Roland Emmerich

Director Roland Emmerich on the set of 20th Century Fox's The Day After Tomorrow - 2004.

Biography

Born 11/10/1955

Influenced less by the work of compatriots Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Volker Schlondorff than by the sci-fi blockbusters coming out of Hollywood, Roland Emmerich rejected the New German Cinema of the early 1980s in favor of "popcorn" movies, eliciting scorn and a derisive moniker, 'the Swabian...
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Awards

  • In 1998, received European Film Audience Award for Best Director
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Highlights

  • In 2008, Helmed the big-budget, prehistoric era drama, "10,000 BC"
  • In 2007, Produced "Trade" a film based on a The New York Times Magazine article "The Girls Next Door" about sex slaves
  • In 2004, Returned to directing with the big-budget, visual effects-laden, "The Day After Tomorrow"
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Family & Companions

  • Hans Emmerich: father (Owner of the company, Solo; funded son's first feature, "The Noah's Ark Principle" (1981))
  • Ute Emmerich: sister (Co-founded with brother Centropolis Film Productions (now Centropolis Entertainment); co-produced many of her brother's films beginning with "Joey" (1985))
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