Roland Emmerich
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| Roland Emmerich | |
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| Biographical information | |
| Date of birth |
November 10, 1955 |
| Place of birth |
Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
| Gender |
Male |
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| Other information | |
| Notable credit(s) |
Writer/Director/Producer: 2012 |
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Roland Emmerich is an openly gay German-American film director, who is best known for making big-budget action films with incredible special effects with Dean Devlin. The two of them wrote the original Stargate movie, which Emmerich directed.
Stargate was originally planned as the first in a film franchise. However, the pair became involved in other projects (Independence Day, Godzilla, etc.), and abandoned Stargate. Emmerich and Devlin do not consider Stargate SG-1 a valid continuation of their film.
Emmerich has been criticized for formulaic plots and dialogue and relying too heavily on visual effects, but his films have grossed $2.7 billion worldwide, more than those of any European-born director and making him the country's 14th-highest grossing director of all time.
