Brett Ratner: filmography

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Brett Ratner is a famous Hollywood director and producer, whom the audience knows from the films "Rush Hour", "Red Dragon", "X-Men: The Last Stand", "After Sunset" and many others. Let's see what else was remarkable in Brett Ratner's career.

Biography

Brett Ratner was born and raised in Miami. His father was the son of a prominent American businessman, and his mother, a native of Cuba, moved to the US in the early 60s.

Brett Ratner graduated from New York University in 1990.

Already a well-known director, Brett Ratner recalled that the biographical thriller "Raging Bull" influenced his decision to join the world of cinema.

Hollywood career

Brett Ratner's directing career began in 1997. He directed the comedy Money Talks, starring Chris Tucker and Charlie Sheen. With a budget of $25 million, the film grossed more than $48 million at the box office.

But that success pales in comparison to Brett Ratner's next film. Action comedy "Rush Hour" with Jackie Chan and ChrisTucker grossed over $240 million at the box office, received several prestigious film awards, and received positive reviews from film critics and viewers. Of course, the next two sequels were also directed by Brett Ratner. Rush Hour movies are still hugely popular.

In 2002, Ratner took on another very promising project - the film adaptation of the novel "Red Dragon" by the famous American writer Thomas Harris. The events of Red Dragon take place long before The Silence of the Lambs. The protagonist is a selfless FBI agent named Graham, who managed to apprehend the elusive Hannibal Lecter. After this triumph, Graham is about to leave the service, but he cannot do it. A new ruthless serial killer appears in the city. Both the FBI and the police are powerless against him. The only way to stop him is to seek help from a psychiatrist who knows the inner world of the killer better than anyone else - Hannibal Lector.

This Ratner project was also a box office success, not least thanks to the contributions of stars such as Anthony Hopkins and Edward Norton. Critics rated the film highly, although not as much as The Silence of the Lambs.

Back in 1999, when work on the fantasy action movie "X-Men" was just beginning, it was planned that the film would be directed by Brett Ratner. But in the end, he dropped out of the project, and Bryan Singer took his place. He also directed the sequel to the film. In 2006, when Singer turned down an offer to direct the third part of the franchise, Brett Retner ended up in the director's chair. ExactlyHe directed the film X-Men: The Last Stand. The commercial success of this film prompted several more sequels and prequels to the original franchise.

The next notable picture in the career of Brett Ratner is the comedy "How to Steal a Skyscraper" with Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy. The picture became one of the most commercially successful in 2011.

First failure

In 2013, Brett Ratner faced the first failure of his career. He took up the production of the comedy "Movie 43". Star Hollywood actors such as Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslet and Emma Stone saved the picture from a box office failure, but did not save it from a total rout of critics. The film received three "Golden Raspberries", including for the worst director. The reason for this was the lack of a plot as such and frank humor, so to speak, for an amateur.

Private life

Not much is known about Brett Ratner's personal life.

In 2011, he met Russian TV presenter Marina Kim in the Caribbean. Marina, at the invitation of Brett, was present at the shooting of his film "Hercules". It is not known what Marina Kim and Brett Ratner are planning for the future.

For a while there were rumors about the director's romance with singer Mariah Carey. How long this romance lasted and why it ended is unknown.