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My Take
Uwe Boll is a name I can't discuss without a wry smile, because his reputation is almost the inverse of acclaim. The German filmmaker became famous in the 2000s for video-game adaptations like House of the Dead, Alone in the Dark and BloodRayne, films widely cited among the worst ever made. Yet I find something oddly compelling about him: he kept making movies, mostly direct-to-video, and never seemed to apologize for his ambitions. To me he's a study in persistence over polish. Whatever critics say, he financed and shipped films relentlessly, and that stubborn productivity, for better or worse, is its own kind of achievement.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Uwe Boll
- Name (Japanese)
- ウーヴェ・ボル
- Reading
- うーゔぇ・ぼる
- Born
- June 22, 1965 (age 61)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Snake
- Origin
- Wermelskirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Occupation
- film director / screenwriter / film producer / actor / director
2. Background
- University
- University of Cologne
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttps://www.boll-kg.de/
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9C%E3%83%AB
Frequently asked questions
When was Uwe Boll born?
Born June 22, 1965 (age 61).
Where is Uwe Boll from?
Uwe Boll is from Wermelskirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
What does Uwe Boll do?
Uwe Boll works as film director, screenwriter, film producer, actor, director.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.