Biography and best works of famous director Roland Emmerich
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Roland Emmerich is a film director from the United States with German roots. Many of this man's works are appreciated for large-scale scenes of explosions, catastrophes and all kinds of global destruction.
Emmerich was born on 10 November 1955 in the German mining town of Stuttgart in a family of wealthy businessmen who owned the company Solo Kleinmotoren. Father of the future figure of cinema was a participant in the Second World War, where he was part of the Wehrmacht. But at the same time, Roland's words made it clear, that he didn't share Nazi views. And he condemned the actions of the Nazi leader.

The identity of the director
Emmerich's education began at grammar school and continued at the Film and Television School in Munich. There he learnt the basics of film direction. The director makes no secret of the fact that he's a fan of unconventional sexual relationships.. In this context, he often donates to charity, funding the development and support of film industries that have addressed LGBT issues. In addition, Roland is involved in actions that support LGBT people in third world countries.
Roland Emmerich is married to Omar de Soto. This turn of events was quite unexpected for the public, as the director has never been a supporter of such a relationship format, as he has repeatedly stated. After that, his personal life became public knowledge. The marriage came out quite strong. From time to time, the director updates the content of his Instagram through pictures with his spouse.
Career launch and Hollywood
At the age of 24, while still a student, Emmenich made his first film. It was a short film called The Frenchman. Roland's graduation work was a science fiction film "Escape to the Universe". It became the highest-budgeted work for the entire existence of the cinema, as it cost about 1000000 marks. The film was the first to be presented at the 1984 Berlin Film Festival and was considered one of the main contenders for the festival's main trophy, the Golden Bear. As a result, the rights to the film were acquired by film distributors from 20 countries. This success helped the director to start his own production company, Centropolis Films.

After some success, "Joey (Making Contact)" was a film made in English but American finance and told the story of a teenager who had a chance to make contact with his own deceased father, Emmerich gets into glorious Hollywood. There he is engaged in shooting pastiches on Spielberg's work "Hollywood Monsters" about ghosts inhabiting an old building near the Hollywood hills, as well as the action-fantasy film "Moon-44". It told about criminals who created a colony in space. After that, Roland Emmerich shot another series of blockbusters. About them below.
"The Universal Soldier."
This film, released in 1992, was Emmerich's debut work with producer Dean Devlin. It tells the story of the soldiers of the American army, who died in the Vietnam War. Based on their bodies. on a classified programme to create super soldiers.The film was a great success at the box office and paid for itself just over five times over. The film was an excellent box office success, and its costs were recouped just over five times over.
"Stargate."
It was the debut major project of the producer and director, work on which took place in 1994. In the story a certain Ra mind settles on one of the planets with intelligent life. He then infiltrates the body of one of the locals and becomes immortal. Then Ra establishes his own colony, but on a completely different planet. And then it is the turn of the earthlings to intervene, who go in search of the creature.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95JIUqjtmTw
"Independence Day."
The 1996 film combines a disaster film and thrash films of the 50s. Events begin to unfold, when aliens attack Earth and start destroying it mercilessly.. Most of the capitals of major nations are destroyed. But the president of the USA, a pilot and a scientist remain alive. Together they manage to save our planet. The film did not involve special film stars, but the success was mind-boggling.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2w-aNFInXBQ
"Godzilla."
The excellent performances of the film described before this one, spurred Emmerich to creating a story about this radioactive monster. It appears as a result of nuclear tests in one corner of the planet, emerging from the depths of the ocean. After that Godzilla hurries to New York, where, of course, no one ever waited for him. Zoologist and French scout begin to fight with the evil creature. And, of course, not without the American Air Force.
"Patriot."
This brutal drama was released in the middle of 2000. In order to accurately recreate all the historical details, cooperation with historians from American universities was organised, who acted as counsellors. The film is about the struggle of America for independence from the British crown. The film was given a special effect by the appearance of Mel Gibson.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oHcr0BOFak
"The Day After Tomorrow."
This film is based on one of the director's favourite themes: grandiose shots of the destruction of cities, melodramatic moves related to the separation and return of father to son, environmental problems. The plot of the film is based on the destruction of our planet's ozone layerwhich leads to an ice age. The depiction of the details of the environmental catastrophe was very believable, and the audience was delighted and impressed for a long time.
"2012"
In mid-November 2009, another disaster movie from Roland Emmerich hit cinemas. As in the case of The Day After Tomorrow, it reveals yet another version of the global apocalypse.. The film was so named because the dates of 21-23 December 2012 were still talked about
in the Mayan calendar. In the predictions of this people it was specified that exactly in these days the End of the World was to take place.