Brett Ratner

Brett Ratner represents a kind of filmmaker I think gets underrated in critical conversation: the commercial craftsman. The Rush Hour films are not auteur statements, but making buddy-comedy action that plays equally well in Miami, Tokyo, and Hong Kong takes real instincts for pacing and chemistry. His producing résumé, spanning The Revenant and Prison Break, shows a sharper eye for material than his directing reputation suggests. I would not call him a stylist, and his standing in Hollywood has grown complicated over the years, but as a student of what makes mainstream audiences laugh and lean forward, he clearly knew his trade.

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Name (English)

Brett Ratner

Name (Japanese)

ブレット・ラトナー

Reading

ぶれっと・らとなー

Born

March 28, 1969 (age 57)

Origin

Miami Beach, Florida, United States

Occupation

film director / film producer / screenwriter

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Rooster

High school

Miami Beach Senior High School

University

New York University Tisch School of the Arts

Awards & achievements

• star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

• Official sitehttp://www.brettratner.com:80/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/brettrat/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett%20Ratner
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%96%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%88%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q319204

Tags

• Florida
• film director
• film producer
• screenwriter

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.