---
name: "Stephen Sommers"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/stephen-sommers"
fi1m_id: "stephen-sommers"
imdb_id: "nm0814085"
tmdb_id: 7775
wikidata_id: "Q363402"
roles: ["Director","Writer","Producer"]
born: "20 March 1962"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-05T12:56:00.240906+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Stephen Sommers

## Identity

Stephen Sommers

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/stephen-sommers
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** stephen-sommers
- **IMDb ID:** nm0814085
- **TMDB ID:** 7775
- **Wikidata ID:** Q363402
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Sommers, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q363402, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0814085/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7775

Director and writer. Born 20 March 1962 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Writer, Producer
- **Born:** 20 March 1962, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
- **Active:** 1999–2013
- **Also known as:** Στίφεν Σόμερς, 스티븐 소머즈
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 1 directing, 2 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [Brendan Fraser](https://film.one/person/brendan-fraser.md), [John Hannah](https://film.one/person/john-hannah.md), [Sean Daniel](https://film.one/person/sean-daniel.md), [Arnold Vosloo](https://film.one/person/arnold-vosloo.md), [Bob Ducsay](https://film.one/person/bob-ducsay.md), [James Jacks](https://film.one/person/james-jacks.md), [Rachel Weisz](https://film.one/person/rachel-weisz.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 71 (1), 2000s 40 (1), 2010s 48 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Sommers, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q363402, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0814085/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7775

## Coming up

- *The Mummy 4* (2027-10-14), Characters

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*The Mummy*](https://film.one/film/the-mummy.md) (71)
- **Tubi:** [*The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor*](https://film.one/film/the-mummy-tomb-of-the-dragon-emperor.md) (40)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Stephen Sommers is an American film director, screenwriter and producer. Born on 20 March 1962 in Indianapolis, Indiana, he began his career writing screenplays for films including *The Adventures of Huck Finn* (1993) and *Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book* (1994), which he also directed.

He wrote and directed *Deep Rising* (1998) before achieving major success with *The Mummy* (1999), for which he received screenplay and director credits. Sommers went on to direct and write *The Mummy Returns* (2001) and *Van Helsing* (2004), and directed *G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra* (2009). Other credits include the screenplay for *Tom and Huck* (1995) and direction of *Odd Thomas* (2013).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Directed (1) — the average rests on these

- *The Mummy* (1999), Fi1m 71, Director, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-mummy.md)

### Produced (2)

- *G.I. Joe: Retaliation* (2013), Fi1m 48, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/g-i-joe-retaliation.md)
- *The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor* (2008), Fi1m 40, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-mummy-tomb-of-the-dragon-emperor.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Mummy 4* (2027), Characters
- *Scorpion King: Book of Souls* (2018), Executive Producer
- *The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power* (2015), Executive Producer
- *G.I. Joe: Retaliation* (2013), Executive Producer — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/g-i-joe-retaliation.md)
- *Odd Thomas* (2013), Director, Screenplay, Producer
- *The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption* (2012), Executive Producer
- *G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra* (2009), Director, Story, Executive Producer
- *The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior* (2008), Characters, Producer
- *The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor* (2008), Producer — Fi1m 40, [page](https://film.one/film/the-mummy-tomb-of-the-dragon-emperor.md)
- *Van Helsing* (2004), Director, Producer, Writer
- *The Scorpion King* (2002), Screenplay, Characters, Producer
- *The Mummy: The Animated Series* (2001), series, Creator
- *The Mummy Returns* (2001), Director, Writer
- *The Mummy* (1999), Director, Screenplay — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/the-mummy.md)
- *Deep Rising* (1998), Director, Writer
- *Oliver Twist* (1997), Co-Executive Producer
- *Tom and Huck* (1995), Screenplay, Executive Producer
- *The Jungle Book* (1994), Director, Screenplay
- *Gunmen* (1993), Writer
- *The Adventures of Huck Finn* (1993), Director, Screenplay
- *Terror Eyes* (1989), Director
- *Catch Me... If You Can* (1989), Director, Screenplay
- *Perfect Alibi* (1988), Director, Screenplay
- *When Worlds Collide*, Director, Producer, Screenplay

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