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Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Screen Story Born: March 20, 1962 in Indianapolis, IN Biography:A purveyor of old-fashioned popcorn entertainment, writer/director "Stephen Sommers" hit pay dirt with his effects-driven action spectacle "The Mummy" (1999). Born in Indianapolis and raised in St. Cloud, MN, Sommers left the Midwest behind to attend college in New York and Seville, Spain. After spending several years as a performer and band manager in Europe, Sommers returned to the United States to study in U.S.C. Film School's graduate program. Following his directorial debut "Catch Me If You Can" (1989), Sommers gained further Hollywood notice with his live-action adaptations of "The Adventures of Huck Finn" (1993) and "Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book" (1994) for Disney. He moved to more grown-up action, and high-tech effects, with the "Treat Williams" ocean-liner thriller "Deep Rising" (1998), but the movie failed to make an impression at the box office. Sommers finally nabbed the Hollywood... Full Biography
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