Roland Emmerich is a realizer, producer and German scenario writer, born the November 10th 1955 with Stuttgart (Germany).

Biography

In 1977, it leaves to study the cinema with Munich and carries out its first Short-measuring, Franzmann , in 1979. In 1984, it expensive puts in scene film of student of Germany: the principle of Noah's Ark , who will be nominated with the Ours of gold of the Best film to the International festival of Film of Berlin. In 1990, it leaves food to the the United States where it meets its future associate, the actor Dean Devlin, on the turning of Moon 44 . His/her sister, Ute Emmerich, has by-product the near total of her films under the banner of her studio of production Centropolis.

In 1996, after the phenomenal success of Independence day (one of films most misunderstood of the cinema to the great displeasure of its author), the studio of the Twentieth Century Fox proposes to him to develop a series around the extraterrestrial life, which will give to birth to the series the visitor ( The Visitor ), and which will be finally a failure public, it will be stopped at the end of 13 episodes, causing the " divorce" temporary between Roland Emmerich and Fox. Thereafter, it will go in the bosom of Sony to carry out Godzilla, small success will once again give him the joy of carrying out a series but this time directly related to its last film with the sympathetic nerve animated series Godzilla: The War Of the Monsters, where the animal will become the ally of human to fight against horrible creatures.

Roland Emmerich likes to surround himself by professionals that he knows well and sometimes lance in the Hollywoodien cinema. Thus he will have proposed with the Franco-Greek Patrick Tatopoulos to make his weapons on many these films like Stargate, Independence day or Godzilla (by having the downstream of Toho), he will give that for the creatures of 10.000 B.C. This last became since a pillar of the visual effects and FX on many Hollywood films such I, Robot , Dark City , Underworld or Die Hard 4 , it will have also to win its bet to carry out its first feature film thanks to another friend, Len Wiseman, with préquelle the Underworld 3 . Level music, David Arnold will have shone on the original soundtracks of Independence day or Godzilla , and Harald Kloser will have had its chance with the day according to , this last, while remaining type-setter of the original soundtrack of 10.000 B.C. also became Co-scenario writer of this film.

Let us not forget that Roland Emmerich is also the producer of all his films but also producing of young talented realizers within Centropolis. Thus, it produced in 1999 virtual Passé ( The Thirteenth Floor ) by American Josef Rusnak , before realizer of second team on Godzilla then in 2002, Arac Attack, the monsters with 8 legs ( Eight Legged Freaks ) by the New Zealand realizer Ellory Elkayem , film which will make us discover the young person and talented Scarlett Johansson and in 2007, the German-American coproduction on the human traffic, Trade - Willkommen in Amerika by German Marco Kreuzpaintner.

Roland Emmerich does not forget therefore the political life, ecological in the heart (topic besides often present in his films), and after the election of George W. Bush in 2000, thinking with reason that the environmental policy at the federal level would take of it a blow it launches in engagement against climate warming through the film the day according to (2004). For this last, it will obtain the Euronatur price besides. For the presidential elections of 2008 in the United States, it decides to openly line up for the democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.

Side cinema, 2008 will be the year of exit of its new film occurring 10.000 before Jesus Christ where a 21 year old man will fight to find his beloved removed by an enemy clan on bottom of hunting for the mammoths. Film gathering Steven Strait, splendid the Camilla Beautiful ( Terror on the line ) and large the Omar Sharif. Another project planned for 2010, a remake of film of Richard Fleischer being entitled the fantastic Voyage on a group of scientists miniaturized with like objective operating even man inside, film by-product by James Cameron and his studio Lightstorm Entertainment .

Catalog of films

Realizer

Producer cinema

Producer television series

  • 1997 : the visitor ( The visitor )
  • 1998: Godzilla: The War Of the Monsters , animated series.

Scenario writer

  • 1979 : Franzmann (Co-writing with Oswald von Richthofen)
  • 1980: Altosax , of Thomas Merker (Co-writing with Walter Lindenlaub)
  • 1984: the principle of Noah's Ark ( Das Arch Noah prinzip )
  • 1985: Joey (Co-writing with Hans J. To haul and Thomas Lechner)
  • 1987: Ghost Drives out ( Hollywood monster ) (Co-writing with Oliver Eberle and Thomas Kubisch)
  • 1990: Moon 44 (Co-writing with Oliver Eberle and Dean Heyde)
  • 1994: Stargate, the door of the stars ( Stargate ) (Co-writing with Dean Devlin)
  • 1996: Independence Day (Co-writing with Dean Devlin)
  • 1998: Godzilla (Co-writing with Dean Devlin)
  • 2004: the Day according to ( The Day after tomorrow ) (Co-writing with Jeffrey Nachmanoff)
  • 2008: 10.000 B.C ( 10.000 B.C. ) (Co-writing with the German type-setter Harald Kloser and Robert Rodat)
  • 2009: the fantastic Voyage ( Fantastic Travels ) (Co-writing with Cormac Wibberley and Marianne Wibberley)

Distinctions

Stargate (in 1994): 6 prices & 4 nominations of which:

  • Price Saturn better science fiction film de by the Academy of the Science fiction, of fantastic and films of Horror of the United States.
  • Golden delicious Screen (Germany).
  • Price Universe Reader' S Choice of best film of Science fiction by the American magazine Sci-Fi Universe.

Independence Day (in 1997): 26 prices & 21 nominations of which:

  • Price Ozone of worst film.
  • Price Saturn better realizer for Independence Day by the Academy of the Science fiction, fantastic and films of Horror of the United States.
  • Price Saturn better science fiction film de by the Academy of the Science fiction, of fantastic and films of Horror of the United States.
  • Price Amanda of best foreign film by cinematographic Academy of Norway.
  • Price Reader' S Choice of best foreign film in 1997 by cinematographic Academy of Japan.
  • Price Universe Reader' S Choice of the best realizer in 1997 by the American magazine Sci-Fi Universe.
  • Price Universe Reader' S Choice of the best scenario writer in company of Dean Devlin in 1997 by the American magazine Sci-Fi Universe.
  • Price Blimp of best film in 1997 by Académy Kid' S Choice Awards.
  • Price Box Office by cinematographic Académy of Czech Republic.

Godzilla (1999): 7 prices & 8 nominations of which:

  • Bogey Award in Silver (Germany).
  • Prix Goes down for hearing better realizer in 1998 by Académy of the Européens films.
  • Golden delicious Screen (Germany).
  • Razzie of the worst remake with equality with Bowler hat and leather boots and Psycho.

The Patriot, the way of freedom (in 2000): 8 prices & 17 nominations of which:

  • Bogey Award (Germany).
  • Harry Award (Germany). The awards are named for Herodotus (modern form: Harry), who is widely considered to Be the Greek father off history.

the day according to (in 2004): 4 prices & 8 nominations of which:

  • Best Action Sequence in MTV Awards Movie for the scene of destruction of Los Angeles.
  • Price Euronatur in 2005 for the ecological engagement of Roland Emmerich and his film.

Trade (in 2007) as a producer:

  • Bernhard Wicki Film Award for the German realizer Marco Kreuzpaintner with the Festival of film of Munich.
  • CineMerit Award for the actor Kevin Kline with the Festival of film of Munich.
  • Cinema for Special Peace Award for the producer Roland Emmerich and the realizer Marco Kreuzpaintner.

To date, its larger success remains Independence day with 306.169.268 $ of American receipt and 816.969.268 $ of world receipt.

Internal bond

External bond

  • Centropolis site offciel of its studio of production.
  • Roland Emmerich on Internet Movie Database.
  • Roland Emmerich on Allociné (in French).
  • Centropholics not-official site by fans of its productions (in English).

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