Name: Uwe Boll
Date of Birth: 22 June 1965 All four of the films he has directed that were based upon video games, House of the Dead (2003), Alone in the Dark (2005), BloodRayne (2005) and BloodRayne II: Deliverance (2007) (V) are listed on the IMDb Bottom 100. Most of the other films he's directed, including Heart of America (2002), Blackwoods (2002) and Das erste Semester (1997) are not widely available in America, but have received similarly low ratings among those who have seen them. Having directed 14 movies up to 2008 Boll reached an average IMDb rating of 2,4 (2.44 to be precise). ... His favorite video-game is Hitman: Codename 47 (2000) (VG). His favorite film of 2005 is Sin City (2005). He is good friends with Clint Howard and cast him in Blackwoods, Heart of America and House of the Dead. Challenged his critics in June 2006 to "put up or shut up". His production company issued a press release stating that Boll would challenge his 5 harshest critics each to a 10 round boxing match. To be eligible, the critic must have written two extremely negative reviews of Boll, in print or on the Web, in 2005. Footage of the fights will be included in his upcoming film Postal. Was a film critic for a local radio station in the late 1980s. His favorite console is the SNES. Cites Apocalypse Now (1979) as his favorite movie. Has worked with Robin Morningstar on a proposed film of Konami property Contra, which either has resulted in the mock Uwe Boll's Contra trailer by fans on the internet, or the fanbase was unknowingly ironic in its timing. Planned on making a film based on long running Sega franchise Wonder Boy, with a script by Robin Morningstar. Intentions moved so far along that Caitlin Stasey from Aussie soap Neighbours was attached to a part. When Sega decided to leave the character for all intents and purposes dead, the project collapsed, and was featured as the main news story in issue 51 of Retro Gamer Magazine. Despite several Razzie Award nominations, including one "win" for Worst Director, not one of the films he has directed has been awarded the Razzie for Worst Picture. Read more Uwe Boll movies (director)User Comments |
