director
Dr. Uwe Boll
- born: 22.6.1965 in Wermelskirchen, Germany
- many short-films as a young boy with super 8mm and video
- studies of film-directoring in Munich and Vienna
- studies of Literature, Film and Economics in Cologne and Siegen
- author, director and producer of surprising hit GERMAN FRIED MOVIE in 1991, the pilot-thriller BARSCHEL - MORD IN GENEVE (1992), the psycho-thriller RUN AMOK (1993) (a German HENRY - PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER) and the student comedy THE FIRST SEMESTER (1996), the first German film with a distribution-deal with UIP (UA, PARAMOUNT and UNIVERSAL)
filmography
1984: Forrest (8mm), 7 min.
Scripts: Eric and Kane; The Shine of Wind
1985: Death (Video, VHS), 95 min.
1986: The Valley of the Ancients (Video, VHS), 76 min.
Personal Records I (U-matic, low), 122 min.
Script: Underground
1987: Script: The Trip
1988: Personal Records II (U-matic, low), 122 min.
1989: Suicide (16mm), 7 min.
The Student (Video, VHS), 67 min.
Script: German Fried Movie (First Draft)
1990: Personal Records III (U-matic, low), 109 min.
Script: German Fried Movie (Second Draft)
1991: GERMAN FRIED MOVIE (35mm), 90 min.
1992: Script: MURDER IN GENEVE
BARSCHEL - MURDER IN GENEVE (35mm), 75 min.
1993: RUN AMOK (35mm), 68 min. - (Festival: Max-Ophüls-Price)
Script: The First Semester (Director's-Deal with SENATOR-FILM)
Author for SATURDAY NIGHT LIFE (RTL Plus)
1994: Selling GERMAN FRIED MOVIE, BARSCHEL and RUN AMOK
to the USA and Great Britain
Script: I WAS SADDAMS SON
1995: BOXING (Documentary, Betacam), 70 min.
since 1.9.1995 Producer and Director of TaunusFilm GmbH in Wiesbaden
1996: Selling the German TV-Rights of I WAS SADDAMS SON to the ARD-Degeto;
Author and Director of THE FIRST SEMESTER (35mm, 95 min., Dolby SR,
Distributor: United International Pictures, Festival: Cannes 1997);
Producer of THE MYSTERY OF KORMORAN ISLAND (35mm, 85 min.,
Festivals: Gera, Cottbus, Schwerin, Saarbruecken)
Script: SANCTIMONY
1997: Coproducer of the European films MISSING LINK (budget: 5,5 Mio.
DM),
L'AMOUR (3,5 Mio. DM) and FAKE (1 Mio. DM)
1998: Producer of FIASCO
1999: Director of a PALL MALL commercial spot
2000: Writer, Director and Producer of SANCTIMONY
2001: Director and Producer of BLACKWOODS
2002: Director and Producer of THE HEART OF AMERICA
2002: Director and Producer of HOUSE OF THE DEAD
2003: Director and Producer of ALONE IN THE DARK
2004 Director and Producer BLOODRAYNE
2005 Director and Producer DUNGEON SIEGE