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Roland Emmerich is a German film director, screenwriter, and producer known for his science fiction and disaster films. He has directed blockbusters such as Independence Day, Godzilla, and 2012, and is the 17th-highest-grossing Hollywood director of all time.
IMDb profile of Roland Emmerich, a German film director and producer of blockbuster films like Independence Day, Godzilla, and The Day After Tomorrow. Learn about his career, personal life, and upcoming projects.
- January 1, 1
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- Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Find out the movies directed, written, and produced by Roland Emmerich, a German filmmaker known for his sci-fi and disaster films. See his highest and lowest rated titles, audience scores, and box office results.
Learn about the life and career of Roland Emmerich, a German film director and producer of blockbuster films like Independence Day, Godzilla and The Day After Tomorrow. Find out his family, trivia, quotes, salaries and more on IMDb.
- November 10, 1955
- Making Contact
- Ghost Chase
- Moon 44
- Universal Soldier
- Godzilla
- Stonewall
- 10,000 B.C.
- Stargate
- Anonymous
- Independence Day: Resurgence
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1985’sMaking Contact, originally known as Joey, is one of Emmerich’s earliest films and is by no means without its charm though still is where we must begin. It centers on a young boy named Joey (Joshua Morrell) who attempts to reconnect with his deceased father through supernatural forces. Imagine a strange mashup of Poltergeist and E.T.to get som...
Shortly after our first entry came 1987’s Ghost Case, which also was originally known by the different name of Hollywood-Monster, that is a slight step up though is still forgettable. Making use of more supernatural elements, it is all built around a group of friends who try to shoot a movie in a mansion before strange things begin happening. The b...
For a film that takes place on the moon, it is amazing in its own right that 1990's Moon 44is as boring as it is. In his first big foray into science fiction, you can see glimpses of how Emmerich was beginning to explore elements that would be better developed in his later work. The story here is about a mining station on a remote moon and is, abse...
You would think having Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren in this 1992 action science-fiction film about superhuman warriors would make it exciting, right? Compared to what came before it on this list? Sure, I guess. Overall? No. While it is fun to see the action icons' first on-screen collaboration, the overall experience in Universal Soldie...
Now is where we get into some of Emmerich’s more recognizable films. Keep in mind that recognizable does not always mean good. Such is the case with the 1998 adaptation of Godzilla, a misguided study in how not to portray the iconic creature on screen. Following a series of nuclear tests that irradiate an iguana into a giant monster, a team must tr...
Oh Stonewall. There may never be a movie that has more misrepresented history and the people that lived through it so thoroughly to the point of disrespect. It marks the first of many attempts Emmerich would take at portraying history on this list, though this is the most tasteless. The Stonewall Riots were a historic moment where brave people like...
A film that goes back to the prehistoric age, 10,000 B.C.throws historical accuracy out the window to tell a middling and meandering action story that still has its moments. Don't expect any deeper scenes that build themes as it is all about getting bigger and bigger spectacles on screen even if the characters get lost along the way. The basic stor...
A film that marked one of Emmerich's biggest forays into science fiction at the time, Stargate is a work that is more interesting than it is entirely successful. Built around an interstellar gateway that transports a group of characters to an ancient world, it is a premise that is more entertaining in theory than it is in execution. As it follows p...
One of the stranger entries in his filmmmography, Emmerich’s Anonymous is all about questioning whether William Shakespeare really was a person who wrote all the works that are credited to him. The film comes down pretty definitively that he didn’t, so that may itself already lose those who don’t buy into its theory. However, it is still Emmerich t...
A movie that Emmerich himself has said he likely shouldn’t have made following Will Smith dropping out,Independence Day: Resurgenceis a film that struggles to justify its existencewith far too many subplots. However, even with its superior predecessor casting a long shadow over it, it is an absurd blockbuster that works if you don’t take it serious...
A comprehensive list of the director's filmography, from his early supernatural and action movies to his blockbuster sci-fi and disaster epics. Find out which ones are his best and worst, and how he became the "master of disaster".
- Chase Hutchinson
- Movie Reviews Editor
1. The Patriot. 2000 2h 45m R. 7.2 (296K) Rate. 63 Metascore. Peaceful farmer Benjamin Martin is driven to lead the Colonial Militia during the American Revolution when a sadistic British officer murders his son. Director Roland Emmerich Stars Mel Gibson Heath Ledger Joely Richardson. 2. Anonymous. 2011 2h 10m PG-13. 6.8 (42K) Rate. 50 Metascore.
Learn about Roland Emmerich, a German film director, screenwriter, and producer known for his disaster and action flicks. See his biography, filmography, awards, and personal details on TMDB.
