Stephen Hopkins (director)

Stephen Hopkins (born in 1958) is a Jamaican-born film director and producer. He is best-known for his continuation of the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise with A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child and the Predator franchise with Predator 2. His highest grossing film however was the 1998 film adaption of the TV series Lost in Space.

He was born in Jamaica and was raised in Australia and England. He was educated at Sutton Valence School.

In 2004, Hopkins directed the controversial biopic The Life and Death of Peter Sellers which raised the ire of the actor's son Michael Sellers.^[1]

Hopkins was a co-executive producer for the first season of the Fox action drama 24, and also directed half of the season's episodes, including the first and last episodes.

Filmography

• Dangerous Game (1987)
• A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989)
• Predator 2 (1990)
• Judgment Night (1993)
• Blown Away (1994)
• The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)
• Lost in Space (1998)
• Tube Tales Segment: "Horny" (1999)
• Under Suspicion (2000)
• 24 (season 1) (2001) (also co-executive producer)
• Traffic (TV miniseries) (2004)
• The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004)
• The Reaping (2007)
• Californication (Pilot Episode) (2007) / (Episode 12, Season 3) (2009)

References

External links

• Stephen Hopkins at the Internet Movie Database
• Stephen Hopkins at AllRovi