Brett Ratner
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 Brett Ratner at the premiere of Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
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| Born | 28 March 1969 Miami Beach, Florida, USA |
Brett Ratner (born March 28, 1969) is an American film director and music-video director. He was born in Miami Beach, Florida and graduated from New York University Film School.
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[edit] Biography
Ratner was born in Miami Beach to Marcia Ratner, a Cuban-born Jewish socialite.[1] Ratner directed 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 a sequel, Rush Hour 2 (2001). 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 coincidentally became director of X-Men: The Last Stand (2006).
He is a guest lecturer at the New York Film Academy.
Referred to by some as a hack movie director [2].
As of 2006, Ratner resides in Beverly Hills, California. He dated Serena Williams during 2004 and 2005.
He currently dates model Alina Puscau.
[edit] Screen appearances
Ratner was seen on the 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. Kutcher later arrived to his home and hugged him after Jackman was punk'd.[3]
He appeared as himself in James Toback's semi-improvised drama Black and White.
[edit] 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
[edit] Works
[edit] Films
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[edit] Television
[edit] Music videos
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[edit] References
| Films directed by Brett Ratner |
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| Whatever Happened to Mason Reese • Money Talks • Rush Hour • The Family Man • Rush Hour 2 • Red Dragon • After the Sunset • X-Men: The Last Stand • Rush Hour 3 • The Boys From Brazil |
