Brett Ratner
Directing
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brett Ratner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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movieMelania
2026
Director
tvBreakthrough
2015
Director
movieHercules
2014
Director
movieMovie 43
2013
Director
movieTower Heist
2011
Director
tvCHAOS
2011
Director
Blue Blood
2008
Director
movieNew York, I Love You
2008
Director
movieRush Hour 3
2007
Director
movieX-Men: The Last Stand
2006
Director
tvPrison Break
2005
Director
movieAfter the Sunset
2004
Director
movieRed Dragon
2002
Director
Lady Luck!
2001
Director
movieRush Hour 2
2001
Director
movieThe Family Man
2000
Director
tvMaking the Video
1999
Director
movieEvil Luke Lee
1999
Director
movieRush Hour
1998
Director
movieMoney Talks
1997
Director
movieMeet Mickey Rourke
1994
Director
Blue Blood
Director
Rush Hour 4
Director
Production45
movieMelania
2026
Producer
movieGeorgetown
2019
Producer
movieThe Lego Ninjago Movie
2017
Executive Producer
movieBright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
2017
Executive Producer
movieRules Don't Apply
2016
Producer
movieBefore the Flood
2016
Producer
movieDark Crimes
2016
Producer
movieWar Dogs
2016
Executive Producer
movieS Is for Stanley
2016
Producer
tvRush Hour
2016
Executive Producer
movieI Saw the Light
2016
Producer
movieThe Revenant
2015
Executive Producer
movieTruth
2015
Producer
movieThe Audition
2015
Producer
movieBlack Mass
2015
Executive Producer
movieBy Sidney Lumet
2015
Executive Producer
movieScorsese's GoodFellas
2015
Producer
movieBarely Lethal
2015
Producer
movieThe Water Diviner
2014
Executive Producer
movieHorrible Bosses 2
2014
Producer
movieHercules
2014
Producer
movieJersey Boys
2014
Executive Producer
movieNight Will Fall
2014
Producer
movieMysteries of the Jules Rimet Trophy
2014
Executive Producer
movieMirror Mirror
2012
Producer
movieWoody Allen: A Documentary
2011
Executive Producer
movieHorrible Bosses
2011
Producer
tvCHAOS
2011
Producer
movieSkyline
2010
Executive Producer
movieMother's Day
2010
Producer
movieCatfish
2010
Executive Producer
moviePrison Break: The Final Break
2009
Executive Producer
movie21
2008
Executive Producer
tvWomen's Murder Club
2007
Producer
movieCode Name: The Cleaner
2007
Producer
movieEnd Game
2006
Executive Producer
movieRunning Scared
2006
Producer
movieSanta's Slay
2005
Producer
tvPrison Break
2005
Executive Producer
moviePaid in Full
2002
Producer
movieDouble Take
2001
Producer
Acting26
movieJackie Chan: Building an Icon
2021
Self (archive footage)
tvLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Self - Guest
movieThe Grand
2007
"Sob Story" Barry Blaustein
tvEntourage
2004
Brett Ratner
movieBlack and White
1999
Brett Ratner
movieScarface
1983
Boy Lying on Raft in Pool (uncredited)
Crew2
Sound1
movieRaising the Heights
1998
Music Supervisor