Stephen Sommers

Director Stephen Sommers on the set of Universal's Van Helsing - 2004

Biography

Born 03/20/1962

Young American filmmaker came straight out of film school to direct his first feature, the low-budgeted actioner, "Catch Me if You Can" (1989). On the basis of that film and his script for "The Adventures of Huck Finn", Disney offered Sommers a "director's test", a two-scene $20,000 short with one...
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Highlights

  • In 2009, Wrote, directed and produced the live-action adaptation of "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra"
  • In 2004, Directed Hugh Jackman and Kate Beckinsale in the thriller, "Van Helsing"
  • In 2002, Co-wrote and produced "The Scorpion King," a prequel of "The Mummy Returns"

Family & Companions

  • Samantha June Sommers: daughter (Born in 1996; mother, Jana Hydusik )
  • Ashley Sommers: daughter (Born in 1999; mother, Jana Hydusik )

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