THE MASSES

When you ask someone what their dream job would be, most people wouldn’t respond with the job that they’re currently doing. But then again Brady Corbet is not most people. If you didn’t know better, you might guess that you were chatting with an Old Hollywood veteran rather than a twenty-two year old actor. Yet despite his age, this young talent certainly seems to know his way around the cinema. In fact he’s quite simply one of the most charming people in “the industry” and a delight to talk to.

So where exactly did this guy come from? Brady was raised in a small town in Colorado by his mom. Since it was just the two of them they were able to travel and pursue opportunities whenever they arose. Eventually Brady had a chance to act in his first feature and, in 2003, made his cinematic debut as Mason Freeland in Thirteen. He returned with a heart-wrenching performance the next year in Mysterious Skin as an alien-obsessed teen.

“I sort of fell into acting, not so much because I was super passionate about performance but because I was really passionate about the cinema from a young age.” –Brady Corbet

Here at the Masses we first met Brady when he was about sixteen years old. Always the music-enthusiast, Brady spent much of his time in LA going to shows to check out new and emerging bands. One day he started talking to this guy he kept running into at shows and that’s how Brady met Matt Amato, one of our directors and a co-founder of The Masses. They had a lot of similar interests and passions and a strong bond quickly developed. Brady began collaborating and spending more time with The Masses and went on to act alongside Alex Ebert in the music video that Matt directed for Ima Robot’s Lovers In Captivity. (You may also recognize him from videos for Le Loup and Bright Eyes). In 2007 Brady returned to the world of features with Funny Games where he played a seriously disturbing psychopath. His performance was so astounding that it earned him the Young Hollywood Award for “One to Watch.”

More recently Brady has been blowing up the indie scene. “I’ve never had a year when I worked so much,” he said. He began last year working as a co-editor on Two Gates of Sleep (which, coincidentally, he also starred in.) Directed by Alistair Banks Griffin, it’s an immaculately beautiful film that demonstrates the cast’s ability to act sublimely even without much dialogue. You may also remember hearing some buzz at Sundance about Martha Marcy May Marlene, a feature about a girl’s recovery after leaving a violent cult that won Sean Durkin the award for Best Director. Well, that’s one of Brady’s projects as well. It was based on a short called Mary Last Seen, on which they had collaborated to make a few years before.

“Everything that I’ve been doing the last few years have pretty consistently been passion projects in one way or another, things I would hope to see.” –Brady Corbet

Right now Brady is seizing the opportunity to finally take a breath. He was in Denmark and Sweden for Melancholia, a Lars von Trier film in which he stars alongside the likes of Charlotte Gainsbourg and Kirsten Dunst. Brady also recently wrapped up work on Simon Killer, a film he did with Antonio Campos that they shot without a traditional screenplay. A festival veteran, Brady has two movies  in competition at Cannes this year, Melancholia and Martha Marcy May Marlene.  And of course Brady is always working on his own projects that he hopes to someday get around to completing.

“I definitely think of myself as being extremely and almost profoundly lucky at times because I’ve gotten to work with the filmmakers that I have and they’ve made a profound impact on my life; that’s an opportunity I never thought would work out. My fantasy job would be to work for more guys like them. I’ve always felt that I’ve reached a few peaks in my life as far as people I’ve worked with and now I’d be happy just supporting the projects of people I believe in.” –Brady Corbet

So keep your eye on the young and passionate Brady Corbet, the super cool actor who’s both incredibly talented and refreshingly down to earth. We are definitely excited to see our friend doing so well and can’t wait to see where the future takes him!