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Roland Emmerich

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Emmerich began his career in his native Germany. In his youth, he pursued painting and sculpting. While enrolled in the director's program at film school in Munich, his student film Das Arche Noah Prinzip went on to open the 1984 Berlin Film Festival. The feature became a huge success and was sold to more than 20 countries. See full bio »

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Hide HideProducer (23 titles)
2015 ID Forever Part I (producer) (announced)
 
???? ID Forever Part II (producer) (announced)
 
2013 White House Down (producer)
 
2012 Last Will & Testament (documentary) (executive producer)
 
2012 Dark Horse (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
2011/I Anonymous (producer)
 
2011 Hell (executive producer)
 
2009/I 2012 (executive producer)
 
2008 10,000 BC (producer)
 
2007/I Trade (producer)
 
2004 The Day After Tomorrow (producer)
 
2002 Eight Legged Freaks (executive producer)
 
2000 The Patriot (executive producer)
 
1998-2000 Godzilla: The Series (TV series) (executive producer - 40 episodes)
– Ring of Fire (2000) (executive producer)
– Underground Movement (2000) (executive producer)
– Vision (2000) (executive producer)
– Lizard Season (2000) (executive producer)
– Where Is Thy Sting? (2000) (executive producer)
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1999 The Thirteenth Floor (producer)
 
1998 Godzilla (executive producer)
 
1997 The Visitor (TV series) (executive producer)
 
1996 Independence Day (executive producer)
 
1994 The High Crusade (producer)
 
1991 Eye of the Storm (executive producer)
 
1990 Moon 44 (producer)
 
1985 Joey (co-producer)
 
1984 Das Arche Noah Prinzip (co-producer)
 
Show ShowDirector (19 titles)
2015 ID Forever Part I (announced)
 
???? ID Forever Part II (announced)
 
2013 White House Down
 
2012 Dark Horse (TV movie)
 
2011/I Anonymous
 
2009/I 2012
 
2008 10,000 BC
 
2004 The Day After Tomorrow
 
2000 The Patriot
 
1998 Godzilla
 
1996 Independence Day
 
1994 Stargate
 
1992 Universal Soldier
 
1990 Moon 44
 
1987 Ghost Chase
 
1985 Joey
 
1984 Das Arche Noah Prinzip
 
1979 Franzmann
 
1979 Wilde Witwe (short)
 
Show ShowWriter (17 titles)
2015 ID Forever Part I (characters) (announced)
 
???? ID Forever Part II (characters) (announced)
 
2012 Dark Horse (TV movie)
 
2009/I 2012 (written by)
 
2008 10,000 BC (written by)
 
2004 The Day After Tomorrow (screenplay / story)
 
1998 Godzilla (screenplay / story)
 
1998 Stargate SG-1 (TV series)
– Politics (1998) (excerpts - uncredited)
 
1997 The Visitor (TV series)
– The Devil's Rainbow (1997) (creator)
– Fear of Flying (1997) (story)
– Pilot (1997) (creator / written by)
 
1996 Independence Day (written by)
 
1994 Stargate (written by)
 
1990 Moon 44 (story)
 
1987 Ghost Chase
 
1985 Joey (written by)
 
1984 Das Arche Noah Prinzip
 
1980 Altosax (TV movie)
 
1979 Franzmann (writer)
 
Show ShowProduction Designer (2 titles)
1979 Smash - Gefahr aus der Unendlichkeit (short)
 
1979 Wilde Witwe (short)
 
Show ShowSpecial Effects (1 title)
1985 Joey (special effects)
 
Show ShowCamera and Electrical Department (1 title)
1985 Joey (second camera)
 
Show ShowActor (1 title)
1980 Altosax (TV movie)
 
Show ShowEditor (1 title)
1979 Franzmann
 
Show ShowThanks (9 titles)
2012/I Apocalypse 2012 (grateful acknowledgment)
 
2011 Vito (documentary) (special thanks)
 
2009 Raise Your Voice (documentary short) (very special thanks)
 
2008 Krabat (special thanks)
 
2008 Jack N Jill (short) (special thanks)
 
2004 The Force Is with Them: The Legacy of 'Star Wars' (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
2003 Coronado (thanks)
 
2002 Igby Goes Down (special thanks)
 
2001 Aizea: City of the Wind (short) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (39 titles)
2008-2013 Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 27 June 2013 (2013) … Himself
– Episode dated 6 March 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
2012 Der Bernd (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 Janela Indiscreta (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.92 (2011) … Himself
 
2011 Días de cine (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 10 November 2011 (2011) … Himself
 
2011 Die Harald Schmidt Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.15 (2011) … Himself
 
2011 Sidewalks Entertainment (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Anonymous & Like Crazy (2011) … Himself - Guest
 
2011 Hollywood between Paranoia and Sci-Fi. The Power of Myth (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Roland Emmerich: Master of the Modern Epic (video short)
Himself
 
2009 Raise Your Voice (documentary short)
Himself
 
2009 Roland Emmerich - Mein Leben (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2008-2009 Cinema 3 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 14 November 2009 (2009) … Himself
– Episode dated 8 March 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
2009 2012: Startling New Secrets (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Made in Hollywood (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #5.7 (2009) … Himself
 
2009 Wetten, dass..? (TV series)
Himself
– Wetten, dass..? aus Braunschweig (2009) … Himself
 
2009 Le grand journal de Canal+ (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 20 October 2009 (2009) … Himself
– Episode dated 23 September 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
2009 Entertainment Tonight (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 8 October 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
1996-2008 HBO First Look (TV series documentary)
Himself
– '10,000 BC': The Making of an Epic World (2008) … Himself
– The Making of 'The Day After Tomorrow' (2004) … Himself
– The Patriot (2000) … Himself
– The Making of 'Independence Day' (1996) … Himself
 
2008 A Wild and Woolly Ride (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2007 Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001 (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2007 Shootout (TV series)
Himself
– Roland Emmerich/Michael Douglas (2007) … Himself
 
2004 Guns, Genes & Fighting Machines: The Making of 'Universal Soldier' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2004 The Force Is with Them: The Legacy of 'Star Wars' (video documentary short)
Himself - Director, 'Independence Day'
 
2004 4Pop (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Popparit Bushin kimpussa (2004) … Himself
 
2004 Anke Late Night (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.7 (2004) … Himself
 
2004 Richard & Judy (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 27 May 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2004 Berlin Mitte (TV series)
Himself
– Teurer Sprit und Klimaschock - Mit Vollgas in die Katastrophe? (2004) … Himself
 
2000 Independence Day: Creating Reality (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2000 Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies (video documentary)
Himself
 
2000 The Art of War (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1999 The Directors (TV series documentary)
Himself
– The Films of Roland Emmerich … Himself
 
1998 Godzilla: On Assignment with Charles Caiman (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1998 Godzilla, King of the Monsters (TV documentary)
Interviewee
 
1997 The 120 Days of Bottrop
Himself
 
1997 Hollywood, Germany (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1996 Die Harald Schmidt Show (TV series)
Himself
– Show #149 - Aliens beim Shopping in Köln (1996) … Himself
 
1996 Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1996 The Making of 'Independence Day' (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
1995-1996 Movie Magic (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Devastation Effects: Movie Mayhem (1996) … Himself
– Mechanical Effects: Nuts and Bolts (1995) … Himself
 
1992 Making of 'Universal Soldier' (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
2011 Hollywood's Best Film Directors (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

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Directed his first commercial in 2001. Title: Infinite Possibilities Client: DaimlerChrysler Agency: Springer & Jacoby UK, London Creative Directors: Kurt Georg Dieckert/Stefan Schmidt Copywriter: Alex Jaggy Agency Producer: Natascha Teidler Production Company: GAP Films, Munich Production Manager:... See more »

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Personal Quote:

I came to film school in 1977 when directors like Fassbinder and Wenders were everybody's heroes. But it was also the time that Star Wars and Close Encounters came out, and these were the seminal movies for me. Everybody is always so careful about these things. I mean, I'm good friends with Wim Wenders... See more »

Trivia:

President of jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2005 See more »

Trademark:

Often features an object crashing into the camera ( Independence Day) See more »

Nickname:

Das Spielbergle aus Sindelfingen South German dialect for "Little Spielberg from Sindelfingen" See more »

Star Sign:

Scorpio