Quiz

Turned down the chance to direct ''X-Men'' three times because he believed that comic books were unintelligent. He changed his mind after reading some of the comics and watching the animated series.

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.

One of his favorite movies is the thriller film Lo squalo (1975). His production company, Bad Hat Harry Productions, is named after a line said by Chief Martin Brody in the film.

Received a copy of the mockumentary Forgotten Silver (1995) as a gift from director Peter Jackson, 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 Il Signore degli Anelli - La compagnia dell'Anello (2001).

The third director to do three live-action adaptations of a comic book series. The first being Sam Raimi with his Spider Man trilogy and the second being Christopher Nolan with his Batman trilogy.

Best friends with director Gary Goddard and childhood friends with actor Ethan Hawke.

Was considered to direct Alien - La clonazione (1997) but turned it down in favor of X-Men (2000).

Is a huge fan of the original Star Trek (1966) series and has a cameo appearance in Star Trek - La nemesi (2002) as a crewman on the bridge of the USS Enterprise.

Cousin of actors Marc Singer, Gregory Singer, Lori Singer, Claude Singer.

Bryan is the father of Dashiell Clunie-Singer, who was born on January 5, 2015. Actress Michelle Clunie is the child's mother, who is best friends with Singer since they met when he was 23 years old. Singer, who is openly bisexual, and Curie were not romantically involved when the child was born or conceived, but planned to have and raise their child as co-parents for two years.

Was set to direct Confessioni di una mente pericolosa (2002) but turned it down due schedule conflicts with X-Men 2 (2003).

Directed 2 actors in Oscar winning performances: Kevin Spacey and Rami Malek. Spacey won for his performance in I soliti sospetti (1995). Malek won for his performance in Bohemian Rhapsody (2018).

Turned down the chance to direct X-Men: le origini - Wolverine (2009), as he was too busy with other projects.

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.

Attended and graduated from USC cinema school in 1989.

Turned down the opportunity to direct X-Men: Conflitto finale (2006) to direct Superman Returns (2006).

Considered to direct the thriller film Prisoners (2013).

Met composer/editor/director John Ottman at USC School of Cinema-Television.

Attended and graduated from West Windsor-Plainsboro High School in New Jersey.

Was considered to direct Fight Club (1999) and was sent the book, but he did not read it.

Was at one point attached to direct Logan's Run.

Had expressed interest in directing The Truman Show (1998) but was deemed too inexperienced as a director by Paramount, they instead chose the more experienced Peter Weir.

Parents are Norbert Dave and Grace Singer.

Dropped out of the director's position on X-Men - L'inizio (2011) due to his commitment to Il cacciatore di giganti (2013).

Was attached to direct a remake of Excalibur (1981) at one point, but with the box office failure of Il cacciatore di giganti (2013), the project was canceled and re-tooled to become King Arthur - Il potere della spada (2017).

Was attached to direct Io, robot (2004) at one point.

Ranked #46 on Premiere magazine's 2006 "Power 50" list. It is his first appearance on the list.

Reportedly turned down an offer to direct L'ombra del diavolo (1997).

Was considered to direct Robin Hood (2010).

Attended the San Diego Comic-Con in a surprise appearance to promote his movie X-Men (2000). (luglio 2000)

He and James Gunn are two directors who have made both a Marvel and DC film.

Reportedly turned down an offer to direct The Truman Show (1998).

Was attached to direct a biopic of Harvey Milk titled "The Mayor of Castro Street" with Christopher McQuarrie writing the script. However, complications with the Writer's Strike prevented the film from going into production. Instead, Milk (2008), directed by Gus Van Sant, was made.

Bryan mentored filmmaker Mark Schoonmaker when Mark was just 19 years old. Singer taught Mark a lot of the business side of filmmaking.