Biography
Roland Emmerich is a German film director, screenwriter, and producer who is known for his work on disaster and action flicks. He made a name for himself with The Noah's Ark Principle (1981) and co-founded Centropolis Entertainment in 1985 with his sister. Besides his work in the entertainment industry, he is a collector of art and an active campaigner for the LGBT community, global warming awareness and equal rights.
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Magic Flute
2022
Producer
A seventeen year old travels from London to the Austrian Alps to attend the legendary Mozart boarding school. There, he discovers a centuries-old forg...

Moonfall
2022
Writer, Director, Producer
A mysterious force knocks the moon from its orbit around Earth and sends it hurtling on a collision course with life as we know it.

The Colony
2021
Executive Producer, Thanks
In the not-too-distant future: after a global catastrophe has wiped out nearly all of humanity on Earth, an elite astronaut from Space Colony Kepler m...
The Men of Midway
2020
as Self
Meet the dazzling line-up of male stars who bring Midway to life. Nick Jonas, Ed Skrein, Aaron Eckhart, Patrick Wilson, Darren Criss, Dennis Quaid, Wo...
Roland Emmerich: Man on a Mission
2020
as Self
Discover the man behind the movie, director Roland Emmerich, whose unflagging energy and relentless pursuit of perfection inspired the entire creative...

Midway
2019
Director, Producer
The story of the Battle of Midway, and the leaders and soldiers who used their instincts, fortitude and bravery to overcome massive odds.

Independence Day: Resurgence
2016
Director, Screenplay, Characters
We always knew they were coming back. Using recovered alien technology, the nations of Earth have collaborated on an immense defense program to protec...

Another Day: The Making of 'Independence Day: Resurgence'
2016
as Self
Interviews about the making of the film and behind the scenes footage

Stonewall
2015
Director, Producer
Kicked out by his parents, a gay teenager leaves small-town Indiana for New York's Greenwich Village, where growing discrimination against the gay com...

White House Down
2013
Director
Capitol Policeman John Cale has just been denied his dream job with the Secret Service protecting President James Sawyer. Not wanting to let down his ...

Last Will. & Testament
2012
Executive Producer
It's the greatest mystery of all time; who wrote the works of Shakespeare? DEREK JACOBI leads an impressive cast on a quest to uncover the truth behin...
Der Bernd
2012
as Self

Anonymous
2011
Director, Producer
Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her, the story advances the theory that it was in fac...

Hell
2011
Executive Producer
In 2016 the sun has turned the entire world into a scorched and barren wasteland. The humans who have survived are either resourceful or violent, and ...

Hollywood between Paranoia and Sci-Fi: The Power of Myth
2011
as Self
Gives insight into the creators mindset and how they culled from real life events to create some of the biggest sci-fi films of all time.

The Shakespeare Enigma
2011
High-budget re-enactments and shooting on original locations sketch an image of the golden age of Elizabethan theater. And scholars from various field...

2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
2010
as Self
This documentary features the 2012 film's cast and crew praising the work, vision, and style of the famed Disaster movie director (i.e. Roland Emmeric...

The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
2010
as Self
A short piece that looks at the 2012 film's ensemble cast and the strengths they brought to the project.

2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
2010
Producer, Presenter, Executive Producer
This documentary features the 2012 film's cast and crew praising the work, vision, and style of the famed Disaster movie director (i.e. Roland Emmeric...

The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
2010
Executive Producer, Producer, Director
A short piece that looks at the 2012 film's ensemble cast and the strengths they brought to the project.
2012 Startling New Secrets
2009
Massive earthquakes. Giant tidal waves. Super volcanoes exploding. Raging firestorms. These are just a few visions of a global apocalypse that some sa...

Stargate: History Made
2009
as Self
Divided into three segments, "Deciphering the Gate: Concepts and Casting" (7:50), "Opening the Gate: The Making of Stargate" (10:11) and "Passing Thr...

Shirley Adams
2009
Executive Producer
Shirley Adams spends her days caring for her disabled son, Donovan - he was shot in the back of the neck on his way home from school one afternoon ove...

2012
2009
Executive Producer, Director, Writer
Dr. Adrian Helmsley, part of a worldwide geophysical team investigating the effect on the earth of radiation from unprecedented solar storms, learns t...

10,000 BC
2008
Producer, Director, Screenplay
A prehistoric epic that follows a young mammoth hunter's journey through uncharted territory to secure the future of his tribe.

Trade
2007
Producer
A Texas cop, whose own daughter might have been forced into sexual slavery, joins forces with a Mexican youth to find the boy's sister, who was abduct...

Guns, Genes & Fighting Machines: The Making of 'Universal Soldier'
2004
as Himself
Retrospective documentary on the making of the film Universal Soldier (1992).

The Day After Tomorrow
2004
Director, Producer, Screenplay
After paleoclimatologist Jack Hall is largely ignored by UN officials when presenting his environmental concerns about the beginning of a new Ice Age,...

Eight Legged Freaks
2002
Executive Producer
The residents of a rural mining town discover that an unfortunate chemical spill has caused hundreds of little spiders to mutate overnight to the size...

The Patriot: The Art of War
2000
as Self
A 10 minute featurette that details thoughts from the cast and crew about the reality of the battles shown in the film and also, how these scenes were...

Independence Day: Creating Reality
2000
as Himself - Director (as Roland Emmrich)
A look into the making of the state of the art special effects for the film Independence Day (1996). This crew spent a long time creating these 400 pl...

The Patriot
2000
Director, Executive Producer
After proving himself on the field of battle in the French and Indian War, Benjamin Martin wants nothing more to do with such things, preferring the s...
Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies
2000
as Self
Narrated by Bill Mumy (Will Robinson from TV's "Lost in Space"), this documentary spotlights some of the most thrilling scenes the disaster genre has ...

The Thirteenth Floor
1999
Producer
In Los Angeles, a wealthy man, known as Mr. Fuller, discovers a shocking secret about the world he lives in. Fearing for his life, he leaves a despera...

Godzilla, King of the Monsters
1998
Documentary focusing on the Japanese Godzilla, featuring interviews with such people as Director Jun Fukuda, the wide of the late Ishiro Honda and Ale...

Godzilla
1998
Screenplay, Director, Executive Producer
French nuclear tests irradiate an iguana into a giant monster that viciously attacks freighter ships in the Pacific Ocean. A team of experts, includin...

The 120 Days of Bottrop
1997
as Self
An eccentric homage to the Rainer Werner Fassbinder days of German filmmaking.

Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion
1996
as Self
A "mockumentary" of the alien invasion during Independence Day. Barry Nolan hosts the programme, the first 9 minutes of which are a spoof news report ...

The Making of 'Independence Day'
1996
as Self
We take a look at various fields of development for the motion picture, Independence Day (1996). Jeff Goldblum is our guide through 'Area ID4' (a rip-...

Independence Day
1996
Screenplay, Director, Executive Producer
Strange phenomena surface around the globe. The skies ignite. Terror races through the world's major cities. As these extraordinary events unfold, it ...
Hollywood, Germany - Die amerikanische Herausforderung
1996
as Self
Documentary by Eckhart Schmidt.

Stargate
1994
Screenplay, Producer, Director
An interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancient Egyptians who worship the god Ra.

The High Crusade
1994
Producer
A Monty Pythonesque tale of a band of Crusaders who find themselves in possession of an alien ship and the alien to pilot it. Armed with the means to ...

Universal Soldier
1992
Director
An American soldier who had been killed during the Vietnam War is revived 25 years later by the military as a semi-android, UniSols, a high-tech soldi...

Moon 44
1990
Producer, Director, Story
Year 2038: The mineral resources of the earth are drained, in space there are fights for the last deposits on other planets and satellites. This is th...

Ghost Chase
1987
Director, Story, Screenplay
In an old Hollywood mansion, the spirit of an old family retainer inhabits an old grandfather clock. When a movie company uses the mansion for a film,...

Making Contact
1985
Director, Screenplay
A nine year old boy named Joey, who after the tragic death of his father, begins to experience psychic powers such as allowing him to move inanimate o...

The Noah's Ark Principle
1984
Director, Writer
The year is 1997, and World Peace seems to have come, with most classic weapons of mass destruction having been abandoned. However, orbiting the Earth...
Verlieben vielleicht
1980
as Robert
The film tells the story of a young guy who stops off in Munich in search of happiness, a steady relationship and fulfilling dreams. First he picks up...
Smash - Gefahr aus der Unendlichkeit
1979
Production Design
1984: Scientists and a group of cultists discover intelligent beings in space. The initial effects of their alien biological order are terrible. The d...

Franzmann
1979
Writer, Director
Germany, 1937. Paul v. Kammer has lived with his grandfather in Germany for ten years. He has just finished school and faces a difficult decision: his...

Maya Lord
N/A
Director, Producer
The story of 16th century Spaniard, Gonzalo Guerrero, who was held captive by a Mayan tribe and eventually converts to their ways and beliefs and figh...