Jury President
Bryan Singer
Director, Writer, Producer

 
Message
First of all I am thrilled to be returning to Tokyo. It’s my eighth time, but it has been awhile. As a lover of film, the opportunity to see fresh new work is first and foremost an honor. To help in the advancement of filmmakers as a jury president/member of such a prestigious festival is an even greater honor. Although I have made some rather commercial pictures, my career was born out of the festival system. I truly understand its importance and look forward to being part of it again. As a juror, but most importantly as an audience member.
 
Biography
Bryan Singer has established himself as a prolific writer, director, and producer characterized by his bold visual style and richly drawn characters. He first gained widespread attention in 1995 with the crime drama The Usual Suspects, which won two Academy Awards®. Singer is currently in production on X-Men: Apocalypse, the follow up film to his box office smash hit X-Men: Days of Future Past. His other film credits include the highly successful X-Men, X2: X-Men United, Superman Returns, Valkyrie, and his feature film debut, Public Access, which received the Sundance Grand Jury Prize in 1993.
On television, Singer directed the pilot and served as an executive producer on the Emmy® and Golden Globe® award winning television series “House”. He also served as Executive Producer on the ABC Emmy® and Golden Globe® award nominated television series “Dirty Sexy Money”.
Singer has directed and produced a myriad of other projects through his Bad Hat Harry Productions banner including the feature length documentary “Look, Up in the Sky: The Amazing Story of Superman”, the SyFy Channel miniseries “The Triangle”, the genre film festival favorite, Trick `r Treat, and the sci-fi web series “H+” for Warner Brothers.