Brett Ratner
Brett Ratner (born March 28, 1969 in Miami Beach , Florida ) is an American film director and film producer .
Career
Brett Ratner grew up in Miami Beach as the only child of a well-off and well-known Jewish family.
In May 2011 he stated in a 20-question interview that he saw Al Malnik as his actual father and that he felt that he belonged to his family.
He attended Miami Beach Senior High School and in 1986 became president of the local "Leo Club". He was also a member of the "Royal Palm" brotherhood. After graduating from high school, he attended New York University film school . He was in a relationship with Rebecca Gayheart for many years and later with the tennis player Serena Williams , from whom he has since separated. He lives in Beverly Hills .
He made his feature film debut as a director with Money Talks from 1997. Other films followed, especially from the comedy field. Since the end of the 1999s he has also been active as a film and television producer. In 2005 he directed the pilot for Prison Break and was also a producer on the series.
Controversy
Ratner was slated to be the producer for the 2012 Oscars . However, during a promotional tour , Ratner 's homophobic and sexist statements prompted Tom Sherak to exclude Ratner as a producer.
Filmography (selection)
Director
Feature films
- 1990: Whatever Happened to Mason Reese (short film)
- 1997: Money Talks - Money doesn't stink (Money Talks)
- 1998: rush hour
- 2000: Family Man (The Family Man)
- 2001: Rush Hour 2
- 2002: Red Dragon (Red Dragon)
- 2004: After the Sunset
- 2006: X- Men: The Last Stand
- 2007: Rush Hour 3
- 2010: New York, I Love You
- 2011: Temporary gangster (Tower Heist)
- 2013: Movie 43
- 2014: Hercules
Music videos
- 1999: Madonna : "Beautiful Stranger"
- 1999: Mariah Carey : "I Still Believe", "Heartbreaker"
- 2000: Mariah Carey: "Thank God I Found You", "Against All Odds"
- 2005: Mariah Carey: "It's Like That", "We Belong Together"
- 2008: Mariah Carey: "Touch My Body"
producer
- 2001: The Double Take
- 2006: Running Scared
- 2007: Code Name: The Cleaner
- 2008: 21
- 2011: Kill the Boss (Horrible Bosses)
- 2012: Mirror Mirror - The Truly True Story of Snow White (Mirror Mirror)
- 2014: Kill the Boss 2 (Horrible Bosses 2)
- 2014: Electric Boogaloo (Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films , documentary)
- 2015: Chuck Norris and Communism (Chuck Norris vs. Communism , documentary)
- 2015: Secret Agency - Barely Lethal (Barely Lethal)
- 2015: I Saw the Light
- 2015: The Moment of Truth (Truth)
- 2015: S Is for Stanley (documentary)
- 2016: Before the Flood (documentary)
- 2016: Rules do not matter (Rules Do not Apply)
- 2016: Dark Crimes
Executive Producer
- 2005–2007: Prison Break (TV series)
- 2007: Helmut by June
- 2010: Skyline
Web links
- Brett Ratner in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.aventurabusinessmonthly.com: Good Questions with Brett Ratner
- ↑ Naughty like Oscar. In: Spiegel Online. November 9, 2011, accessed November 29, 2014 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ratner, Brett |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 28, 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Miami Beach , Florida , United States |