Roland Emmerich

Roland Emmerich

1955-11-10 Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany 52 Credits

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.

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The Magic Flute

The Magic Flute

2022

Producer

6.4
Producing

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

Moonfall

2022

Writer, Director, Producer

6.3
Writing Directing Producing

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

The Colony

2021

Executive Producer, Thanks

5.7
Producing

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

Acting

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

Acting

Discover the man behind the movie, director Roland Emmerich, whose unflagging energy and relentless pursuit of perfection inspired the entire creative...

Midway

Midway

2019

Director, Producer

7.1
Directing Producing

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

Independence Day: Resurgence

2016

Director, Screenplay, Characters

5.3
Directing Writing Producing

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'

Another Day: The Making of 'Independence Day: Resurgence'

2016

as Self

Acting

Interviews about the making of the film and behind the scenes footage

Stonewall

Stonewall

2015

Director, Producer

6.1
Directing Producing

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

White House Down

2013

Director

6.5
Directing

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

Last Will. & Testament

2012

Executive Producer

7.0
Producing

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

10.0
Acting
Anonymous

Anonymous

2011

Director, Producer

6.4
Directing Producing

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

Hell

2011

Executive Producer

5.7
Producing

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

Hollywood between Paranoia and Sci-Fi: The Power of Myth

2011

as Self

5.5
Acting

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

The Shakespeare Enigma

2011

Acting

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

2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic

2010

as Self

7.0
Acting

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

The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective

2010

as Self

7.8
Acting

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

2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic

2010

Producer, Presenter, Executive Producer

7.0
Producing

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

The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective

2010

Executive Producer, Producer, Director

7.8
Producing Directing

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

4.1
Acting

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

Stargate: History Made

2009

as Self

Acting

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

Shirley Adams

2009

Executive Producer

6.5
Producing

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

2012

2009

Executive Producer, Director, Writer

5.9
Producing Directing Writing

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

10,000 BC

2008

Producer, Director, Screenplay

5.5
Producing Directing Writing

A prehistoric epic that follows a young mammoth hunter's journey through uncharted territory to secure the future of his tribe.

Trade

Trade

2007

Producer

7.0
Producing

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'

Guns, Genes & Fighting Machines: The Making of 'Universal Soldier'

2004

as Himself

10.0
Acting

Retrospective documentary on the making of the film Universal Soldier (1992).

The Day After Tomorrow

The Day After Tomorrow

2004

Director, Producer, Screenplay

6.5
Directing Producing Writing

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

Eight Legged Freaks

2002

Executive Producer

5.8
Producing

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

The Patriot: The Art of War

2000

as Self

6.9
Acting

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

Independence Day: Creating Reality

2000

as Himself - Director (as Roland Emmrich)

6.0
Acting

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

The Patriot

2000

Director, Executive Producer

7.2
Directing Producing

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

Acting

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

The Thirteenth Floor

1999

Producer

7.1
Producing

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

Godzilla, King of the Monsters

1998

8.9
Acting

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

Godzilla

1998

Screenplay, Director, Executive Producer

5.6
Writing Directing Producing

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

The 120 Days of Bottrop

1997

as Self

5.6
Acting

An eccentric homage to the Rainer Werner Fassbinder days of German filmmaking.

Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion

Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion

1996

as Self

6.4
Acting

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'

The Making of 'Independence Day'

1996

as Self

5.9
Acting

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

Independence Day

1996

Screenplay, Director, Executive Producer

6.9
Writing Directing Producing

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

Acting

Documentary by Eckhart Schmidt.

Stargate

Stargate

1994

Screenplay, Producer, Director

7.0
Writing Producing Directing

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

The High Crusade

The High Crusade

1994

Producer

5.0
Producing

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

Universal Soldier

1992

Director

6.3
Directing

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

Moon 44

1990

Producer, Director, Story

5.0
Producing Directing Writing

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

Ghost Chase

1987

Director, Story, Screenplay

5.0
Directing Writing

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

Making Contact

1985

Director, Screenplay

5.6
Directing Writing

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

The Noah's Ark Principle

1984

Director, Writer

5.0
Directing Writing

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

Acting

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

Franzmann

1979

Writer, Director

Writing Directing

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

Maya Lord

N/A

Director, Producer

Directing Producing

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...