Superman in film
Films

Superman in film

Section Title: Films
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Film	U.S. release date	Director(s)	Superman portrayed by	Story by	Screenwriter(s)	Producer(s)	Distributor

Superman	January 5, 1948	Spencer Gordon Bennet Thomas Carr	Kirk Alyn	Lewis Clay, Royal K. Cole, Arthur Hoerl, George H. Plympton and Joseph F. Poland	Sam Katzman	Columbia Pictures

Atom Man vs. Superman	July 20, 1950	Spencer Gordon Bennet	David Mathews, George H. Plympton and Joseph F. Poland

Superman and the Mole Men	November 23, 1951	Lee Sholem	George Reeves	Richard Fielding	Barney A. Sarecky	Lippert Pictures Inc.

Superman	December 15, 1978	Richard Donner	Christopher Reeve	Mario Puzo	Mario Puzo, David Newman, Leslie Newman and Robert Benton	Pierre Spengler	Warner Bros.

Superman II	June 19, 1981	Richard Lester Richard Donner (uncredited)	Mario Puzo, David Newman, Leslie Newman and Tom Mankiewicz (creative consultant)

Superman III	June 17, 1983	Richard Lester	David Newman and Leslie Newman	Ilya Salkind and Pierre Spengler

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace	July 24, 1987	Sidney J. Furie	Lawrence Konner, Mark Rosenthal and Christopher Reeve	Lawrence Konner and Mark Rosenthal	Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus

Superman Returns	June 28, 2006	Bryan Singer	Brandon Routh	Michael Dougherty, Dan Harris and Bryan Singer	Michael Dougherty & Dan Harris	Jon Peters, Bryan Singer and Gilbert Adler

Man of Steel	June 14, 2013	Zack Snyder	Henry Cavill	David S. Goyer and Christopher Nolan	David S. Goyer	Christopher Nolan, Charles Roven, Emma Thomas and Deborah Snyder

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice	March 25, 2016	Zack Snyder and David S. Goyer	Chris Terrio and David S. Goyer	Deborah Snyder and Charles Roven

Justice League	November 17, 2017	Zack Snyder, Joss Whedon and Chris Terrio	Chris Terrio	Charles Roven, Deborah Snyder, Jon Berg, Geoff Johns

Sentence(s)

Superman first appeared in two films of Columbia Pictures: Superman in 1948 and Atom Man vs. Superman in 1950, both starring Kirk Alyn.

final_sentence: Superman first appeared in two films of Columbia Pictures: Superman in 1948 and Atom Man vs. Superman in 1950, both starring Kirk Alyn.