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.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.
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Among film directors, Roland Emmerich ranks 152 out of 1,581. Before him are Abel Gance, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Jan Švankmajer, Ed Wood, Joris Ivens, and Robert Wise. After him are Sergei Bondarchuk, Denis Villeneuve, Ettore Scola, Jean Vigo, Henri-Georges Clouzot, and Max Reinhardt.
1889 - 1981
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 146
1953 - Present
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 147
1934 - Present
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 148
1924 - 1978
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 149
1898 - 1989
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 150
1914 - 2005
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 151
1955 - Present
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 152
1920 - 1994
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 153
1967 - Present
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 154
1931 - 2016
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 155
1905 - 1934
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 156
1907 - 1977
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 157
1873 - 1943
HPI: 61.79
Rank: 158
Among people born in 1955, Roland Emmerich ranks 34. Before him are Kris Jenner, Billy Bob Thornton, Dodi Fayed, Whoopi Goldberg, Björn Andrésen, and Mark David Chapman. After him are Gary Sinise, Mariano Rajoy, John Grisham, Jeff Koons, Héctor Cúper, and Denis Mukwege.
1955 - Present
HPI: 63.50
Rank: 28
1955 - Present
HPI: 62.83
Rank: 29
1955 - 1997
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 30
1955 - Present
HPI: 62.57
Rank: 31
1955 - Present
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 32
1955 - Present
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 33
1955 - Present
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 34
1955 - Present
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 35
1955 - Present
HPI: 61.84
Rank: 36
1955 - Present
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 37
1955 - Present
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 38
1955 - Present
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 39
1955 - Present
HPI: 61.05
Rank: 40
Among people born in Germany, Roland Emmerich ranks 858 out of 6,142. Before him are Arno Breker (1900), Bertha Benz (1849), Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg (1546), Carl Spitzweg (1808), Hans Sachs (1494), and Joseph Berchtold (1897). After him are Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche (1846), Viktor Lutze (1890), Paul Schäfer (1921), Robert Aumann (1930), Johannes Trithemius (1462), and Gustav Ritter von Kahr (1862).
1900 - 1991
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 852
1849 - 1944
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 853
1546 - 1608
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 854
1808 - 1885
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 855
1494 - 1576
HPI: 61.93
Rank: 856
1897 - 1962
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 857
1955 - Present
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 858
1846 - 1935
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 859
1890 - 1943
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 860
1921 - 2010
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 861
1930 - Present
HPI: 61.89
Rank: 862
1462 - 1516
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 863
1862 - 1934
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 864
Among film directors born in Germany, Roland Emmerich ranks 9. Before him are Michael Haneke (1942), Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1945), Werner Herzog (1942), F. W. Murnau (1888), Ernst Lubitsch (1892), and Wolfgang Petersen (1941). After him are Volker Schlöndorff (1939), Max Ophüls (1902), Robert Siodmak (1900), Thea von Harbou (1888), Douglas Sirk (1897), and Margarethe von Trotta (1942).
1942 - Present
HPI: 69.47
Rank: 3
1945 - 1982
HPI: 68.76
Rank: 4
1942 - Present
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 5
1888 - 1931
HPI: 66.65
Rank: 6
1892 - 1947
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 7
1941 - 2022
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 8
1955 - Present
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 9
1939 - Present
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 10
1902 - 1957
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 11
1900 - 1973
HPI: 60.02
Rank: 12
1888 - 1954
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 13
1897 - 1987
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 14
1942 - Present
HPI: 59.27
Rank: 15