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Bryan Singer Biography

Birth Name:Bryan Jay Singer

Birth Place:New York City, New York, United States

Profession Producer, Director, Writer, Actor, Camera department

Fast Facts

Was nominated for the 2001 Nebula Award for best script
Studied filmmaking at the School of Visual Arts and the University of Southern California
Got his big break when he produced the film "Lion's Den" with his friend Ethan Hawke
Quote: "[On picking projects to work on] "I wanted to try to use the influence I had to make this difficult and cold movie․""
Founded the production company Bad Hat Productions
Was listed as the sole director of "Bohemian Rhapsody" despite not finishing the film
Was in contention to director "X-Men: The Last Stand," but instead chose to direct "Superman Returns․"

Awards

1993Critics Award-: winner
1993Grand Jury Prize-Dramatic: winner
1995ACCA-Best Motion Picture: nominated
1995Golden Space Needle Award-Best Director: winner
1995STFC Award-Best Director: winner
1995Silver Award-: winner
1996Saturn Award-Best Director: nominated
1996BAFTA Film Award-Best Film: nominated
1996César-Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger): nominated
1996Empire Award-Best Debut: winner
1997Readers' Choice Award-Best Foreign Language Film: winner
1998Tokyo Grand Prix-: nominated
1999Saturn Award-Best Director: nominated
1999OFTA Film Award-Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror Picture: nominated
2001Saturn Award-Best Director: winner
2001Empire Award-Best Director: winner
2001Hugo-Best Dramatic Presentation: nominated
2002Nebula Award-Best Script: nominated
2003Rondo Statuette-Best Genre Film: nominated
2004Saturn Award-Best Director: nominated
2004Hugo-Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form: nominated
2006Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
2006Scream Award-Best Director: nominated
2007Saturn Award-Best Director: winner
2007Empire Award-Best Director: nominated
2007Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
2008Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
2008Audience Award-Best Feature Film: winner
2009Saturn Award-Best Director: nominated
2009Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
2013Emmy-Outstanding Historical Programming - Long Form: nominated
2014Flicker Award-Best Fight Scenes: winner
2014Rondo Statuette-Best Film: nominated
2015Saturn Award-Best Director: nominated
2015Jupiter Award-Best International Film: winner
2017Saturn Award-Best Director: nominated
2019CinEuphoria-Top Ten of the Year - Audience Award: winner
2019Cinema Brazil Grand Prize-Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro): nominated
2019David-Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero): nominated
2019Fantastic Award (Prémios Fantastic)-Best International Film (Melhor Filme Internacional): nominated
2019Rosa de Sant Jordi Audience Award-Best Foreign Film (Millor pel·lícula estrangera): winner