Brett Ratner

Brett Ratner: Biography in Details

Who is Brett Ratner?

Brett Ratner is an Emmy Award-winning director and producer. Brett Ratner is renowned as the director of movies including Rush Hour and X-Men: The Last Stand. 

Last, in 2019, he produced the movie, the biographical drama, Georgetown.

Brett Ratner- Birth, Age, Parents, Ethnicity, Siblings

Brett Ratner was born on the 28th of March 1969 in Miami Beach, Florida in a middle-class Jewish family. He is of Ukraine ethnicity.

His mother, Marsha Pratts is a socialite whereas his father, Ronald Ratner is a businessman by profession. His mother, Marsha is originally from Cuba.

Along with his parents, Fanita and Mario Pressman migrated to the United States in the early ’60s. He has a younger brother, Max. Max is a board member of the Chrysalis.

His mother, Marsha was just 16 years old when he was born. He shares a feeble relationship with his biological father. Back in May 2011, he told to Aventura Business Monthly that he doesn’t know his biological father. Also, he considers the businessman, Alvin Malnik as his father.

In which school did Brett Ratner attend?

Talking about his educational background, he completed his elementary education from Rabbi Alexander S. Gross Hebrew Academy in Miami Beach.

Later, Brett Ratner moved to Israel to complete his High School Education from Alexander Muss High School. Moving forward, he graduated from the Miami Beach Senior High School in 1986. Later, in 1990, he earned a bachelor’s degree from Tisch Schools of the Arts from New York University.

During the second year of University, he worked as the manager and executive producer of the rap group, Big Man On Campus. During the university days, he launched his debut short movie, Whatever Happened to Mason Reese?

Brett Ratner- Professional Career

Direction Career

In the initial days, Brett Ratner used to direct short videos. Later, in 1997, he took his first step towards the motion picture with the movie, Money Talks. The following year, he directed the movie, Rush starring the actors like Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker. Moving forward, he continued directing the short video.

However, he got noticed as a director with the movie, The Family Man. After that, he gave back to back hits like Rush Hour 2 and Red Dragon. Such movies made him one of the renowned directors in the film industry. Moving forward, he directed movies like Tower Heist and Hercules. 

Producing Career

As a producer, Brett Ratner debuted with the short movie, Whatever Happened to Mason Reese in 1990. After that, he got associated with many short movies as an executive producer. However, he came in the spotlight with he produced the TV series, Prison Break.

Later, the produced the series including Chaos and Women’s Murder Club. In December 2012, he founded the production company, RatPac-Dune Entertainment along with the Australian billionaire business personality, James Packer.

Along with the production house, RatPac has financed more than 50 movies with more than 51 Oscar nominations. Some of the productions include movies like Gravity, X-Men: The Last Stand, In Time, and Parental Guidance.

 In September 2013, the production house signed a multi-year contract with Warner Bros. Along with Warner, Ratpac co-produced around 75 movies. However, the partnership broke up due to Brett’s sexual harassment case.

Brett Ratner- Net Worth, Salary

As of 2023, Brett Ratner has an estimated net worth of $85 million. His earnings as a director range from $31k to $210k. His salary as the director of the movies; The Family Man and Rush Hour 2 was around $5 million.

Also, the salary for directing the movie, X-Men: The Last Stand was $8 million plus 1% of the total final net collection of the movie. The box office collection of the movie happens to be $460.4 million.

Besides that, Brett Ratner also makes through his production works too. Apart from that, he also earns via the profit of his production house, RatPac Entertainment too.

Body Measurements- Height & Weight

Brett Ratner has blue eyes with black hair. He stands at a height of 5 feet 8 inches and weighs around 90 kg.

Brett Ratner- Controversy & Rumors

The director-producer is renowned for his playboy persona. However, his playboy persona changed into a rapist when a former talent agency employee accused him of rape during the Me Too Movement.

At the same time, six other women accused him of sexual harassment and assault.

The list includes the actresses Olivia Munn and Natasha Henstridge. Due to such allegation, he lost $450 million co-producing deal with the multinational media house, Warner Bros. 

Is Brett Ratner active on social media?

Brett Ratner has over 94.2k followers on Instagram and over 221.2k followers on Twitter. He is not active on Facebook.

On Instagram, he is following the personalities like Samantha Gradoville, Grace Hartzel, and Zita Vass.

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