Ratner has said that he "really didn't know" his biological father, and that he considers Alvin Malnik, a lawyer and businessman with alleged organized crime ties who opened the famous Forge restaurant in Miami Beach, to be his father, "the one who raised" him. Ratner's mother was sixteen when he was born. in the 1960s with her parents, Fanita and Mario Presman (their families had originally moved to Cuba from Eastern Europe). His mother was born in Cuba, and immigrated to the U.S. His grandfather was d-CON mail order rat poison company founder and real estate developer Lee Ratner. He grew up in a "middle-class Jewish family". Ratner was born and raised in Miami Beach, Florida, the son of Marsha Presman and Ronald Ratner. 3.2 Sexual assault and harassment claims.Ratner has not made a film since 2017, when allegations of sexual harassment and assault against him emerged in the wake of the MeToo movement.
In January 2017, Ratner received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to the motion picture industry, located at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard. Ratner led RatPac's partnership with Dune Entertainment in September 2013 for a co-producing deal with Warner Bros. Ratner is the co-founder of RatPac Entertainment, a film production company. Overall, the films Ratner has directed have earned over $2 billion at the global box office.
Ratner got his start directing with music videos in the 1990s, and directed his first motion picture, Money Talks, in 1997.
He is also a producer of several films, including the Horrible Bosses series, The Revenant and War Dogs. He directed the Rush Hour film series, The Family Man, Red Dragon, X-Men: The Last Stand, and Tower Heist. Brett Ratner (born March 28, 1969) is an American film director and producer.