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03/20/1962 Birthplace:
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biography
Young American filmmaker came straight out of film school to direct his first feature, the low-budgeted actioner, "Catch Me if You Can" (1989). On the basis of that film and his script for "The Adventures of Huck Finn", Disney offered Sommers a "director's test", a two-scene $20,000 short with one day's filming. Impressed with the results, Disney allowed Sommers to direct his script for "Huck Finn" (1993) and offered him a two year production deal. He scripted the less successful western yarn "Gunmen" (1994), then attained solid critical and commercial success with his direction and
Credits
milestones
Year
Milestone
Worked abroad in Europe as a puppeteer and street performer
1989
Wrote and directed the short film, "Perfect Alibi", while attending USC
1989
Wrote and directed first feature, "Catch Me If You Can"
Wrote the script to "Gunmen", a low-budget western starring Mario Van Peebles and Christopher Lambert
Given a $20,000 "director's test" by Disney to see if he could helm "The Adventures of Huck Finn"
1993
Wrote and directed "The Adventures of Huck Finn"
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