Brett Ratner (born March 28, 1969) is an
American film director and
music-video director. He is best known as the director of
The Family Man,
After the Sunset,
Red Dragon, the
Rush Hour series, and
X-Men: The Last Stand. He is also a producer on the Fox drama,
Prison Break. He will be directing
Beverly Hills Cop IV which is due for a Summer 2009 release.
Early life
Brett Ratner was born in
Miami Beach to Marcia Presman, who was the 16-year-old daughter of Fanita and Mario Presman, Eastern European
Jews who lived in
Cuba before moving to Florida in the 1960s.
[Beach boy nurtures his roots - Entertainment News, Billion-Dollar Director: Brett Ratner, Media -Variety] His father was Ronny Ratner, the 25-year-old son of a wealthy Miami businessman. Ratner's parents married when he was in his senior year of high school, and his father died in 2006.
[Nancy Jo Sales, "Hollywood Loves Brett Ratner", Vanity Fair, March 2007]