Brett Ratner

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. He is the executive producer of all current 44 episodes of Prison Break and is the director of the episode "Pilot".

Biography

Brett Ratner was born in Miami Beach to Marcia Ratner, a Cuban-born Jewish socialite. 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). Ratner finished directing "Perfect Dark" a picture about San Fransico in the 1920's starring Meryl Streep, Billy Bob Thorton, Josh Duhamel and introducing Matthew Saunders in early 2007. It is set to be released in late July 2007.

He is a guest lecturer at the New York Film Academy and USC

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.

He appeared as himself 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 appearance in Rush Hour 3.

Works

Film and television

Year	Title	Type	Notes
2007	Rush Hour 3	Feature film	Director
2007	Perfect Dark	Film	Director
2006	X-Men: The Last Stand	Feature film	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	"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

References

• Official site