Uwe Boll (pronounced [ˈuːvə bɔl]), (born June 22, 1965 in Wermelskirchen, Germany) is a director, producer and screenwriter of films often adapted from video games. Unlike most directors in the United States who receive funding from Hollywood studios, he finances his own films through his Boll KG production company. He has been widely mocked and derided as one of the worst filmmaker's of all time. Boll studied at the University of Cologne and the...
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Uwe Boll (pronounced [ˈuːvə bɔl]), (born June 22, 1965 in Wermelskirchen, Germany) is a director, producer and screenwriter of films often adapted from video games. Unlike most directors in the United States who receive funding from Hollywood studios, he finances his own films through his Boll KG production company. He has been widely mocked and derided as one of the worst filmmaker's of all time. Boll studied at the University of Cologne and the University of Siegen, and holds a doctorate in literature. Boll's first two major releases were the horror movie Blackwoods and the drama Heart of America, both of which he directed and co-wrote. Boll is best known for adapting video games into movies, having directed and produced a number of such adaptations, including House of the Dead, Alone in the Dark, Alone in the Dark II, BloodRayne, BloodRayne II: Deliverance, In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale, Postal and now the latest film Far Cry, which upset a lot of Far Cry gaming...
Uwe Boll's girlfriend is scandalous model and horror writer Marina Drujko. They resides between Canada and UK, where Marina lives.
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