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)
ApoKalypse as Office Boll (voice)
Going Postal: The Legacy Foretold as Self

2024

First Shift ... (Writer)
Bandidos and I ... (Director)

2017

House of Evil ... (Producer)

2016

Rampage: President Down as Rampage Killer #2 (uncredited)

2015

Anger of the Dead ... (Producer)
Mission NinetyTwo: Part II - Energy as Boat owner
Zombie Massacre 2: Reich of the Dead ... (Producer)
ABCs of Superheroes as President
Cinema Perverso as Self

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 ... (Executive Producer)
Prisoners of the Sun ... (Co-Producer)
Suddenly ... (Director)
Legend of the Red Reaper ... (Executive Producer)
The Profane Exhibit ... (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 ... (Writer)
Attack on Darfur ... (Director)
Stoic ... (Producer)
Kopf oder Zahl ... (Thanks)
Into the Pit: The Shocking Story of Deadpit.com as Self

2008

Far Cry ... (Director)
Tunnel Rats ... (Writer)
Alone in the Dark 2 ... (Producer)
Visiting Uwe as Self

2007

In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale ... (Director)
BloodRayne II: Deliverance ... (Director)
Postal as Uwe Boll
Heckler as Self
They Wait ... (Executive Producer)
Bloodsucking Cinema as Self

2006

Seed ... (Screenplay)

2005

Alone in the Dark ... (Executive Producer)
BloodRayne ... (Director)

2004

Nightwish: Wish I Had An Angel ... (Director)

2003

House of the Dead ... (Producer)
Heart of America ... (Story)
Zombiegeddon as Self

2002

Angels Don't Sleep Here ... (Executive Producer)

2001

Blackwoods ... (Executive Producer)

2000

Sanctimony ... (Director)
Fiasco ... (Producer)

1998

Fake - Die Fälschung ... (Producer)

1997

The First Semester ... (Screenplay)

1994

Amoklauf
Boxen ... (Director)

1993

Barschel: Murder in Geneva ... (Producer)

1992

German Fried Movie as Tipgeber