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