- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- March 28, 1969
- Place of Birth
- Miami Beach, Florida, USA
Brett Ratner
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 m…
Filmography
movieMelania
2026 · Director, Producer
movieJackie Chan: Building an Icon
2021 · Self (archive footage)
moviePollywood
2020 · Self
movieGeorgetown
2019 · Producer
movieThe Lego Ninjago Movie
2017 · Executive Producer
movieThe Fabulous Allan Carr
2017 · Self
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
movieChuck Norris vs Communism
2015 · Producer
American Express Unstaged: Dead & Company
movieAmerican Express Unstaged: Dead & Company
2015 · Director
tvBreakthrough
2015 · Director
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
movieElectric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014 · Producer
movieOne Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film
2014 · Producer
movieHercules
2014 · Director, Producer
movieJersey Boys
2014 · Executive Producer
movieNight Will Fall
2014 · Producer
movieMysteries of the Jules Rimet Trophy
2014 · Director, Executive Producer
tvLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self - Guest
movieSeduced and Abandoned
2013 · Self
movieMovie 43
2013 · Director
movieEddie Murphy: One Night Only
2012 · Self
movieMirror Mirror
2012 · Producer
movieIn The Tracks of Lalo Schifrin
2012 · Self
movieWoody Allen: A Documentary
2011 · Executive Producer
movieTower Heist
2011 · Director
movieHorrible Bosses
2011 · Producer
moviePOM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
2011 · Self
tvCHAOS
2011 · Director, Producer
movieSkyline
2010 · Executive Producer
movieMother's Day
2010 · Producer
movieCatfish
2010 · Executive Producer
movieI'm Still Here
2010 · Thanks
movieWith Great Power: The Stan Lee Story
2010 · Self
moviePrison Break: The Final Break
2009 · Executive Producer
movieHow Bruce Lee Changed the World
2009 · Self
movieI Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
2009 · Self, Producer
Blue Blood
tvBlue Blood
2008 · Director
movieNew York, I Love You
2008 · Director
movie21
2008 · Executive Producer
movieMaking Rush Hour 3
2007 · Self
tvWomen's Murder Club
2007 · Producer
movieRush Hour 3
2007 · Director
movieThe Grand
2007 · "Sob Story" Barry Blaustein
tvOn the Lot
2007
movieCode Name: The Cleaner
2007 · Producer
movieBrett Ratner's X-Diaries
2006 · Himself
movieEnd Game
2006 · Executive Producer
movieX-Men: The Last Stand
2006 · Director
movieThe N Word
2006 · Self
movieRunning Scared
2006 · Producer
movieClass Act
2006 · Self
movieSanta's Slay
2005 · Producer
tvPrison Break
2005 · Director, Executive Producer
movieReservoir Dogs Revisited
2005 · Self
movieAfter the Sunset
2004 · Director
tvEntourage
2004 · Brett Ratner
movieA Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon'
2003 · Self
tvJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self
moviePaid in Full
2002 · Producer
movieRed Dragon
2002 · Director
Lady Luck!
movieLady Luck!
2001 · Director
movieRush Hour 2
2001 · Director
movieDouble Take
2001 · Producer
movieThe Family Man
2000 · Director
movieMadonna: The Video Collection 93:99
1999 · Director
movieBlack and White
1999 · Brett Ratner
tvMaking the Video
1999 · Director
movieJackie Chan: My Stunts
1999 · Thanks
movieA Piece of the Action: Behind the Scenes of Rush Hour
1999 · Self
movieEvil Luke Lee
1999 · Director
movieRaising the Heights
1998 · Music Supervisor
movieRush Hour
1998 · Director
movieMoney Talks
1997 · Director
movieJackie Chan - From Stuntman to Superstar
1996 · Self
movieMeet Mickey Rourke
1994 · Director
movieWhatever Happened to Mason Reese
1990 · Director, Writer
movieScarface
1983 · Boy Lying on Raft in Pool (uncredited)
Jackie Chan: Down to Earth
movieJackie Chan: Down to Earth
— · Self
Blue Blood
movieBlue Blood
— · Director
Rush Hour 4
movieRush Hour 4
— · Director
Untitled Melania Trump Docuseries
tvUntitled Melania Trump Docuseries
— · Director