Brett Ratner
- Born: 28 Mar, 1969
As a precocious youngster growing up in Miami, Florida, director Brett Ratner channeled his energy into becoming one of the hottest young directors of his time. After spending his childhood enthusiastically filming his friends with a camcorder, yet not-so-enthusiastically doing his schoolwork, Ratner was accepted to NYU, a school he chose primarily because it was Martin Scorsese's alma mater, at the age of 16. He was required to pitch his burgeoning directing skills as worthy of admittance to the prestigious Tisch School of the Arts at NYU due to his lackluster academic record (after being initially rejected he begged the dean to view his films to keep him from "living on my mom's couch in Miami the rest of my life."). NYU was impressed enough to let Ratner enroll, despite being ...
FAMILY & COMPANIONS
- mother Marcia Ratner: well-known socialite in Miami
- grandmother Finata Pressman: well-known socialite in Miami
- Rebecca Gayheart: directed her in the short "What Ever Happened to Mason Reese?"; together from c. 1989 to summer 1999; reportedly reconciled in 2001
- Jennifer Meyer: West Coast beauty editor for Glamour; dated in summer and fall 1999
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