Uwe Boll
Directing Born Jun 22, 1965 Wermelskirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 167 credits
Biography
Uwe Boll is a German filmmaker and restaurateur born on June 22, 1965, in Wermelskirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Known primarily for directing, he has eighty-three known credits. Boll finances his own films through his production companies, Boll KG and Event Film Productions, utilizing low budgets, his own financial backing, and crowdfunding platforms. His career is generally divided into two distinct phases. The first phase consisted of big-budget projects, many adapted from video games, featuring renowned casts, which earned him a reputation as a schlock maestro alongside primarily negative critical reviews, such as for the 2005 film Alone in the Dark. His second phase features smaller or independent films.
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Career overview
Uwe Boll is a German filmmaker and restaurateur born on June 22, 1965, in Wermelskirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He finances his own films through his production companies, Boll KG and Event Film Productions. Many of his projects are produced on low budgets, with Boll backing them financially himself or utilizing crowdfunding platforms. His known credits include directing, and he has 83 known credits overall according to database records.
His career is generally divided into two distinct phases. The first phase consisted of big-budget fare, many of which were adapted from video games and featured renowned casts. This period earned him a reputation as a schlock maestro while receiving primarily negative critical reviews, with his 2005 film Alone in the Dark considered one of the worst films ever made. His second phase is marked by films of smaller or independent scale.
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Career timeline
Citizen VigilanteCitizen Vigilante · DirectorCitizen Vigilante · WriterCitizen Vigilante · ProducerCitizen Vigilante · Director of Photography
ApoKalypseRun · ProducerRun · DirectorRun · WriterGoing Postal: The Legacy Foretold
First Shift · ProducerFirst Shift · WriterFirst Shift · DirectorBandidos and I · DirectorBandidos and I · Producer
Luna Project · Executive ProducerDo Not Expect Too Much from the End of the WorldThanatomania
Hanau: Germany in Winter · ProducerHanau: Germany in Winter · DirectorHanau: Germany in Winter · Writer
Demnächst auf VHS
Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business
Fuck You All: The Uwe Boll Story
House of Evil · Producer
Rampage: President DownRampage: President Down · ScreenplayRampage: President Down · ProducerRampage: President Down · Executive ProducerRampage: President Down · Director
Anger of the Dead · ProducerABCs of SuperheroesZombie Massacre 2: Reich of the Dead · ProducerCinema PerversoMission NinetyTwo: Part II - Energy
Kino PlusRampage: Capital PunishmentRampage: Capital Punishment · DirectorRampage: Capital Punishment · Executive ProducerRampage: Capital Punishment · Writer
PantoffelkinoAssault on Wall Street · WriterAssault on Wall Street · Executive ProducerAssault on Wall Street · DirectorLegend of the Red Reaper · Executive Producer
Roche & BöhmermannTim Sander goes to Hollywood
50/50 · ThanksIn the Name of the King 2: Two Worlds · DirectorIn the Name of the King 2: Two Worlds · Executive ProducerBlubberellaBlubberella · Writer
Landesschau Rheinland-PfalzBloodRayne: The Third Reich · DirectorBloodRayne: The Third Reich · ProducerRaging BollThe Final Storm · Director
Rampage · DirectorRampage · WriterRampage · ProducerAttack on Darfur · DirectorAttack on Darfur · Writer
Visiting UweFar Cry · DirectorFar Cry · ProducerAlone in the Dark 2 · ProducerTunnel Rats · Director
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale · DirectorIn the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale · ProducerPostalPostal · DirectorPostal · Producer
Seed · DirectorSeed · ScreenplaySeed · Producer
Alone in the Dark · DirectorAlone in the Dark · Executive ProducerBloodRayne · DirectorBloodRayne · Producer
Nightwish: Wish I Had An Angel · Director
House of the Dead · DirectorHouse of the Dead · ProducerZombiegeddonHeart of America · StoryHeart of America · Director
Angels Don't Sleep Here · Executive Producer
Blackwoods · DirectorBlackwoods · Executive ProducerBlackwoods · Screenplay
Sanctimony · DirectorSanctimony · WriterSanctimony · ProducerFiasco · Producer
Fake - Die Fälschung · Producer
The First Semester · ScreenplayThe First Semester · Executive ProducerThe First Semester · Director
AmoklaufAmoklauf · DirectorAmoklauf · WriterBoxen · DirectorBoxen · Writer
Barschel: Murder in Geneva · ProducerBarschel: Murder in Geneva · WriterBarschel: Murder in Geneva · Director
Full filmography
- Citizen Vigilante (2026) as Broadcast director (uncredited)
- Citizen Vigilante (2026) Director
- Citizen Vigilante (2026) Writer
- Citizen Vigilante (2026) Producer
- Citizen Vigilante (2026) Director of Photography
- ApoKalypse (2025) as Office Boll (voice)
- Run (2025) Producer
- Run (2025) Director
- Run (2025) Writer
- Going Postal: The Legacy Foretold (2025) as Self
- First Shift (2024) Producer
- First Shift (2024) Writer
- First Shift (2024) Director
- Bandidos and I (2024) Director
- Bandidos and I (2024) Producer
- Luna Project (2023) Executive Producer
- Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World (2023) as Self
- Thanatomania (2023)
- Hanau: Germany in Winter (2022) Producer
- Hanau: Germany in Winter (2022) Director
- Hanau: Germany in Winter (2022) Writer
- Demnächst auf VHS (2021) as Self
- Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business (2020) as Self
- Fuck You All: The Uwe Boll Story (2018) as Self
- House of Evil (2017) Producer
- Rampage: President Down (2016) as Rampage Killer #2 (uncredited)
- Rampage: President Down (2016) Screenplay
- Rampage: President Down (2016) Producer
- Rampage: President Down (2016) Executive Producer
- Rampage: President Down (2016) Director
- Rampage: President Down (2016) Writer
- Anger of the Dead (2015) Producer
- ABCs of Superheroes (2015) as President
- Zombie Massacre 2: Reich of the Dead (2015) Producer
- Cinema Perverso (2015) as Self
- Mission NinetyTwo: Part II - Energy (2015) as Boat owner
- Kino Plus (2014) as Self
- Rampage: Capital Punishment (2014) as Andy the Producer
- Rampage: Capital Punishment (2014) Director
- Rampage: Capital Punishment (2014) Executive Producer
- Rampage: Capital Punishment (2014) Writer
- In the Name of the King III (2014) Executive Producer
- In the Name of the King III (2014) Director
- Blood Valley: Seed's Revenge (2014) Thanks
- Blood Valley: Seed's Revenge (2014) Producer
- La Petite Mort 2: Nasty Tapes (2014) as Himself
- Pantoffelkino (2013) as Self - Guest
- Assault on Wall Street (2013) Writer
- Assault on Wall Street (2013) Executive Producer
- Assault on Wall Street (2013) Director
- Legend of the Red Reaper (2013) Executive Producer
- Prisoners of the Sun (2013) Co-Producer
- Suddenly (2013) Director
- The Profane Exhibit (2013) Executive Producer
- The Profane Exhibit (2013) Director
- Zombie Massacre (2013) as Président des États-Unis
- Zombie Massacre (2013) Producer
- The Real Uwe Boll (2013) as Er selbst
- Roche & Böhmermann (2012) as Self
- Tim Sander goes to Hollywood (2012) as self
- 50/50 (2011) Thanks
- In the Name of the King 2: Two Worlds (2011) Director
- In the Name of the King 2: Two Worlds (2011) Executive Producer
- Blubberella (2011) as Adolf Hitler
- Blubberella (2011) Writer
- Blubberella (2011) Director
- Blubberella (2011) Producer
- Auschwitz (2011) as Nazi Officer
- Auschwitz (2011) Producer
- Auschwitz (2011) Writer
- Auschwitz (2011) Director
- Schlaraffenhaus (2011) Presenter
- Landesschau Rheinland-Pfalz (2010) as Self
- BloodRayne: The Third Reich (2010) Director
- BloodRayne: The Third Reich (2010) Producer
- Raging Boll (2010) as Self
- The Final Storm (2010) Director
- The Final Storm (2010) Producer
- Max Schmeling (2010) as Referee #2
- Max Schmeling (2010) Director
- Rampage (2009) Director
- Rampage (2009) Writer
- Rampage (2009) Producer
- Attack on Darfur (2009) Director
- Attack on Darfur (2009) Writer
- Attack on Darfur (2009) Producer
- Attack on Darfur (2009) Story
- Attack on Darfur (2009) Screenplay
- Attack on Darfur (2009) Idea
- Kopf oder Zahl (2009) Thanks
- Stoic (2009) Producer
- Stoic (2009) Writer
- Stoic (2009) Director
- Into the Pit: The Shocking Story of Deadpit.com (2009) as Self
- Visiting Uwe (2008) as Self
- Far Cry (2008) Director
- Far Cry (2008) Producer
- Alone in the Dark 2 (2008) Producer
- Tunnel Rats (2008) Director
- Tunnel Rats (2008) Writer
- Tunnel Rats (2008) Producer
- In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007) Director
- In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007) Producer
- Postal (2007) as Uwe Boll
- Postal (2007) Director
- Postal (2007) Producer
- Postal (2007) Writer
- They Wait (2007) Executive Producer
- BloodRayne II: Deliverance (2007) Director
- BloodRayne II: Deliverance (2007) Executive Producer
- Heckler (2007) as Self
- Bloodsucking Cinema (2007) as Self
- Seed (2006) Director
- Seed (2006) Screenplay
- Seed (2006) Producer
- Alone in the Dark (2005) Director
- Alone in the Dark (2005) Executive Producer
- BloodRayne (2005) Director
- BloodRayne (2005) Producer
- Nightwish: Wish I Had An Angel (2004) Director
- House of the Dead (2003) Director
- House of the Dead (2003) Producer
- Zombiegeddon (2003) as Self
- Heart of America (2003) Story
- Heart of America (2003) Director
- Heart of America (2003) Executive Producer
- Angels Don't Sleep Here (2002) Executive Producer
- Blackwoods (2001) Director
- Blackwoods (2001) Executive Producer
- Blackwoods (2001) Screenplay
- Sanctimony (2000) Director
- Sanctimony (2000) Writer
- Sanctimony (2000) Producer
- Fiasco (2000) Producer
- Fake - Die Fälschung (1998) Producer
- The First Semester (1997) Screenplay
- The First Semester (1997) Executive Producer
- The First Semester (1997) Director
- Amoklauf (1994)
- Amoklauf (1994) Director
- Amoklauf (1994) Writer
- Boxen (1994) Director
- Boxen (1994) Writer
- Boxen (1994) Producer
- Barschel: Murder in Geneva (1993) Producer
- Barschel: Murder in Geneva (1993) Writer
- Barschel: Murder in Geneva (1993) Director
- German Fried Movie (1992) as Tipgeber
- German Fried Movie (1992) Writer
- German Fried Movie (1992) Producer
- German Fried Movie (1992) Director
- 23 Years Later: The Castle of the Dead Director
- 23 Years Later: The Castle of the Dead Writer
- Alone in the Dark Director
- Alone in the Dark Writer
- Ness Director
- Rampage IV: The New Blood Screenplay
- Rampage IV: The New Blood Executive Producer
- Rampage IV: The New Blood Producer
- Rampage IV: The New Blood Writer
- Rampage IV: The New Blood Director
- First Shift: Vengeance Director
- First Shift: Vengeance Writer
- First Shift: Vengeance Producer
- First Shift: Redemption Writer
- First Shift: Redemption Director
- First Shift: Redemption Producer