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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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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.
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.
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
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| 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 |