Stephen Sommers

Birth Name:

Stephen Sommers

Birth Place:

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Profession

Writer, Producer, Director, Actor, Music department

Graduated from Saint John's University in Collegeville, Minn․, and the University of Seville in Spain before earning a master's degree from the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts
Perfect Alibi, his award-winning short student film, helped him acquire funding to write and direct "Catch Me if You Can," his first feature film
He spent four years acting in theatre groups and managing rock bands in Europe after graduating
Quote: "I hope in my career I get to do every kind of movie․ When I did Huck Finn, I got all those Disney kid scripts․ When I did Jungle Book, then I got all the animal scripts․ Now I do a couple of Mummy movies and it's like, 'Oh, he does monsters․'"
Quote: "I never want to write something until I know every scene in the movie․ I don't want someone hiring me and then me not being able to write it․"
Quote: "There are four movies that got me into wanting to make movies: Journey to the Center of the Earth," "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea," "The Swiss Family Robinson" and "Jason and the Argonauts․""
Says the advance criticism and rumors that dogged him as he filmed "GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra" resembled the attacks on the first "Transformers" film, which grossed more than $700 million

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