Sam Hamm

1955-11-19 Charlottesville, Virginia USA 11 Credits

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Sam Hamm (born November 19, 1955) is an American screenwriter, perhaps best known for writing the screenplay for Tim Burton's Batman and an unused screenplay for the sequel. As a result of his work, he was invited to write for the Batman comic. The result was Batman: Blind Justice, which introduced Bruce Wayne's mentor, Henri Ducard, who later appeared in Batman Begins. Hamm's other screen credits include Never Cry Wolf and Monkeybone. He also wrote unused...

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Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight

Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight

2008

as Self

Acting

A 6 part documentary of making of Batman franchise.

The Screwfly Solution

The Screwfly Solution

2006

Writer

5.7
Writing

A strange virus renders the entire human male population into homicidal maniacs who end up wiping out all females, leaving a woman and her daughter to...

You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman

You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman

2006

as Self

6.0
Acting

A 5-part documentary of the history of Superman in the movies. • Origin - Superman in the media and the challenges the Salkinds faced • Vision - Cre...

Homecoming

Homecoming

2005

Teleplay

5.8

A hotshot White House speech writer deals with the publicity nightmare of his life when recently deceased soldiers return from beyond the grave.

Haunted Lighthouse 4-D

Haunted Lighthouse 4-D

2003

Writer

2.0
Writing

Two ghosts that are children are forced to stay on a haunted beach and 100 years later find two children on the same beach trying to turn them into gh...

Monkeybone

Monkeybone

2001

Writer, Executive Producer

5.1
Writing Producing

After a car crash sends repressed cartoonist Stu into a coma, he and the mischievous Monkeybone, his hilarious alter-ego, wake up in a wacked-out ways...

M.A.N.T.I.S.

M.A.N.T.I.S.

1994

Executive Producer, Writer

4.5
Producing Writing

A brilliant, wheelchair-bound scientist invents a form of exo-skeleton called the Mechanically Augmented Neuro Transmitter Interception System (M.A.N....

Batman Returns

Batman Returns

1992

Story

6.9
Writing

Batman must face The Penguin, a sewer-dwelling gangleader intent on being accepted into Gotham society. Meanwhile, another Gotham resident finds hers...

Batman

Batman

1989

Screenplay, Story

7.2
Writing

Batman must face his most ruthless nemesis when a deformed madman calling himself "The Joker" seizes control of Gotham's criminal underworld.

Never Cry Wolf

Never Cry Wolf

1983

Screenplay

7.0
Writing

A scientific researcher, sent on a government study: The Lupus Project, must investigate the possible "menace" of wolves in the north. To do so, he mu...

Fear Paris

N/A

Writer

Writing

A series of interconnected stories explore the dark underbelly of the city of lights.