Uwe Boll
Born: 1965-06-22 in Wermelskirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Known For: Directing
Biography
Uwe Boll (born June 22, 1965) is a German filmmaker and restaurateur. He finances his own films through his production companies Boll KG and Event Film Productions. Many of his films are produced on low budgets and Boll himself has backed his projects financially or made use of crowdfunding platforms. His career is generally divided into two distinct phases: the first of big-budget fare, many adapted from video games, with a usually renowned cast, most of which gained him a reputation as a 'schlock maestro', while receiving primarily negative critical reviews, with Alone in the Dark (2005) considered one of the worst films ever made. His second phase is marked by films of smaller or independent backing, relatively unknown actors and different approaches to filmmaking; Boll's Rampage film series, Tunnel Rats, Stoic, Amoklauf, Heart of America, Assault on Wall Street and Darfur were better received. Boll decided to branch out from filmmaking in 2016 to work in the restaurant industry. He opened his Bauhaus Restaurant in Vancouver, which had earned positive reviews among food critics. In 2022, he returned to making films after selling the restaurant.
Filmography
2026
- Citizen Vigilante as Broadcast director (uncredited)
2025
- Run ... (Director)
- Going Postal: The Legacy Foretold as Self
- ApoKalypse as Office Boll
2024
- First Shift ... (Writer)
- Bandidos and I ... (Director)
2023
- Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World as Self
- Luna Project ... (Executive Producer)
- Thanatomania
2022
- Hanau: Germany in Winter ... (Director)
2021
- Demnächst auf VHS as Self
2018
- Fuck You All: The Uwe Boll Story as Self
2017
- House of Evil ... (Producer)
2016
- Rampage: President Down as Rampage Killer #2 (uncredited)
2015
- Anger of the Dead ... (Producer)
- ABCs of Superheroes as President
- Zombie Massacre 2: Reich of the Dead ... (Producer)
- Cinema Perverso as Self
- Mission NinetyTwo: Part II - Energy as Boat owner
2014
- Kino Plus as Self
- Rampage: Capital Punishment as Andy the Producer
- In the Name of the King III ... (Executive Producer)
- Blood Valley: Seed's Revenge ... (Producer)
- La Petite Mort 2: Nasty Tapes as Himself
2013
- Pantoffelkino as Self - Guest
- Assault on Wall Street ... (Director)
- Legend of the Red Reaper ... (Executive Producer)
- Prisoners of the Sun ... (Co-Producer)
- The Profane Exhibit ... (Director)
- Suddenly ... (Director)
- Zombie Massacre as Président des États-Unis
- The Real Uwe Boll as Er selbst
2012
- Roche & Böhmermann as Self
- Tim Sander goes to Hollywood as self
2011
- 50/50 ... (Thanks)
- In the Name of the King 2: Two Worlds ... (Director)
- Blubberella as Adolf Hitler
- Auschwitz as Nazi Officer
- Schlaraffenhaus ... (Presenter)
2010
- Landesschau Rheinland-Pfalz as Self
- BloodRayne: The Third Reich ... (Director)
- The Final Storm ... (Director)
- Max Schmeling as Referee #2
- Raging Boll as Self
2009
- Rampage ... (Director)
- Attack on Darfur ... (Director)
- Stoic ... (Director)
- Kopf oder Zahl ... (Thanks)
- Into the Pit: The Shocking Story of Deadpit.com as Self
2008
- Far Cry ... (Director)
- Tunnel Rats ... (Director)
- Alone in the Dark 2 ... (Producer)
- Visiting Uwe as Self
2007
- In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale ... (Director)
- Postal as Uwe Boll
- BloodRayne II: Deliverance ... (Director)
- They Wait ... (Executive Producer)
- Heckler as Self
- Bloodsucking Cinema as Self
2006
- Seed ... (Director)
2005
- BloodRayne ... (Director)
- Alone in the Dark ... (Director)
2004
- Nightwish: Wish I Had An Angel ... (Director)
2003
- House of the Dead ... (Director)
- Zombiegeddon as Self
- Heart of America ... (Story)
2002
- Angels Don't Sleep Here ... (Executive Producer)
2001
- Blackwoods ... (Director)
2000
- Sanctimony ... (Director)
- Fiasco ... (Producer)
1998
- Fake - Die Fälschung ... (Producer)
1997
- The First Semester ... (Director)
1994
1993
- Barschel: Murder in Geneva ... (Producer)
1992
- German Fried Movie as Tipgeber