Bryan Singer

Born in New York in 1965, Singer studied cinema first at the New York’s School of Visual Arts and later at the USC School of Cinematic Arts in Los Angeles. His debut movie, Public Access (1993), showed him to be a director with an unusual gift for suspense, something that would be confirmed with The Usual Suspects (1995), a film that made him famous among audiences and critics and that would be one of the high points of the contemporary thriller. He subsequently adapted Stephen King in Apt Pupil (1998) and he would change fantasy with X-Men (2000) and X-Men 2 (2003), screen versions of Marvel comics that can largely be considered the models for many of the superhero movies that have come out in recent years. The filmmaker would continue investigating the subject with Superman Returns (2006) to later surprise us with the historical thriller Valkiria (2008). He’s executive producer for series like House (since 2004) and Sexymoney (2007-2009).

Sitges Film Festival