Roland Emmerich

Roland Emmerich

Roland Emmerich (German: [ˈʁoːlant ˈɛməʁɪç] (listen); 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. 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 15th-highest-grossing director of all time.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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roland Emmerich has received more than 4,106,196 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 53 in 2019). Roland Emmerich is the 152nd most popular film director (up from 190th in 2019), the 858th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,030th in 2019) and the 9th 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.