 2015 |
| 34% | Horrible Bosses 2 | Producer | $40M | 2014 |
| 57% | Hercules | Director | $59.5M | 2014 |
| 52% | Jersey Boys | Executive Producer | — | 2014 |
| 100% | Night Will Fall | Producer | — | 2014 |
| One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film | Producer | — | 2014 | |
| Hong Kong Phooey | Producer | — | 2014 | |
| 5% | Movie 43 | Director | $8.8M | 2013 |
| 84% | Seduced And Abandoned | Actor | — | 2013 |
| 42% | Mother's Day | Producer | $94.9K | 2012 |
| 50% | Mirror Mirror | Producer | $65M | 2012 |
| 91% | Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films | Producer | — | 2012 |
| The Incredible Shrinking Man | Director | — | 2012 | |
| 67% | Tower Heist | Director | $78.1M | 2011 |
| 69% | Horrible Bosses | Producer | $117M | 2011 |
| 90% | Woody Allen: A Documentary | Executive Producer | — | 2011 |
| 16% | Skyline | Executive Producer | $12.1M | 2010 |
| 80% | Catfish | Executive Producer | $3.3M | 2010 |
| 37% | New York, I Love You | Actor Director | $1.7M | 2009 |
| 80% | I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale | Producer | — | 2009 |
| 36% | 21 | Executive Producer | $81.2M | 2008 |
| Fashion in Film | Actor | — | 2008 | |
| 18% | Rush Hour 3 | Director Screenwriter | $140.1M | 2007 |
| 4% | Code Name: The Cleaner | Producer | $8.2M | 2007 |
| 65% | The Outsider | Actor | — | 2006 |
| 57% | X-Men: The Last Stand | Director | $234.4M | 2006 |
| End Game | Executive Producer | — | 2006 | |
| 41% | Running Scared | Producer | $6.7M | 2006 |
| Class Act | Actor | — | 2006 | |
| 17% | Lovewrecked | Executive Producer | — | 2006 |
| Confessions of an Action Star | Actor | — | 2005 | |
| 18% | After the Sunset | Director | $28.4M | 2004 |
| Santa's Slay | Producer | — | 2004 | |
| 53% | Paid in Full | Producer | $3.1M | 2002 |
| 68% | Red Dragon | Director | $93M | 2002 |
| 52% | Rush Hour 2 | Director | — | 2001 |
| 12% | Double Take | Producer | — | 2001 |
| 53% | The Family Man | Director | — | 2000 |
| 60% | Rush Hour | Director | — | 1998 |
| 16% | Money Talks | Director | — | 1997 |
TV
Rating |
Title |
Credit |
Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60% |
Prison Break
2005-2017
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Independent Lens
1999
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| 22% |
Rush Hour
2016
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Late Night With Seth Meyers
2014
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30 for 30
2009
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American Masters
2001
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Executive Producer Producer |
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| 47% |
CHAOS
2011
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Director Executive Producer Producer |
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Jimmy Kimmel Live
2003
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Guest |
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| 55% |
The Women's Murder Club
2007-2008
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Executive Producer |
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| 66% |
Entourage
2004-2011
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Guest Himself |
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