
Brett Ratner
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- March 28, 1969
- Birthplace
- Miami Beach, Florida, USA
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brett Ratner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
- Rush Hour 4
Rush Hour 4 TBA
Director
- Blue Blood
Blue Blood TBA
Director
- Jackie Chan: Down to Earth
Jackie Chan: Down to Earth TBA
as Self

Melania 2026
Director, Producer

Jackie Chan: Building an Icon 2021
as Self (archive footage)

Pollywood 2020
as Self

Georgetown 2019
Producer

The Lego Ninjago Movie 2017
Executive Producer

The Fabulous Allan Carr 2017
as Self

Rules Don't Apply 2016
Producer

Before the Flood 2016
Producer

Dark Crimes 2016
Producer

Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds 2016
Executive Producer

War Dogs 2016
Executive Producer

S Is for Stanley 2016
Producer

I Saw the Light 2016
Producer

The Revenant 2015
Executive Producer

Chuck Norris vs Communism 2015
Producer
- American Express Unstaged: Dead & Company
American Express Unstaged: Dead & Company 2015
Director

Truth 2015
Producer

The Audition 2015
Producer

Black Mass 2015
Executive Producer

By Sidney Lumet 2015
Executive Producer

Scorsese's GoodFellas 2015
Producer

Barely Lethal 2015
Producer

The Water Diviner 2014
Executive Producer

Horrible Bosses 2 2014
Producer

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films 2014
Producer

One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film 2014
Producer

Hercules 2014
Director, Producer

Jersey Boys 2014
Executive Producer

Night Will Fall 2014
Producer

Mysteries of the Jules Rimet Trophy 2014
Director, Executive Producer

Seduced and Abandoned 2013
as Self

Movie 43 2013
Director

Eddie Murphy: One Night Only 2012
as Self

Mirror Mirror 2012
Producer

In The Tracks of Lalo Schifrin 2012
as Self

Woody Allen: A Documentary 2011
Executive Producer

Tower Heist 2011
Director

Horrible Bosses 2011
Producer

POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold 2011
as Self

Skyline 2010
Executive Producer

Mother's Day 2010
Producer

Catfish 2010
Executive Producer

I'm Still Here 2010
Thanks

With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story 2010
as Self

Prison Break: The Final Break 2009
Executive Producer

How Bruce Lee Changed the World 2009
as Self

I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale 2009
as Self, Producer

New York, I Love You 2008
Director

21 2008
Executive Producer
- Making Rush Hour 3
Making Rush Hour 3 2007
as Self

Rush Hour 3 2007
Director

The Grand 2007
as "Sob Story" Barry Blaustein

Code Name: The Cleaner 2007
Producer
- X3: The Excitement Continues
X3: The Excitement Continues 2006
as Self

Brett Ratner's X-Diaries 2006
as Self

End Game 2006
Executive Producer

X-Men: The Last Stand 2006
Director

The N Word 2006
as Self

Running Scared 2006
Producer

Class Act 2006
as Self

Santa's Slay 2005
Producer

Reservoir Dogs Revisited 2005
as Self

After the Sunset 2004
Director
- Unseen + Untold: Scarface
Unseen + Untold: Scarface 2003
Actor

A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon' 2003
as Self

Paid in Full 2002
Producer

Red Dragon 2002
Director
- Lady Luck!
Lady Luck! 2001
Director

Rush Hour 2 2001
Director

Double Take 2001
Producer

The Family Man 2000
Director

Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99 1999
Director

Black and White 1999
as Brett Ratner

Jackie Chan: My Stunts 1999
Thanks

Evil Luke Lee 1999
Director

A Piece of the Action: Behind the Scenes of Rush Hour 1999
as Self

Raising the Heights 1998
Music Supervisor

Rush Hour 1998
Director

Money Talks 1997
Director

Jackie Chan - From Stuntman to Superstar 1996
as Self

Meet Mickey Rourke 1994
Director

Whatever Happened to Mason Reese 1990
Director, Writer

Scarface 1983
as Boy Lying on Raft in Pool (uncredited)
Credits from TMDB.