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Brett Ratner Biography
Birth Name:Brett Ratner
Birth Place:Miami Beach, Florida, United States
Profession Producer, Director, Actor, Soundtrack, Music department
Fast Facts
- Graduated from Miami Beach Senior High School in 1986
- His directing career began with music videos, directing hundreds of music videos before moving on to film in 1997 with "Money Talks․"
- Was inspired to pursue a career in film after watching 1980's "Raging Bull․"
- Known for collaborating with actors Don Cheadle, Chris Tucker and Ken Leung
- Replaced by Brian Grazer as the producer of the 84th Academy Awards
- Cites Hal Ashby as his favorite director and 1932's "Scarface" as his favorite film
- Replaced Matthew Vaughn as director of the 2006 film "X-Men: The Last Stand․"
Awards
- 2002Best Film-: nominated
- 2012Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Nonfiction Series: nominated
- 2015FOCAL Award-Award for Best Use of Footage in a History Production: winner
- 2015FOCAL Award-Best Use of Footage in a Factual Production: nominated
- 2015FOCAL Award-Best Use of Footage in a Cinema Release: winner
- 2015ITN Source-Best Historical Documentary: nominated
- 2016Fantastic Fest Jury Award-Best Documentary Feature: nominated
- 2016Emmy-Outstanding Historical Programming - Long Form: winner
- 2017Primetime Emmy-Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking: nominated