Roland Emmerich (German:[ˈʁoːlantˈɛməʁɪç]ⓘ; born 10 November 1955) is a German film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is widely known for his science fiction and disaster films and has been called a "master of disaster" within the industry.[1] His films, most of which are English-language Hollywood productions, have made more than $3 billion worldwide, including just over $1 billion in the United States, making him the country's 17th-highest-grossing director of all time.[2][3]
He began his work in the film industry by directing the film The Noah's Ark Principle (1984) as part of his university thesis and also co-founded Centropolis Entertainment in 1985 with his sister. He has also directed the films Universal Soldier (1992), Stargate (1994), Independence Day (1996) and its sequel Independence Day: Resurgence (2016), Godzilla (1998), The Patriot (2000), The Day After Tomorrow (2004), 10,000 BC (2008), 2012 (2009), White House Down (2013), Midway (2019), and Moonfall (2022).
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RolandEmmerich (German: [ˈʁoːlant ˈɛməʁɪç] ; born 10 November 1955) is a German film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is widely known for his...
proper ethnicity would be cast. On 8 November 2019, he starred in RolandEmmerich’s blockbuster movie Midway, co-starring Mandy Moore, Patrick Wilson...
disaster film conceived, co-written, co-produced, and directed by RolandEmmerich, based on the 1999 book The Coming Global Superstorm by Art Bell and...
released on 22 November 2019. On 8 November 2019, Evans starred in RolandEmmerich's war movie Midway, alongside Ed Skrein, Patrick Wilson, Mandy Moore...
Down is a 2013 American political action thriller film directed by RolandEmmerich and written by James Vanderbilt. In the film, a divorced US Capitol...
2017. Retrieved January 12, 2017. Donnelly, Matt (October 31, 2019). "RolandEmmerich Just Made a $100 Million Indie Film. Will It Work?". Variety. Archived...
military science fiction media franchise based on the film directed by RolandEmmerich, which he co-wrote with producer Dean Devlin. The franchise is based...
television. He is best known for his collaborations with director RolandEmmerich, and for his work on the Librarian and Leverage television franchises...
Devlin and German film director RolandEmmerich. As of 2001, the company is a subsidiary of Das Werk AG. In 1996, Emmerich launched his special effects studio...
fiction action film from Centropolis Film Productions, directed by RolandEmmerich and starring Michael Paré and Lisa Eichhorn alongside Brian Thompson...
of his roles, "actually a lovely dude". In 2023 he was cast in the RolandEmmerich gladiator epic Those About to Die. Macari appeared in the Apple TV+...
City of Bones; he appeared in the 2015 film Stonewall, directed by RolandEmmerich; in 2017, he starred in The 12th Man; and in 2018 he won the Best Actor...
debuting on September 10, 2016. According to co-writer and director RolandEmmerich, Whitman did not reprise her role as the President's daughter in Independence...
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