Roland Emmerich

German filmmaker

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2024 Set to be the director and executive producer of the TV series 'Those About to Die'
2024 Set to be the director and executive producer of the TV series 'Those About to Die'
June 2023 Roland Emmerich announced the Space Nation franchise, which will include a MMORPG, TV series, animated shorts, and spinoff games.
June 2023 Roland Emmerich announced the Space Nation franchise, which will include a MMORPG, TV series, animated shorts, and spinoff games.
2022 Directed 'Moonfall', continuing his science fiction and disaster film tradition.
2022 Directed 'Moonfall', continuing his science fiction and disaster film tradition.
2020 Announced his film project 'Moonfall', a space disaster film about a mysterious force threatening Earth, with a production budget of $150 million.
2020 Announced his film project 'Moonfall', a space disaster film about a mysterious force threatening Earth, with a production budget of $150 million.
November 2019 Directed Midway, a film based on the Battle of Midway during the Pacific Theater of World War II.
November 2019 Directed Midway, a film based on the Battle of Midway during the Pacific Theater of World War II.
June 24 2016 Released Independence Day: Resurgence, a sequel to his most successful film, twenty years after the original Independence Day.
June 24 2016 Released Independence Day: Resurgence, a sequel to his most successful film, twenty years after the original Independence Day.
2015 Directed 'Stonewall', a departure from his typical disaster film genre.
2015 Directed 'Stonewall', a departure from his typical disaster film genre.
June 28 2013 Released the action-thriller film White House Down in the United States, which depicted a terrorist attack on the White House.
June 28 2013 Released the action-thriller film White House Down in the United States, which depicted a terrorist attack on the White House.
2012 Created the TV movie 'Dark Horse' as a director, executive producer, and writer
2012 Created the TV movie 'Dark Horse' as a director, executive producer, and writer
July 2012 Began filming White House Down at La Cité Du Cinéma in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
July 2012 Began filming White House Down at La Cité Du Cinéma in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
March 2012 Sony Pictures purchased the spec script for Singularity, a sci-fi epic about a man composed of nanomachines, for $3 million.
March 2012 Sony Pictures purchased the spec script for Singularity, a sci-fi epic about a man composed of nanomachines, for $3 million.
2011 Became a U.S. citizen while retaining his German citizenship, stating he wanted to vote in the upcoming U.S. elections and deliberately waited until after the Bush administration.
2011 Became a U.S. citizen while retaining his German citizenship, stating he wanted to vote in the upcoming U.S. elections and deliberately waited until after the Bush administration.
October 28 2011 Released the historical thriller film Anonymous, exploring the theory that Edward de Vere was the true author of Shakespeare's plays, which ultimately failed at the box office and signaled a decline in Emmerich's career.
October 28 2011 Released the historical thriller film Anonymous, exploring the theory that Edward de Vere was the true author of Shakespeare's plays, which ultimately failed at the box office and signaled a decline in Emmerich's career.

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