Brady Corbet

Brady Corbet
Born
Brady James Monson Corbet

(1988-08-17) August 17, 1988 (age 36)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • director
  • screenwriter
Years active2000–present
PartnerMona Fastvold (2012–present)
Children1

Brady James Monson Corbet (/kɔːrˈb/;[1][2] born August 17, 1988) is an American actor and filmmaker. Corbet started his career acting 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). He also acted in the fifth season of the action series 24 (2006) and the HBO miniseries Olive Kitteridge (2015).

Corbet made his feature film directorial debut with The Childhood of a Leader (2015), which won the Luigi De Laurentiis Award for a Debut Film and the Orizzonti Award for Best Director at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival.[3] He has since directed the musical drama Vox Lux (2018) and the historical epic The Brutalist (2024), for which he won the Silver Lion at the 81st Venice International Film Festival.

  1. ^ Romney, Jonathan (May 5, 2019). "Vox Lux director Brady Corbet: 'The movie is about the desire to be iconic'". The Observer. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
  2. ^ Holt, Stephen (April 4, 2013). "Brady Corbet "Simon Killer" Stephen Holt Show, Pt.1". Retrieved September 23, 2024.
  3. ^ Anderson, Ariston (September 12, 2015). "Venice: Robert Pattinson-Starrer 'Childhood of a Leader' Wins Best Debut Film". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on September 14, 2015. Retrieved September 12, 2015.