FILM DIRECTOR

Roland Emmerich

1955 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roland Emmerich has received more than 4,853,139 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Roland Emmerich is the 156th most popular film director (down from 153rd in 2019), the 871st most popular biography from Germany (down from 858th in 2019) and the 10th most popular German Film Director.

Roland Emmerich is most famous for directing and producing a number of blockbuster films including Independence Day, Godzilla, and The Day After Tomorrow.

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  • 55

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  • 5.56

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  • 3.91

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Roland Emmerich ranks 156 out of 2,041. Before him are Ettore Scola, Victor Sjöström, Ed Wood, Alexander Dovzhenko, Shohei Imamura, and Otto Preminger. After him are Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Jesús Franco, Peter Greenaway, Kim Ki-duk, Sergio Corbucci, and Andrei Konchalovsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Roland Emmerich ranks 44. Before him are Mark David Chapman, Mariano Rajoy, Lazarus Chakwera, Billy Bob Thornton, Shoko Asahara, and Martin Schulz. After him are Brendan Gleeson, Gary Sinise, Pietro Parolin, Haitham bin Tariq, Denis Mukwege, and François Cluzet.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Roland Emmerich ranks 871 out of 7,253. Before him are Josef Albers (1888), Carl Spitzweg (1808), Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands (1774), Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg (1546), Felix Wankel (1902), and Rudolf Schenker (1948). After him are Robert Huber (1937), Charles I of Württemberg (1823), Hildegard Knef (1925), David Fabricius (1564), Gustav Ritter von Kahr (1862), and Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden (1728).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Germany

Among film directors born in Germany, Roland Emmerich ranks 10. Before him are Michael Haneke (1942), Werner Herzog (1942), Ernst Lubitsch (1892), F. W. Murnau (1888), Wolfgang Petersen (1941), and Volker Schlöndorff (1939). After him are Max Ophüls (1902), Margarethe von Trotta (1942), Douglas Sirk (1897), Thea von Harbou (1888), Robert Siodmak (1900), and Mike Nichols (1931).

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Filmography

2012
Director
Dr. Adrian Helmsley, part of a worldwide geophysical team investigating the effect on the earth of radiation from unprecedented solar storms, learns that the earth's core is heating up. He warns U.S. President Thomas Wilson that the crust of the earth is becoming unstable and that without proper preparations for saving a fraction of the world's population, the entire race is doomed. Meanwhile, writer Jackson Curtis stumbles on the same information. While the world's leaders race to build "arks" to escape the impending cataclysm, Curtis struggles to find a way to save his family. Meanwhile, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes of unprecedented strength wreak havoc around the world.
Oct 10o 20095.844 / 10
Independence Day
Director
Strange phenomena surface around the globe. The skies ignite. Terror races through the world's major cities. As these extraordinary events unfold, it becomes increasingly clear that a force of incredible magnitude has arrived. Its mission: total annihilation over the Fourth of July weekend. The last hope to stop the destruction is an unlikely group of people united by fate and unimaginable circumstances.
Jun 25o 19966.89 / 10
The Day After Tomorrow
Director
After years of increases in the greenhouse effect, havoc is wreaked globally in the form of catastrophic hurricanes, tornadoes, tidal waves, floods and the beginning of a new Ice Age. Paleoclimatologist Jack Hall tries to warn the world while also shepherding to safety his son, trapped in New York after the city is overwhelmed by the start of the new big freeze.
May 26o 20046.535 / 10