Sam Hamm

Sam Hamm
Born	19 November 1955 Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
Occupation	Film producer, screenwriter

Sam Hamm (born November 19, 1955) is an American screenwriter and producer.^[1] Hamm is perhaps best known for writing the screenplay for Tim Burton's Batman and Batman Returns. As a result of his work, he was invited to write for Detective Comics.^[2] 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^[3] and Monkeybone. Hamm also wrote unused drafts for Planet of the Apes and Watchmen adaptations.

Selected filmography

Year	Title	Writer	Producer
				1983	Never Cry Wolf	Yes
1989	Batman	Yes
1992	Batman Returns	Yes
1994	M.A.N.T.I.S.	Yes	Yes
2001	Monkeybone	Yes	Yes
2005	Masters of Horror	Yes

References

1. "Sam Hamm". The New York Times.
2. Greenberger, Robert; Manning, Matthew K. (2009). The Batman Vault: A Museum-in-a-Book with Rare Collectibles from the Batcave. Running Press. p. 41. ISBN 0-7624-3663-8. In the pages of Detective Comics, Batman screenwriter Sam Hamm took advantage of that year's ongoing writers' strike to write a three-issue story entitled "Blind Justice", which culminated in that title's 600th issue.
3. Holloway, Ronald (1983-08-31). "Never Cry Wolf". Variety.

External links

• Sam Hamm at the Internet Movie Database
• Sam Hamm at AllMovie