Uwe Boll

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Birthday:

22 June 1965, Wermelskirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Height:

173 cm

As a child, he produced a number of short films on Super 8 and video before beginning his studies as a film director in Munich and Vienna. He also studied literature and economics in Cologne and Siegen. Uwe graduated from university in 1995 with a doctorate in literature. From 1995-2000, he was a producer and director with Taunus Film-Produktions GmbH. Boll is currently Chief Executive Officer of Bolu Filmproduction and Distribution GmbH which he founded in 1992. He continues to direct, write and produce feature films. His main companies are Event Films in Vancouver and Bolu Film in Germany. Show less «

[about his favorite book, Gustavus Myers' "The History of American Fortunes"] If you follow the money, like the writer did - the history of ...Show more »

[about his favorite book, Gustavus Myers' "The History of American Fortunes"] If you follow the money, like the writer did - the history of the Rockefellers and so on - you find out about real history. In that book you learn that the Civil War was not about freeing the slaves, it was all about the money, etc. Show less «

[about what he learned from his disastrous experience with Alone in the Dark (2005)] That a script matters.

[on fighting--and winning--against all of his critics in a boxing ring] You see what happens when people get hit in the head? They like my m...Show more »

[on fighting--and winning--against all of his critics in a boxing ring] You see what happens when people get hit in the head? They like my movies! Show less «

[asked about how game developers are involved in the making of Postal (2007)] Yeah, they were very involved, this time too much involved, I ...Show more »

[asked about how game developers are involved in the making of Postal (2007)] Yeah, they were very involved, this time too much involved, I wrote the script, it's their baby. They liked the treatment, but they didn't like the approach of some stuff, they thought it was too funny, but I said the only way to tell a story like "Postal" is to do it funny, let people laugh. I don't want a movie like Taxi Driver (1976) where a guy is killing everybody, too many movies like that. "Postal" is a movie where everybody is running amok, everyone has good reasons to run amok from the welfare office guy to the police officer. Coming up in two to three weeks, they will be really happy, like our cast . . . I think it will be hilarious. Show less «

I want to make good movies. Of course, I want to make entertaining movies for the younger audience, and this is a lot of times not working w...Show more »

I want to make good movies. Of course, I want to make entertaining movies for the younger audience, and this is a lot of times not working with film critics who are more into drama or art-house movies. But on the other hand, I always try to make solid movies. Show less «

The German press is not friendly to me. I can compare it to the US press. I had 25% really bad reviews, like, "Oh, a Boll movie. Typical tra...Show more »

The German press is not friendly to me. I can compare it to the US press. I had 25% really bad reviews, like, "Oh, a Boll movie. Typical trash." But some said it was "by far Boll's best movie." They compared it to, not The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), but something weaker like Eragon (2006). Show less «

Maybe you know it, but it's not so easy to finance movies in total. The reason I am able to do these kind of movies is I have a tax shelter ...Show more »

Maybe you know it, but it's not so easy to finance movies in total. The reason I am able to do these kind of movies is I have a tax shelter fund in Germany, and if you invest in a movie in Germany you get basically 50% back from the government. Show less «

[on Hollywood] That is the most bullsh*t business with bullsh*t idiots, one after the other lined up behind each other. You know, they are a...Show more »

[on Hollywood] That is the most bullsh*t business with bullsh*t idiots, one after the other lined up behind each other. You know, they are all fu*king each other in the asses and nobody makes any decisions. All the actors I ever worked with, Ben Kingsley, whatever, are fu*king pussies, nothing else! They are in the as*holes of their managers, agents and publicists and attorneys...[June 2015] Show less «

I do not play video games at all.