Bryan Singer

Biography

Bryan Jay Singer (born September 17, 1965) is an American director, producer and writer. He is the founder of Bad Hat Harry Productions and has produced almost all of the films he has directed, as well as multiple television series. After graduating from the University of Southern California, Singer directed his first short film, Lion's Den (1988). On the basis of that film, he received financing for his next film, Public Access (1993), which was a co-winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 1993 Sundance Film Festival. In the mid-1990s, Singer received critical acclaim for directing the neo-noir crime thriller The Usual Suspects (1995). He followed this with another thriller, Apt Pupil (1998), an adaptation of a Stephen King novella about a boy's fascination with a Nazi war criminal. In the 2000s, he became known for big budget superhero films such as X-Men (2000), for which Singer won the 2000 Saturn Award for Best Director, its sequel X2 (2003), and Superman Returns (2006). He then directed the World War II historical thriller Valkyrie (2008), co-wrote/co-produced X-Men: First Class (2011), and directed the fantasy adventure film Jack the Giant Slayer (2013), as well as two more …

Directed

1. Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) — Director
2. X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) — Director
3. X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) — Director
4. X-Men (2000) — Director
5. The Usual Suspects (1995) — Director
6. X2 (2003) — Director
7. House (2004) — Director
8. Jack the Giant Slayer (2013) — Director
9. Superman Returns (2006) — Director
10. Valkyrie (2008) — Director
11. The Gifted (2017) — Director
12. Apt Pupil (1998) — Director
13. Battle Creek (2015) — Director
14. Mockingbird Lane (2012) — Director
15. Public Access (1993) — Director
16. Lion's Den (1988) — Director
17. Mockingbird Lane (2012) — Director
18. Monument (2026) — Director

Also appeared in

1. X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) — Man with Small Film Camera (uncredited)
2. X2 (2003) — Prison Security Officer (uncredited)
3. House (2004) — Bryan Singer
4. Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) — Kelly (uncredited)
5. X-Men: The Mutant Watch (2000) — Self - Director
6. An Open Secret (2014) — Self (archive footage)
7. Milius (2013) — Self
8. Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics (2010) — Self (archive footage)
9. David Blaine: Beyond Magic (2016) — Self
10. With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story (2010) — Self
11. Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman (2006) — Self
12. The Shark Is Still Working (2009) — Self
13. Cannes Man (1996) — Self
14. A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers (2009) — Self
15. Requiem for Krypton: Making 'Superman Returns' (2006) — Self
16. X-Men: Premieres Around the World (2003) — Self
17. X2 Global Webcast Highlights (2003) — Self
18. The Valkyrie Legacy (2008) — Self
19. Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound (2008) — Self - Writer, Producer & Director, Superman Returns
20. The Secret Origin of X-Men (2003) — Self
21. Official Rejection (2009) — Self
22. Stanley Kubrick: The Invisible Man (1996) — Self
23. Celebrities Uncensored (2003) — Self
24. The Science of Superman (2006) — Self
25. The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2 (2003) — Self
26. Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class (2011) — Self
27. Requiem for Mutants: The Score of X2 (2003) — Self
28. Introducing the Incredible Nightcrawler! (2003) — Himself
29. Lion's Den (1988) — Michael
30. Evolution X - The Making of X-Men (2003)
31. Keyser Soze, Lie or Legend - Featurette (2002) — Self
32. Pursuing the Suspects (2002) — Himself
33. Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects' (2002) — Self
34. HypaSpace (2002) — Self
35. The Book That Wrote Itself (2000) — Bryan Singer
36. The Face is Familiar (2009) — Himself
37. Nothing Is What It Seems: The Making Of 'The Usual Suspects' (1998) — Self
38. Doin’ Time with The Usual Suspects (2002) — Himself
39. Marvel Studios: Building a Cinematic Universe (2012) — Self
40. House: Swan Song (2012) — 布莱恩·辛格