Stephen Sommers
☼ Born on20 enero 1962, in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Biography: Stephen Sommers was born on March 20, 1962 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Raised in St. Cloud, Minnesota, he attended St. John's University and the University of Seville in Spain. Afterward, Sommers spent the next four years performing as an actor in theater groups and managing rock bands throughout Europe.From there, he relocated to Los Angeles and attended the USC School of Cinema-Television for three years, earning a Masters Degree, where he wrote and directed an award winning short film called "Perfect Alibi". With independent funding, he wrote and directed his first motion picture Alcánzame si puedes (1989) which was filmed on location in his hometown St. Cloud, Minnesota. Sommers then went on to write and direct Las aventuras de Huckleberry Finn (1993) as well as the latest version of Ru  (see all) dyard Kipling's El libro de la selva: La aventura continúa (1994) both for Walt Disney Pictures. Sommers also wrote the screenplays for the grade-B action flick Gunmen (1993) and the Disney adventure Tom y Huck (1995) which he also executive produced. He also wrote and directed the suspense-thriller Deep Rising: El misterio de las profundidades (1998), and the latest version of The Mummy (La momia) (1999). For television, Sommers wrote and executive produced Oliver Twist (1997) for director Tony Bill.Most recently, he wrote and directed the sequel to The Mummy (La momia) (1999), titled The Mummy Returns (El regreso de la momia) (2001), as well as the horror-thriller-action epic Van Helsing (2004), and the live-action adaptation G.I. Joe (2009).


In the role of director

Deep Rising: El misterio de las profundidades (1998) (26/05/2025)

Reseña de Deep Rising: El misterio de las profundidades (1998) Deep Rising, dirigida por Stephen Sommers y estrenada el 30 de enero de 1998, es una película de acción, terror y ciencia ficción que abraza sin reparos su naturaleza de serie B, ofreciendo un entretenido espectáculo de monstruos marinos con un toque de humor y […]

La momia (1999) (22/05/2025)

Más Allá de la Aventura, un Renacimiento Épico y Fascinante En el año 1999, cuando el cine de fantasía y aventura buscaba nuevos horizontes, Stephen Sommers nos entregó una película que no solo revitalizó un clásico monstruo de Universal, sino que definió una nueva era para el género: “La Momia”. Con una mezcla vibrante de […]
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