Brett Ratner (born March 28, 1969) is an American filmmaker and music video director. Ratner directed several music videos and one movie, the 1997 action comedy Money Talks, before reaching commercial success with the action-comedy Rush Hour (1998), starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker, both of whom reunited with Ratner for two sequels, Rush Hour 2 (2001) and Rush Hour 3 (2007). Ratner was under consideration to direct X-Men (2000) and Superman Returns (2006), although both were eventually directed by Bryan Singer.
After Singer left the X-Men franchise to direct Superman Returns, Ratner became director of X-Men: The Last Stand (2006). In May 2008, it was announced that Ratner would be directing the upcoming long in-development Beverly Hills Cop IV. He also edited the English version of the Indian movie Kites, starring Indian superstar Hrithik Roshan and Mexican actress Bárbara Mori.
The movie was scheduled for release on May 21, 2010. Ratner directed and served as an executive producer on the 2011 CBS comedy-drama television series CHAOS.