SINGER, Bryan 1965–

PERSONAL

Born September 17, 1965, in New York, NY; son of Norbert Dave (a corporate executive) and Grace (an environmental activist; maiden name, Sinden) Singer; nephew of Jacques Singer (a conductor); cousin of Marc Singer (an actor) and Lori Singer (an actress). Education: Attended School of Visual Arts, New York City; University of Southern California, graduated, 1989. Religion: Judaism.

Addresses:

Office—Bad Hat Harry Productions, 4000 Warner Blvd., Building 76, Suite 100, Burbank, CA 91512. Agent—David Wirtschafter, William Morris Agency, 151 El Camino Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212; (commercials) Marshall Rawlings, Propaganda Independent, 940 North Mansfield, Hollywood, CA 90038. Publicist—Bumble Ward and Associates Public Relations, 8383 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 340, Beverly Hills, CA 90211.

Career:

Director, producer, writer, and actor. Bad Hat Harry Productions (production company), founder and principal; director of commercials; attended comics conventions.

Awards, Honors:

Grand Jury Prize, Sundance Film Festival, and Critics Award, Deauville Film Festival, both 1993, for Public Access; Golden Space Needle Award, Seattle Film Festival, best director, Best Director Award, Texas Society of Film Critics, Silver Award, Tokyo International Film Festival, and nomination for Golden Palm, Cannes International Film Festival, all 1995, Film Award (with Michael McDonnell), British Academy of Film and Television Arts, best film, Readers' Choice Award, Kinema Junpo awards, best foreign language film, Empire Award, best debut, Saturn Award nomination, Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, best director, and Cesar Award nomination, Academie des Arts et Techniques du Cinema, best foreign film, all 1996, all for The Usual Suspects; President Award, Saturn awards, 1996; Saturn Award nomination, best director, 1999, for Apt Pupil; Saturn Award and Empire Award, both best director, 2001, and Nebula Award nomination (with others), Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, best script, 2002, all for X–Men; Saturn Award nomination, best director, 2004, for X2.

CREDITS

Film Director:

Lion's Den (short film), 1991.

Public Access, Panorama Entertainment, 1993.

The Usual Suspects (also known as Die Ueblichen Verdaechtigen), Gramercy, 1995.

Apt Pupil (also known as Golden Boy, L'eleve doue, and Un eleve doue—Ete de corruption), TriStar, 1997.

X–Men (also known as X–Men 1.5), Twentieth Century–Fox, 2000.

X2 (also known as X–Men 2, X–Men 2: X–Men United, and X–Men United), Twentieth Century–Fox, 2003.

"The Last Question," Alien Love Triangle, Dimension Films, 2005.

Superman Returns, Warner Bros., 2006.

Film Executive Producer:

Public Access, Panorama Entertainment, 1993.

Burn, 1998.

X2 (also known as X–Men 2, X–Men 2: X–Men United, and X–Men United), Twentieth Century–Fox, 2003.

Superman Returns, Warner Bros., 2006.

Film Producer:

Lion's Den (short film), 1991.

The Usual Suspects (also known as Die Ueblichen Verdaechtigen), Gramercy, 1995.

Apt Pupil (also known as Golden Boy, L'eleve doue, and Un eleve doue—Ete de corruption), TriStar, 1997.

Film Grip:

Street Trash, Lightning Pictures, 1987.

Film Appearances:

Himself, Cannes Man (also known as Canne$ Man and Con Man), Rocket Pictures Home Video, 1996.

(Uncredited) The Book That Wrote Itself, Echelon Entertainment, 1999.

(Uncredited) Bridge officer, Star Trek: Nemesis, Paramount, 2002.

(Uncredited) Security officer in Magneto's prison, X2 (also known as X–Men 2, X–Men 2: X–Men United, and X–Men United), Twentieth Century–Fox, 2003.

My Life with Count Dracula (documentary), Hungry Jackal Productions, 2003.

Himself, Access Nation (documentary), 2004.

Voices of police chief Brody and mayor, Jaws (animated short film), 2004.

Television Executive Producer; Series:

House (also known as House, M.D.), Fox, 2004—.

Television Work; Miniseries:

Creator, co–executive producer, and producer of a miniseries about the Bermuda Triangle, Sci–Fi Channel, 2005.

Television Director; Episodic:

"Occam's Razor," House (also known as House, M.D.), Fox, 2004.

Television Director; Pilots:

House (also known as House, M.D.), Fox, 2004.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

The 100 Greatest Movie Stars, Channel 4 (England), 2003.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius (also known as Dial H for Hitchcock and Dial H Hitchcock: The Genius behind the Showman), TCM, 1999.

Himself, X–Men: The Mutant Watch, Fox, 2000.

Himself, The Inside Reel: Digital Filmmaking, PBS, 2001.

Himself, X–pose: X2 Mutants Uncovered, Fox, 2003.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Himself, "X2: X–Men United," HBO First Look, HBO, 2003.

Himself, "Superheroes," SuperSecret Movie Rules, VH1, 2004.

(In archive footage) Himself, Celebrities Uncensored, E! Entertainment Television, 2004.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

Keyser Soeze: Lie or Legend?, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer Home Entertainment, 2002.

Round Up: Deposing "The Usual Suspects," Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer Home Entertainment, 2002.

Introducing the Incredible Nightcrawler!, Twentieth Century–Fox Home Entertainment, 2003.

Requiem for Mutants: The Score of "X2," Twentieth Century–Fox Home Entertainment, 2003.

The Second Uncanny Issue of X–Men! Making "X2," Twentieth Century–Fox Home Entertainment, 2003.

The Secret Origin of X–Men, Twentieth Century–Fox Home Entertainment, 2003.

The Uncanny Suspects, Twentieth Century–Fox Home Entertainment, 2003.

The Visual Effects of X–Men, Twentieth Century–Fox Home Entertainment, 2003.

X–Factor: The Look of "X–Men," Twentieth Century–Fox Home Entertainment, 2003.

X–Men Production Scrapbook, Twentieth Century–Fox Home Entertainment, 2003.

Video Games:

Creator (with Mark Feigin) of a video game about the Secret Service, Tigon Studios.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

(With others) Public Access, Panorama Entertainment, 1993.

(With David Hayter) X–Men (also known as X–Men 1.5; based on comic books and characters), Twentieth Century–Fox, 2000.

"The Last Question," Alien Love Triangle, Dimension Films, 2005.

Stories for Films:

The Way of the Gun, Artisan Entertainment, 2000.

(With Tom DeSanto) X–Men (also known as X–Men 1.5; based on comic books and characters), Twentieth Century–Fox, 2000.

X2 (also known as X–Men 2, X–Men 2: X–Men United, and X–Men United; based on comic books and characters), Twentieth Century–Fox, 2003.

Logan's Run (based on the earlier film of the same name and the novel by George Clayton Jackson and William F. Nolan), Warner Bros., 2005.

Comic Books:

Author of issues of Ultimate X–Men.

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

Authors and Artists for Young Adults, Volume 44, Gale, 2002.

Periodicals:

Advocate, October 27, 1998, p. 75.

Empire, Issue 79, 1996, p. 94.

Entertainment Weekly, August 21, 1998, p. 36; November 6, 1998, p. 56; July 21, 2000, pp. 26, 50; December 1, 2000, p. 71.

Premiere, May, 1998, pp. 45–51, 102.