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Brett Ratner
Producer, Director, Actor, WriterBorn March 28, 1969 (56 years)
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. He has not produced a film in Hollywood since then, and he emigrated to Israel in 2023.
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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. He has not produced a film in Hollywood since then, and he emigrated to Israel in 2023.
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| 2019 | |
| 2017 | The Lego Ninjago Movie · as Executive Producer |
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| 2016 | |
| 2016 | War Dogs · as Executive Producer |
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| 2016 | Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds · as Executive Producer |
| 2016 | Rush Hour (2016) (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
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| 2015 | The Revenant · as Executive Producer |
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| 2015 | Fun Size Horror: Volume Two · as Executive Producer |
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| 2015 | Black Mass · as Executive Producer |
| 2015 | By Sidney Lumet · as Executive Producer |
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| 2014 | The Water Diviner · as Executive Producer |
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| 2014 | Jersey Boys · as Executive Producer |
| 2014 | Mysteries of the Jules Rimet Trophy · as Executive Producer |
| 2014 | 30 for 30: Soccer Stories (TV Series) |
| 2012 | Chinese Zodiac · as Executive Producer |
| 2012 | |
| 2012 | Woody Allen: A Documentary · as Executive Producer |
| 2012 | Rogue · as Executive Producer |
| 2011 | |
| 2011 | Nick Cannon: Mr. Show Biz · as Executive Producer |
| 2011 | CHAOS (TV Series) |
| 2010 | |
| 2010 | Catfish · as Executive Producer |
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| 2009 | Prison Break: The Final Break · as Executive Producer |
| 2009 | |
| 2008 | 21 · as Executive Producer |
| 2008 | Blue Blood · as Executive Producer |
| 2007 | Women's Murder Club (TV Series) |
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| 2005 | Prison Break (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
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| 2005 | Untitled David Diamond/David Weissman Project · as Executive Producer |
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| 1999 | Independent Lens (TV Series) |
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| 1985 | American Masters (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |