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Uwe Boll

ウーヴェ・ボル　/　うーゔぇ・ぼる

Film director from Germany

June 22, 1965 (age 60)　・　Wermelskirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia
film director
screenwriter
film producer

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.

Overview

Uwe Boll (German: [ˈuːvə ˈbɔl]; born 22 June 1965) is a German filmmaker. He is best known for his video game adaptations from the 2000s. Released theatrically, the films were critical and commercial failures. His movies House of the Dead (2003), Alone in the Dark and BloodRayne (both 2005) are considered three of the worst films ever made. Boll's subsequent projects were mostly released direct-to-video.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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 60)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Cancer / Snake
Origin: Wermelskirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: film director / screenwriter / film producer / actor / director

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: University of Cologne

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

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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

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