1955 - Today
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. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roland Emmerich has received more than 3,506,403 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Roland Emmerich is the 190th most popular film director (up from 208th in 2019), the 1,030th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,098th in 2019) and the 11th 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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Among film directors, Roland Emmerich ranks 190 out of 1,580. Before him are Richard Donner, Max Ophüls, G. W. Pabst, Tony Richardson, Kim Ki-duk, and Yılmaz Güney. After him are Lina Wertmüller, Spike Lee, Gojko Mitić, Wong Kar-wai, Otto Preminger, and Robert Siodmak.
1930 - Present
HPI: 69.79
Rank: 184
1902 - 1957
HPI: 69.75
Rank: 185
1885 - 1967
HPI: 69.73
Rank: 186
1928 - 1991
HPI: 69.70
Rank: 187
1960 - 2020
HPI: 69.67
Rank: 188
1937 - 1984
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 189
1955 - Present
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 190
1928 - Present
HPI: 69.53
Rank: 191
1957 - Present
HPI: 69.46
Rank: 192
1940 - Present
HPI: 69.33
Rank: 193
1958 - Present
HPI: 69.31
Rank: 194
1905 - 1986
HPI: 69.30
Rank: 195
1900 - 1973
HPI: 69.29
Rank: 196
Among people born in 1955, Roland Emmerich ranks 36. Before him are Nina Hagen, François Cluzet, Mariano Rajoy, Dodi Fayed, Carme Forcadell, and John Grisham. After him are Shoko Asahara, Binali Yıldırım, Denis Mukwege, Haitham bin Tariq, Brendan Gleeson, and J. K. Simmons.
1955 - Present
HPI: 70.72
Rank: 30
1955 - Present
HPI: 70.71
Rank: 31
1955 - Present
HPI: 70.58
Rank: 32
1955 - 1997
HPI: 70.31
Rank: 33
1955 - Present
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 34
1955 - Present
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 35
1955 - Present
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 36
1955 - 2018
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 37
1955 - Present
HPI: 69.24
Rank: 38
1955 - Present
HPI: 69.20
Rank: 39
1955 - Present
HPI: 69.16
Rank: 40
1955 - Present
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 41
1955 - Present
HPI: 68.48
Rank: 42
Among people born in Germany, Roland Emmerich ranks 1,030 out of 5,289. Before him are Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (1173), Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine (1617), Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern (1811), Clemens August Graf von Galen (1878), John Rabe (1882), and Harald Quandt (1921). After him are Countess Palatine Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg (1670), Julius Wellhausen (1844), Christian Gottlob Neefe (1748), Hanns Eisler (1898), Gottfried Benn (1886), and William V, Duke of Bavaria (1548).
1173 - 1231
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 1,024
1617 - 1680
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 1,025
1811 - 1885
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 1,026
1878 - 1946
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 1,027
1882 - 1950
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 1,028
1921 - 1967
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 1,029
1955 - Present
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 1,030
1670 - 1748
HPI: 69.56
Rank: 1,031
1844 - 1918
HPI: 69.56
Rank: 1,032
1748 - 1798
HPI: 69.56
Rank: 1,033
1898 - 1962
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 1,034
1886 - 1956
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 1,035
1548 - 1626
HPI: 69.53
Rank: 1,036
Among film directors born in Germany, Roland Emmerich ranks 11. Before him are Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1945), F. W. Murnau (1888), Ernst Lubitsch (1892), Wolfgang Petersen (1941), Volker Schlöndorff (1939), and Max Ophüls (1902). After him are Robert Siodmak (1900), Thea von Harbou (1888), Mike Nichols (1931), Margarethe von Trotta (1942), Douglas Sirk (1897), and Oskar Fischinger (1900).
1945 - 1982
HPI: 74.80
Rank: 5
1888 - 1931
HPI: 74.48
Rank: 6
1892 - 1947
HPI: 74.31
Rank: 7
1941 - Present
HPI: 73.11
Rank: 8
1939 - Present
HPI: 71.33
Rank: 9
1902 - 1957
HPI: 69.75
Rank: 10
1955 - Present
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 11
1900 - 1973
HPI: 69.29
Rank: 12
1888 - 1954
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 13
1931 - 2014
HPI: 69.04
Rank: 14
1942 - Present
HPI: 68.62
Rank: 15
1897 - 1987
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 16
1900 - 1967
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 17