Roland Emmerich
His previous films include the box-office hits Independence Day starring Will Smith; The Day After Tomorrow with Jake Gyllenhaal and Dennis Quaid; The Patriot with Mel Gibson and Heath Ledger; Godzilla, Stargate and Universal Soldier, which was his first American film.
Emmerich began his career in his native Germany where studied film at the Munich Film School. His student thesis, the feature length film The Noah's Ark Principle, went on to compete in the 1984 Berlin Film Festival and was subsequently released in more than 20 countries. Buoyed by his early success, Emmerich formed Centropolis Film Productions, and under its' aegis produced, wrote and directed Making Contact (aka Joey), Ghost Chase, and Moon 44.
In 2007 Emmerich produced the film Trade, a gripping drama about human trafficking in Mexico and the U.S.
Roland Emmerich Facts
| Occupation | Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
| Birthday | November 10, 1955 (67) |
| Sign | Scorpio |
| Birthplace | Stuttgart, Germany |
Selected Filmography
| Independence Day: Resurgence | ||
| Stargate | ||
| Godzilla | ||
| Independence Day | ||
| 10,000 B.C. | ||
| 2012 | ||
| The Patriot | ||
| White House Down | ||
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