Bryan Singer

The Saturn awards take place annually and are the oldest running film-specialized awards, given by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films. The academy award for ‘Best Director’ has been given 46 times since 1974. Considering Bryan Singer was just 10 years old when the awards included a best director category, he has already won two awards in his lifetime- the first for X-men (2000) and subsequently for Superman Returns (2006). This puts him among names like James Cameron, as he enters a grouping of only five directors who have won best director more than once. He has been nominated a further 6 times, the first nomination coming to him in his early directing years for The Usual Suspects (1995). He is now runner up in competition for greatest number of nominations, second to Spielberg (12 nominations).

So how does one become winner of best director?

The Saturn awards are voted for by the members of the presenting academy, just like the Ocars, Emmys and the Grammys. The academy membership is open to the public as a non-profit organisation and members include film makers, even Singer himself. In 1973 when the academy was first devised by Donald A. Reed the winners were handed a golden scroll certificate, but since the late 70’s they now receive a golden planet Saturn with its rings composed of film. The year 2022 will mark half a century that the organisation would have been going, it’s goal to recognise and appreciate talent in the most creative and imaginative fields of entertainment.

Bryan Singers best director awards for X-men, his first ever big budget superhero movie and again for Superman Returns which cleaned house at the awards with winners not only for best director, but best actor, writing, music and fantasy film, help cement his position as one of the greatest directors in Hollywood today.