Brett Ratner is an American film director and producer best known for directing the Rush Hour film series, The Family Man, Red Dragon, X-Men: The Last Stand, and Tower Heist.
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Brett was born on March 28, 1969 in Miami Beach, Florida to parents Marsha Presman (mother) and Ronald Ratner (father).
Brett’s biological father became homeless in Miami Beach, a situation which inspired the younger Ratner to become a board member of the nationwide nonprofit organization Chrysalis, which helps the homeless find work.
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Ronald Ratner’s father was d-CON mail order rat poison company founder and real estate developer Lee Ratner.
Brett has said that he “really didn’t know” his biological father Ronald Ratner.
Brett further said he rather considers Alvin Malnik, a lawyer and businessman with alleged organized crime ties who founded the famous Forge restaurant in Miami Beach, as his father, “the one who raised” him.
According to several reports, Malnik was a friend of Lee Ratner and he didn’t have a romantic relationship with Marsha Presman, Brett’s mother.
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