Uwe Boll

German filmmaker

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2025 'Run' is in post-production, directed, written, and produced by Uwe Boll.
2024 Planned to direct, write, and produce two films: 'First Shift' and a documentary called 'Bandidos', in which he will also act
2024 'First Shift' was directed, written, and produced by Uwe Boll.
2024 Uwe Boll directed, wrote, and produced the documentary 'Bandidos'.
2023 Boll stated that out of all the video game films he worked on, 'Postal' holds a special place in his heart due to the creative freedom he experienced.
2023 In response to ongoing criticism of his work, Uwe Boll emphasized the importance of understanding video game source material for film adaptations and reflected on the need for better script development and collaboration with game developers.
2023 Boll appeared as himself in the Romanian film Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World.
October 2023 Quiver Distribution acquired Uwe Boll's crime drama First Shift for distribution in the U.S., Canada, and select international territories.
February 2023 Variety reported Boll would be directing and producing the crime drama First Shift, featuring Kristen Renton and Gino Anthony Pesi.
2022 Boll announced plans to direct and produce Ness and an action thriller titled 12 Hours.
2022 Uwe Boll returned to filmmaking after a hiatus.
2021 'Hanau (Deutschland im Winter - Part 1)' was released, directed, written, and produced by Uwe Boll.
2021 Uwe Boll released a documentary titled 'The Decline'.
2020 Bauhaus Restaurant won a gold award for Best European Restaurant at the 2020 Vancouver Magazine Awards.
October 2020 Boll announced his return to filmmaking with the project Germany in Winter.
January 2019 Plans were announced to open a second Bauhaus Restaurant location in Toronto.
2018 Uwe Boll and his wife Natalie formed the Bauhaus Group to expand their restaurant business and acquired the Blenheim Pub in Vancouver.
November 2018 The documentary Fuck You All: The Uwe Boll Story premiered at the 2018 Whistler Film Festival, detailing Boll's filmmaking journey.
2017 'House of Evil' was released.
2017 Bauhaus was included in The World's 50 Best Restaurants Discovery Series, being one of only three Canadian restaurants to be featured.
2016 Bauhaus Restaurant ranked 37th on the list of Canada's 100 Best Restaurants.
October 2016 In an interview, Boll announced his retirement from filmmaking, citing the decline in DVD and Blu-ray sales.
September 2016 In September 2016, Uwe Boll released Rampage: President Down, which he announced in an interview on October 20, 2016, would be his last film due to market failures and funding difficulties.
2015 'Anger of the Dead' was released.
2015 Uwe Boll opened the Bauhaus Restaurant in Vancouver, aiming to provide German cuisine in the city.
June 7 2015 On June 7, 2015, Uwe Boll released a video titled 'fuck you all' on YouTube, criticizing those who did not fund his film Rampage 3 on Kickstarter, which garnered over 1.9 million views.
2014 Uwe Boll directed and produced multiple films including 'In the Name of the King 3: The Last Mission' and 'Rampage: Capital Punishment', in which he also acted
2014 'In the Name of the King 3: The Last Mission', based on the Dungeon Siege series, was released.
2014 Uwe Boll directed and produced 'Rampage: Capital Punishment'.
2014 Uwe Boll married Canadian film producer Natalia Tudge.
September 30 2014 The petition against Uwe Boll ultimately failed to reach 1 million signatures by the time PetitionOnline shut down on September 30, 2014, peaking at about 353,835 signatures.
August 2013 Boll revealed plans to produce a sequel to Postal through a Kickstarter campaign, which was later cancelled on 5 October 2013.
March 2012 Boll announced he had completed a short horror story for the anthology film The Profane Exhibit, inspired by Josef Fritzl.
2011 Uwe Boll appeared in the video game Postal III, contributing to the gaming industry's landscape.
2011 Boll released Blubberella, a satirical film critiquing superhero movies and particularly Marvel's Cinematic Universe.
October 2010 Boll was the subject of the documentary Raging Boll, which premiered at the Austin Film Festival.
September 2010 Boll's film Darfur won the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival prize for the best international film.
September 2010 A trailer for Boll's film Auschwitz was posted on YouTube, featuring explicit scenes of violence against concentration camp inmates, with Boll portraying an SS gas chamber guard.
March 22 2010 In an interview on March 22, 2010, Uwe Boll stated he would not retire even if the petition reached one million signatures, arguing that the initial enthusiasm had faded over the years.

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