BRETT RATNER

'Brett Ratner' (born March 28, 1969) is an American film director and music-video director. He is best known as the director of ''After the Sunset'', ''Red Dragon'', the ''Rush Hour'' series, and ''. He is also a producer on the Fox drama, ''Prison Break''.

Contents

Biography

Screen appearances

Reported salaries

Works

Film and television

Music videos

Footnotes

References

Biography

Brett Ratner was born in Miami Beach to Marcia Ratner, a Cuban-born socialite.^[1] Ratner's maternal grandparents were Eastern European Jews who immigrated to Cuba and then the United States.^[2] 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 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). X3 was panned by critics and fans alike, validating Brett's nickname as "Hackner."
He is a guest lecturer at the New York Film Academy and USC
In an interview with Advocate magazine, Ratner revealed that he received his first blow job from a gay man. ^[3]
As of 2006, Ratner resides in Beverly Hills, California. 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 in May 2007.

Screen 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.^[4]
He appeared as his homophobic self in James Toback's semi-improvised drama ''Black and White''
He also appeared as himself in ''Entourage'', as part of a storyline centered on Johnny Drama's possibly showing up in ''Rush Hour 3'' (doesn't happen at all).

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

Works

Film and television

Year	Title	Type	Notes
2007	''Rush Hour 3''	Feature film	Director
2006	''Becker Hargrove, Inc.''	Short film	Producer
2006	''	Feature film	Director
2005	''Prison Break'' (Pilot episode)	TV Series	Director
2004	''After the Sunset''	Feature film	Director
2002	''Red Dragon''	Feature film	Director
2001	''Rush Hour 2''	Feature film	Director
2000	''The Family Man''	Feature film	Director
1998	''Rush Hour''	Feature film	Director
1997	''Money Talks''	Feature film	Director
1990	''Whatever Happened to Mason Reese''	Short film	Director, producer and writer

Music videos

Year	Song	Singer/Band	Notes
2007	"Samantha"	Courtney Love	Director
	"You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)"	Jessica Simpson	Director
	"Say OK"	Vanessa Hudgens	Director
2006	"A Public Affair"	Jessica Simpson	Director
2005	"These Boots Are Made for Walkin'"	Jessica Simpson	Director
	"We Belong Together"	Mariah Carey	Director
	"It's Like That"	Mariah Carey	Director
2001	"Diddy"	P. Diddy	Director
2000	"Thank God I Found You"	Mariah Carey	Director
1999	"Heartbreaker"	Mariah Carey	Director
	"Beautiful Stranger"	Madonna	Director
1998	"I Still Believe"	Mariah Carey	Director
1997	"Triumph"	Wu-Tang Clan	Director
1994	"Nuttin' But Love"	Heavy D and the Boyz	Director
1993	"Pink Cookies in a Plastic Bag Getting Crushed by Buildings"	LL Cool J	Director

Footnotes

1. Martindale, Stone, "Director Brett Ratner's party for abuelita turns out stars", ''People'', December 10, 2006. Retrieved on April 22, 2007.
2. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117969378.html?categoryid=2631&cs=1
3. http://www.advocate.com/exclusive_detail_ektid47827.asp
4. Hall of Shame, ''Punk'd''.

References

★ Official site

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