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Roland Emmerich

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Roland Emmerich (German: [ˈʁoːlant ˈɛməʁɪç] ; born 10 November 1955) is a German-American filmmaker. Emmerich is widely known for his science fiction and disaster films and has been called a "master of disaster" within the movie industry. His films, most of which are English-language Hollywood productions, have made more than $3 billion worldwide, including just over $1 billion in the United States, making him the 17th-highest-grossing Hollywood director of all time. Emmerich began his work in the film industry by directing the film The Noah's Ark Principle (1984) as part of his university thesis and also co-founded Centropolis Entertainment in 1985 with his sister. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Roland Emmerich is the 173rd most popular film director (down from 156th in 2019), the 1,019th most popular biography from Germany (down from 871st in 2019) and the 11th most popular German Film Director.

Roland Emmerich is most famous for directing and producing a number of blockbuster films including Independence Day, Godzilla, and The Day After Tomorrow.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Roland Emmerich ranks 173 out of 2,041. Before him are Kim Ki-duk, Jan Švankmajer, Ettore Scola, Tom Holland, Max Ophüls, and István Szabó. After him are Sergio Corbucci, Spike Lee, Alice Guy-Blaché, Robert Rodriguez, Andrei Konchalovsky, and Jacques Demy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Roland Emmerich ranks 56. Before him are Shoko Asahara, Najib Mikati, Brendan Gleeson, Mark David Chapman, Héctor Cúper, and John Grisham. After him are Binali Yıldırım, Gary Sinise, Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este, Asif Ali Zardari, Billy Bob Thornton, and François Cluzet.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Roland Emmerich ranks 1,019 out of 7,253. Before him are Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1497), Johann Christoph Bach (1671), Henry I, Duke of Bavaria (920), Zwentibold (870), Gustav Radbruch (1878), and Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (1754). After him are Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel (1747), Oswald Pohl (1892), Florian Geyer (1490), Johann Peter Eckermann (1792), Ernst Kretschmer (1888), and Günther Lütjens (1889).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Germany

Among film directors born in Germany, Roland Emmerich ranks 11. Before him are Werner Herzog (1942), F. W. Murnau (1888), Ernst Lubitsch (1892), Wolfgang Petersen (1941), Volker Schlöndorff (1939), and Max Ophüls (1902). After him are Margarethe von Trotta (1942), Thea von Harbou (1888), Mike Nichols (1931), Douglas Sirk (1897), Robert Siodmak (1900), and Lotte Reiniger (1899).

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