Stephen Sommers
Biography
Stephen Sommers (born March 20, 1962) is an American film director, screenwriter and producer, best known for big-budget action films, such as The Mummy (1999), its sequel, The Mummy Returns (2001), Van Helsing (2004), and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009). He also directed The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993), Disney's first live-action version of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book (1994), and the action-horror film Deep Rising (1998).
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Most directed genres
Recurring actors
- Kevin J. O'Connor 3
- Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje 2
- Alun Armstrong 2
- Arnold Vosloo 2
- Brendan Fraser 2
- Dan Bell 2
- Jason Flemyng 2
- John Hannah 2
The career in numbers
- US$ 619 mi Total budget from 9 film(s) with data
- US$ 1.6 bi Total box office from 8 film(s) with data
- US$ 69 mi Average budget from 9 film(s) with data
- US$ 194 mi Average box office from 8 film(s) with data
- 6.4 Average rating from 8 film(s) with data
- 2.5× Return on investment from 8 film(s) with data
Budget and box office do not exist for every film in our records. Averages are computed over the films that carry the figure, and the count beside each one says how many.
Films directed
| Film | Year | Budget | Box office | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Odd Thomas
|
2013 | US$ 27 mi | US$ 1 mi | 6.9 |
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
|
2009 | US$ 175 mi | US$ 303 mi | 5.8 |
Van Helsing
|
2004 | US$ 160 mi | US$ 300 mi | 6.4 |
The Mummy Returns
|
2001 | US$ 98 mi | US$ 443 mi | 6.4 |
The Mummy
|
1999 | US$ 80 mi | US$ 416 mi | 7.0 |
Deep Rising
|
1998 | US$ 45 mi | US$ 11 mi | 6.2 |
The Jungle Book
|
1994 | US$ 27 mi | US$ 54 mi | 6.0 |
The Adventures of Huck Finn
|
1993 | US$ 7 mi | US$ 24 mi | 6.2 |
Terror Eyes
|
1989 | — | — | 3.4 |
Catch Me... If You Can
|
1989 | US$ 800,000 | — | 5.6 |
