Stephen Sommers (born March 20, 1962) is an American film director and screenwriter, best known for big-budget movies, such as "The Mummy" (1999), its sequel, "The Mummy Returns" (2001), "Van Helsing" (2004), and "" (2009). He also directed "The Adventures of Huck Finn" (1993), Disney's live action version of "Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book" (1994) and the cult classic horror film "Deep Rising" (1998).
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Stephen Sommers
Stephen Sommers | Introduction
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who played the mummy in the old movies
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Boris Karloff
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has he also acted in any other film?
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Yes - Frankenstein (1931), Bride of Frankenstein (1935) and Son of Frankenstein (1939).
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where is he from?
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Surrey (now London), England.
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what is the 1999 version of the film about?
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The film follows adventurer Rick O'Connell as he travels to Hamunaptra, the City of the Dead, with a librarian and her older brother, where they accidentally awaken Imhotep, a cursed high priest from the reign of the Pharaoh Seti I of 1290 B.C.
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what is the genre of this film?
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Action horror film
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is the place where the character travels to a real place?
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No -It is a fictional Egyptian city in the film.
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who released this film?
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Sorry. I cannot find the answer based on the context.
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who is the director of this film?
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Stephen Sommers.
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who was he?
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Stephen Sommers (born March 20, 1962) is an American film director and screenwriter, best known for big-budget movies, such as "The Mummy" (1999), its sequel, "The Mummy Returns" (2001), "Van Helsing" (2004), and "" (2009). He also directed "The Adventures of Huck Finn" (1993), Disney's live action version of "Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book" (1994) and the cult classic horror film "Deep Rising" (1998).
Stephen Sommers | Introduction
Stephen Sommers was born in Indianapolis, and grew up in St. Cloud, Minnesota, where he attended St. Cloud Apollo High School. He is a 1980 graduate of Saint John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota, and the University of Seville in Spain. After graduating, he spent four years performing as an actor in theater groups and managing rock bands throughout Europe. He eventually returned to the United States and moved to Los Angeles, where he attended the USC School of Cinematic Arts for three years, earning a master's degree and writing and directing the award-winning short film "Perfect Alibi".
Stephen Sommers | Early life
Sebastian Sommer (born February 5, 1993) is an American filmmaker. Growing up in New York City, he studied Film at Tisch School of the Arts.
Sebastian Sommer | Introduction
TV Theater Film
Edith Sommer | Selected filmography
Various newspaper articles still on the web refer to this movie – an adaptation of the award-winning novel by Booker Prize winning David Storey, author of the classic "This Sporting Life".
Steven Woodcock (film director) | Introduction
Christopher Sommers as actor unless otherwise stated
Christopher Sommers | Theatre
Stephen Shank is a director, actor, writer, set designer and artist who has worked in theatre and television. He was born of American parents in Brussels, Belgium. He is bilingual in English and French. He currently lives in Brussels, Belgium. In July 2011, he will be directing the stage world premiere of Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose" in the ruins of the Cistercian Abbey of Villers-la-Ville, Belgium. See Villers Abbey.
Stephen Shank | Introduction
The film received generally positive reviews from critics who praised the performances and chemistry of its lead actors as well as the musical score and was a box office success grossing over $150 million, worldwide on a budget of $30 million. The movie was based on the 1982 French movie "The Return of Martin Guerre".
Sommersby | Introduction
Stephen Bradley is an Irish director, scriptwriter, producer.
Stephen Bradley (film director) | Introduction
British Film Institute filmography
Steve Warr | References
Sommers Company is a film production company founded by Stephen Sommers and Bob Ducsay in 2000.
Sommers Company | Introduction
Michael Stever is an American film director, cinematographer, producer, writer, and actor.
Michael Stever | Introduction
Christopher Grantley Sommers (30 June 1977) is an Australian actor born in Brisbane Queensland.
Christopher Sommers | Introduction
Stephen Auer (October 4, 1900 – February 13, 1954) was a Hungarian-born American film producer.
Stephen Auer | Introduction
2006 Matilda Awards Emerging Artist 2010 Matilda Awards nominated Best Male Actor in a Leading Role
Christopher Sommers | Awards
Stephen R. Hudis (born May 17, 1957) is an English actor, stunt coordinator, and director.
Stephen R. Hudis | Introduction
It is intended to film a number of low budget genre films to be sold internationally.
Christopher Sommers | Acting career
Jeremy Silberston (1 April 1950 – 9 March 2006), was an English film director.
Jeremy Silberston | Introduction
Beschreibung eines Sommers is an East German film directed by Ralf Kirsten. It was released in 1962.
Beschreibung eines Sommers | Introduction
Ein Sommer in Paris () is a 2011 German romantic television film, written by Stefan Cantz and Jan Hinterand and directed by Jorgo Papavassiliou.
Ein Sommer in Paris | Introduction
He is an alumnus of Columbia University School of the Arts' film division.
Patrick Stettner | Introduction
Stephen A Shill is a British television and film director, actor, screenwriter and television producer.
Steve Shill | Introduction
Stephen Robert Herek (born November 10, 1958) is an American film director. Herek was born in San Antonio, Texas. He attended the University of Texas at Austin.
Stephen Herek | Introduction
He also first became acquainted with director Herk Harvey.
Maurice Prather | Introduction
Stephen J. Milner is a British scholar of Italian. Since 2006, he has been the Serena Professor of Italian at the University of Manchester. In 2017, he was announced as the next Director of the British School at Rome.
Stephen Milner | Introduction
While there, he worked on a script called "Tentacle", which he later directed under the title "Deep Rising" in 1998. In 1999, he wrote and directed Universal Studios' big-budget remake of "The Mummy". The film was a smash hit, and Sommers received two Saturn Award nominations for Best Director and Best Writer in 2000 by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films. A successful sequel, "The Mummy Returns", followed two years later, and he also co-wrote and produced 2002's "The Scorpion King", a prequel/spin-off of "The Mummy Returns".
Stephen Sommers | Career
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Bill Sommers | External links
Arthur "Geoffrey" Herbert Malins (18 November 1886 – 1940) was a British film director most famous for camera and editing work on the 1916 war film "The Battle of the Somme", which combined documentary and propaganda, and reached an audience of over 20 million viewers.
Geoffrey Malins | Introduction
"All films, he was producer unless otherwise noted."
Steven Reuther | Filmography
Stephen Mark Freiburger (born July 16, 1983) is an American filmmaker.
Mark Freiburger | Introduction
The film rights have been sold to New Regency prior to publication.
Stephen M. Giles | Introduction
The director of each film is indicated in parenthesis.
Martin Walsh (film editor) | Selected filmography
Stephen Clark Balderson (born January 19, 1975) is an American film director.
Steve Balderson | Introduction
Steven A. Adelson is an American film director and television director.
Steven A. Adelson | Introduction
Stefan Schaefer is an American writer, director and producer of independent films and television.
Stefan Schaefer | Introduction
Erik Sommers is an American television writer, television producer and screenwriter.
Erik Sommers | Introduction
Screenwriter Actor Director
Fritz Wendhausen | Selected filmography
Brauer assigned himself the task of directing the film; however, he ran into difficulties in casting. Frustrated at the delay, Goebbels removed him in favor of Veit Harlan.
Peter Paul Brauer | Introduction
The year of release and director of each film are indicated in parenthesis.
Andri Steinn | Films
Daniel Birt (23 June 1907 – 15 May 1955) was an English film director and editor.
Daniel Birt | Introduction
Robert Wiemer (died August 21, 2014) was a film and television director, writer, producer and editor.
Robert Wiemer | Introduction
Robert Stephens (1931–1995) was an English actor. Robert Stephens may also refer to:
Robert Stephens (disambiguation) | Introduction
Steve Speirs (born 22 February 1965) is a Welsh actor and writer, who has appeared in films such as "" and "".
Steve Speirs | Introduction
Maximilian Josef Sommer (born June 26, 1934) is a German-American stage, television, and film actor.
Josef Sommer | Introduction
The director of each film is indicated in parenthesis.
Neil Travis | Filmography (Editor)
Steve Boeddeker is a sound editor. Boeddeker and fellow sound editor Richard Hymns were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound Editing for the film "All Is Lost" (2013).
Steve Boeddeker | Introduction
Stephen Roberts (23 November 1895 – 17 July 1936) was an American film director. He directed 105 films between 1923 and 1936. He was born in Summersville, West Virginia, and died in Los Angeles, California from a heart attack.
Stephen Roberts (director) | Introduction
In 1984, the USC School of Cinematic Arts honored Sommers by giving a retrospective of "Green Acres".
Jay Sommers | Recognition
Dr. med. Sommer II is an East German drama film. It was released in 1970 and was directed by Lothar Warneke.
Dr. med. Sommer II | Introduction
Stephan Streker is a Belgian film director and screenwriter.
Stephan Streker | Introduction
Patrick Demers is a film director from Montreal, born in 1969 in Saint-Eustache, Quebec.
Patrick Demers | Introduction
series on PBS. Metzgar edited and shot the film as well.
Eric Daniel Metzgar | Introduction
Edward Morrissey was a college professor who became a stage actor and then a film director. He taught French and German at the University of California, then became an actor in Shubert productions before assisting D.W. Griffith at Biograph and then directing his own films at Thanhouser.
Edward Morrissey (director) | Introduction
Christopher Horner is an American anthropologist and scenic designer.
Christopher Horner (director) | Introduction
William Stephens (1897–1962) was an American film producer. In the late 1940s he made a number of films for Robert L. Lippert. He also worked with Kroger Babb.
William Stephens (producer) | Introduction
Steven Weisberg is a film editor who usually collaborates with director Alfonso Cuarón
Steven Weisberg | Introduction
"Sommer 14 - A Dance of Death" had its UK premiere (and world premiere in English) in August 2014 at the Finborough Theatre in London. It was directed by Christopher Loscher for Cerberus Theatre.
Rolf Hochhuth | "Sommer 14 - A Dance of Death"
The producer Derek Granger learned that Sullivan was writing a screenplay with Derek Jarman (Bob Upadown), and encouraged him to get a job as a researcher with Granada Television.
Tim Sullivan (British filmmaker) | Background
Stephen Falk Krantz (May 20, 1923 – January 4, 2007) was a film producer and writer, most active from 1966 to 1996.
Steve Krantz | Introduction
Stephen Huszar is a Canadian film and television actor born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, where he graduated from the University of Saskatchewan.
Stephen Huszar | Introduction
Steven Ascher is an American independent director, producer and writer. He was nominated for an Academy Award and has received the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival among many other awards. His book "The Filmmaker’s Handbook" is a bestselling text.
Steven Ascher | Introduction
David Hayman Jr. is a Scottish film director.
David Hayman Jr. | Introduction
Stephen Dwoskin (15 January 1939 – 28 June 2012) was an accomplished experimental filmmaker whose work had a decisive effect on the British film theorists of the early 1970s. His films are held at the BFI and distributed by LUX. His archive is held at The University of Reading.
Stephen Dwoskin | Introduction
Hermann Haller (15 December 1909 – 21 June 1985) was a Swiss film editor. He also directed four films.
Hermann Haller (film editor) | Introduction
The film was released in 2014, and includes interviews with Bruton and others.
Stephen Bruton | Career
The director of each film is indicated in parenthesis.
Ralph Rosenblum | Selected filmography
Lito Carruthers was a British film editor.
Lito Carruthers | Introduction
Emergency surgery is fruitless, and with Steve by her side, Jaime dies on the operating table.
Jaime Sommers (The Bionic Woman) | Accident
The director of each film is indicated within the parentheses.
Peter Taylor (editor) | Selected filmography
Vladimir Lert - filmmaker, screenwriter, art director and producer.
Vladimir Lert | Introduction
The director of each film is indicated in parenthesis.
Anthony Harvey | Editing
The film had a star-studded cast, but it was Messemer, relatively unknown outside Europe, who uttered the film's most famous line (to Steve McQueen/Capt. Hilts): "It looks, after all, as if you will see Berlin before I do."
Hannes Messemer | Introduction
Christine Sommer (born 1970 in Vienna) is an Austrian actress.
Christine Sommer | Introduction
William A. Seiter (June 10, 1890 – July 26, 1964) was an American film director.
William A. Seiter | Introduction
Stephen Whittaker (28 June 19477 February 2003) was a British actor and director. He worked largely in British film and television, and trained as an actor at London's Corona Academy. He began his career aged 17, as a "bad boy" in the film "To Sir With Love" (1966), and in the classic BBC "Doctor Who" adventure "The Web of Fear", as a soldier battling Yeti in the London Underground. In 1985 Whittaker took a director's training course, and directed a short training film which he sent to John Schlesinger (who had directed him in "Yanks"). Schlesinger suggested him to producer Mark Shivas as director for Channel 4's drama trilogy "What If It's Raining?", written by Anthony Minghella.
Stephen Whittaker | Introduction
David Schurmann is a film director, producer, screenwriter, explorer, author, speaker and public figure.
David Schurmann | Introduction
As production executive As producer As director As editor
Steve Previn | Filmography
McGann wrote the screenplay and directed the film.
Brad McGann | Introduction
... What Sommers tries to do here is use action as the only means of involving an audience. So story is sacrificed. Character development is nonexistent, and there are no attempts to incite emotion. Instead, Sommers tries to hold an audience for two hours with nothing up his sleeve but colored ribbons, bright sparklers and a kazoo. What he proves is that this is no way to make movies." Roger Ebert of the "Chicago Sun Times" gave the film 3 stars out of 4 stating that "At the outset, we may fear Sommers is simply going for f/x overkill, but by the end, he has somehow succeeded in assembling all his monsters and plot threads into a high-voltage climax.
Van Helsing (film) | Critical reception
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Steve Novak (director) | Introduction
Source: "Contemporary British and Irish film Directors"
Trevor Nunn | Film
On 12 February 2014, Nicholas Hoult joined the cast of the film to play lead role as (A&R) agent Steven Stelfox. On 3 March 2014, Jim Piddock joined the film's cast to play Derek Sommers, the managing director of the record label.
Kill Your Friends (film) | Production
Stephen Hegyes is a Canadian film producer, associated with several films, including "Double Happiness" and "White Noise"
Stephen Hegyes | Introduction
Stephen Bayly (born July 7, 1942) is an American film producer and director. His film "Coming Up Roses" was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival. Bayly was director of the National Film and Television School between 1998 and 2003.
Stephen Bayly | Introduction
Sommersby is a 1993 American romantic period drama film directed by Jon Amiel from a screenplay written by Nicholas Meyer and Sarah Kernochan, adapted from the historical account of the 16th century French peasant Martin Guerre. The film stars Richard Gere and Jodie Foster in the leading roles. Bill Pullman, James Earl Jones, Clarice Taylor, Frankie Faison, and R. Lee Ermey are featured in supporting roles. Set in the Reconstruction era following the American Civil War, in the film; a farmer returns home from the war, but his wife begins to suspect that the man is an impostor. "Sommersby" was released in the United States on February 5, 1993 by Warner Bros.
Sommersby | Introduction
The film received generally positive reviews from critics. Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, gives the film an approval rating of 62% based on 26 reviews, with an average rating of 6/10. The site's consensus states: ""Sommersby" stumbles as a consistently compelling mystery, but typically solid work from Jodie Foster and Richard Gere fuels an engaging romance." Critics praised the acting and chemistry of the two leads, Gere and Foster, but criticised the ending of the film.
Sommersby | Critical Reception
Robert Favreau (born July 9, 1948) is a Canadian film director and film editor. His film "Les muses orphelines" earned him Genie Award and Jutra Award nominations for Best Director. His follow-up feature, "Un dimanche à Kigali" earned him another Genie Award nomination for Best Director as well as a nomination for Best Motion Picture.
Robert Favreau | Introduction
"Fire Walk With Me" (film) actor – Directed by David Lynch – 1991
Stephen Hodges | Film
Stephen Amis (born 21 November 1966) is an Australian film and television screenwriter, film director and film producer, known mostly for his independent sci-fi, action and fantasy-themed films.
Stephen Amis | Introduction
Barry Strugatz is an American film director and screenwriter.
Barry Strugatz | Introduction
Stephen Vittoria (born January 11, 1957) is an American filmmaker and author born in Newark, New Jersey who currently resides in Los Angeles, California.
Stephen Vittoria | Introduction
Sommers was married to theatrical agent Jerry Steiner from 1961 until his sudden death in 1972. Their three children are Carolyn, Nancy and Jason.
Joanie Sommers | Personal life
Stefan Eichenberger (1984 in Aarau) is a Swiss film director and film producer. For his production of the short film "Parvaneh", he was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film at the 87th Academy Awards along with Talkhon Hamzavi.
Stefan Eichenberger | Introduction
Stephen F. Windon (born 1959 in Sydney, Australia) is a cinematographer. He is a frequent collaborator for film director Justin Lin.
Stephen F. Windon | Introduction
The Somme is a 1927 British documentary film directed by M.A. Wetherell. It re-examined the 1916 Battle of the Somme during the First World War.
The Somme (film) | Introduction
Stephen Tenenbaum is a film producer. On January 24, 2012, he was nominated for an Academy Award for the 2011 movie "Midnight in Paris".
Stephen Tenenbaum | Introduction
"All films, he was producer unless otherwise noted."
Steven Haft | Filmography
Dunn was born and raised in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. He later studied at the Canadian Film Centre and at Ryerson University.
Stephen Dunn (director) | Early life
Den sommeren jeg fylte 15 () is a 1976 Norwegian drama film directed by Knut Andersen, starring Steffen Rothschild, and music composed by Eyvind Solås. The film is based on Knut Faldbakken's novel "Insektsommer" (insect summer). Peter (Rothschild), who was a teenager in the 1950s, is reminiscing about the days of his youth, and his awakening sexuality.
Den sommeren jeg fylte 15 | Introduction
Film director Richard Fleischer was his son.
Max Fleischer | Introduction