FILM DIRECTOR

Stephen Sommers

1962 - Today

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Stephen Sommers (born March 20, 1962) is an American film director, screenwriter and producer, best known for big-budget action films, such as The Mummy (1999), its sequel, The Mummy Returns (2001), Van Helsing (2004), and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stephen Sommers has received more than 1,402,341 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Stephen Sommers is the 1,034th most popular film director (down from 949th in 2019), the 6,593rd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,236th in 2019) and the 254th most popular American Film Director.

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  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Stephen Sommers ranks 1,034 out of 2,041. Before him are Vittorio De Seta, Stanislav Rostotsky, Candida Royalle, Moufida Tlatli, Mimi Leder, and Michael Chapman. After him are Jean-Marc Vallée, Kei Kumai, Louis Leterrier, Barbara Hammer, Pierre Tchernia, and Todd Haynes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Stephen Sommers ranks 239. Before him are John Slattery, Edivaldo Martins Fonseca, Lana Clarkson, Stefano Gabbana, Anatoliy Serdyukov, and Jure Franko. After him are Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, Philippe Claudel, Tom Kane, Bruno Bellone, Teri Weigel, and Andries Jonker.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Stephen Sommers ranks 6,593 out of 20,380. Before him are George Jones (1931), Jared Kushner (1981), Kevin Feige (1973), John P. Ryan (1936), Wayne Kramer (1948), and Ellen Albertini Dow (1913). After him are Maury Chaykin (1949), James Lee Burke (1936), Brad Delson (1977), Joel Stebbins (1878), Gregory Olsen (1945), and Carl Benjamin Boyer (1906).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Stephen Sommers ranks 254. Before him are Archie Mayo (1891), Irwin Allen (1916), John Berry (1917), Candida Royalle (1950), Mimi Leder (1952), and Michael Chapman (1935). After him are Barbara Hammer (1939), Todd Haynes (1961), Abraham Polonsky (1910), Bill Condon (1955), Mark L. Lester (1946), and Noah Baumbach (1969).

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