Brady Corbet made his feature directorial debut in 2015 with The Childhood of a Leader starring Bérénice Bejo and Robert Pattinson. The film won the Orizzonti Best Director Award and Luigi De Laurentiis Lion of the Future Award for Best Debut Film at the Venice Film Festival. His second feature film, Vox Lux, starring Natalie Portman and Jude Law, premiered in competition at Venice in 2018 before being distributed by Neon. His next film, The Brutalist, is currently in post-production.