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. 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.