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Uwe Boll
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.
As director
Citizen Vigilante
Run
First Shift
Bandidos and I
Hanau: Germany in Winter
Rampage: President Down
Rampage: Capital Punishment
In the Name of the King III
Assault on Wall Street
The Profane Exhibit
Suddenly
Blubberella
In the Name of the King 2: Two Worlds
Auschwitz
BloodRayne: The Third Reich
Max Schmeling
The Final Storm
Stoic
Attack on Darfur
Rampage
Tunnel Rats
Far Cry
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
Postal
BloodRayne II: Deliverance
Seed
Alone in the Dark
BloodRayne
Nightwish: Wish I Had An Angel
House of the Dead
As actor
Citizen Vigilante
Going Postal: The Legacy Foretold
ApoKalypse
Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
Thanatomania
Demnächst auf VHS
Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business
Fuck You All: The Uwe Boll Story
Rampage: President Down
ABCs of Superheroes
Cinema Perverso
Mission NinetyTwo: Part II - Energy
Rampage: Capital Punishment
La Petite Mort 2: Nasty Tapes
Zombie Massacre
The Real Uwe Boll
Tim Sander goes to Hollywood
Blubberella
Auschwitz
Raging Boll
Max Schmeling
Into the Pit: The Shocking Story of Deadpit.com
Visiting Uwe
Postal
Heckler
Bloodsucking Cinema
Zombiegeddon
Amoklauf
German Fried Movie