Roland Emmerich

Roland Emmerich
Emmerich in 2016
Born (1955-11-10) 10 November 1955 (age 69)
Stuttgart, West Germany
Citizenship
  • Germany
  • United States
Alma materUniversity of Television and Film Munich
Occupations
  • Film director
  • producer
  • screenwriter
Years active1979–present
Spouse
Omar De Soto
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(m. 2017)​
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Roland Emmerich (German: [ˈʁoːlant ˈɛməʁɪç] ⓘ; 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 17th-highest-grossing Hollywood 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).

  1. ^ "Roland Emmerich, Master of Disaster, Returns to Big-Screen Cataclysms With 'Moonfall'". The Hollywood Reporter. 27 January 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Roland Emmerich". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 11 April 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Roland Emmerich". The Numbers. Archived from the original on 11 April 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2017.