Brady Corbet

Born: 1988-08-17, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA

Biography

Brady James Monson Corbet (/kɔːrˈbeɪ/ kor-BAY; born August 17, 1988) is an American filmmaker and former actor. He had roles in films such as Thirteen (2003), Mysterious Skin (2004), Funny Games (2007), Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011), Melancholia (2011), and Clouds of Sils Maria (2014), as well as the series 24 (2006) and Olive Kitteridge (2014). Since he quit acting in 2014 to pursue his filmmaking career with his partner, Mona Fastvold, Corbet made his directorial debut with the psychological drama The Childhood of a Leader (2015). He has since co-written and directed the musical drama Vox Lux (2018) and the period epic The Brutalist (2024). The latter earned him the Silver Lion, BAFTA, and Golden Globe for Best Director, as well as three Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Director, and Original Screenplay.

Filmography

• Law & Order (1990)
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
• The King of Queens (1998)
• 24 (2001)
• The Brutalist (2024)
• The Crowded Room (2023)
• Melancholia (2011)
• Thirteen (2003)
• Oliver Beene (2003)
• Escobar: Paradise Lost (2014)
• Olive Kitteridge (2014)
• Mysterious Skin (2005)
• Thunderbirds (2004)
• Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)
• Gus - Petit oiseau, grand voyage (2014)
• While We're Young (2015)
• Clouds of Sils Maria (2014)
• Vox Lux (2018)
• CHEERUP (2023)
• Saint Laurent (2014)
• David Byrne: Who Is The Sky?
• Dead Hands (2010)
• The Childhood of a Leader (2016)
• Simon Killer (2012)
• The Sleepwalker (2014)
• 30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing (2019)
• Two Gates of Sleep (2010)
• Mary Last Seen (2010)
• Atlantic Avenue (2013)
• La dérive (2009)