Bryan Singer (born September 17 1965) is an American film director and film producer. Singer won critical acclaim for his work on The Usual Suspects, and is especially popular among fans of the sci-fi and comic book genres, for his work on the first two X-Men films and Superman Returns.
(July 2000) Singer attended the 2000 Comic Con in San Diego in a surprise appearance promoting his new movie, X-Men (2000).
(1989) Graduated from USC cinema school
His production company, Bad Hat Harry Productions, is named after a line in Jaws (1975), one of his favorite movies.
Graduate of West Windsor-Plainsboro High School in New Jersey.
Childhood friends with actor Ethan Hawke.
Met composer/editor/director John Ottman at USC School of Cinema-Television.
Attended The School Of Visual Arts in New York City for a brief period of time but did not graduate from there. Visited the school in October 2000 to talk to the film students about his experiences in the film industry.
Cousin of actors Marc Singer (I) and Lori Singer.
His favourite movie is Jaws (1975).
Received a copy of the mockumentary _Forgotten Silver (1995)_ as a gift from director Peter Jackson (I), to thank him for finishing Ian McKellen's scenes in X-Men (2000) in time for him to fly to New Zealand and begin work on Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001).
Is a big Star Trek fan and had a cameo appearance in _Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)_ as a crewman on the bridge of the U.S.S. Enterprise.
Ranked #46 on Premiere's 2006 "Power 50" list. It is his first appearance on the list.
DC Comics offered Singer access to the 20 plus years of development information that Superman has had since 1986, but Singer vehemently refused to use this information, instead insisting that he use only the continuity of the Richard Donner films.
