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'''Uwe Boll''' ({{pronounced|ˈuːvə bɔl}}), (born June 22, 1965, [[Wermelskirchen]], [[Germany]]) is a German [[film director|director]], [[film producer|producer]] and [[screenwriter]] of films often adapted from [[video game]]s. Unlike most directors in the [[United States]], who receive funding from [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] studios, he finances his own films through his Boll KG production company. Boll studied at the [[University of Cologne]] and the [[University of Siegen]], and holds a [[doctorate]] in [[literature]].<ref>Catalogue of the German National Library: Uwe Boll, [http://dispatch.opac.d-nb.de/DB=4.1/LNG=DU/LRSET=1/SET=1/SID=d0e2ca12-17/TTL=1/SHW?FRST=4 ''Die Gattung Serie und ihre Genres''], Inaugural-Dissertation, Universität Siegen, 1994</ref>

==Films==
Boll's first two major releases were the horror movie ''[[Blackwoods (film)|Blackwoods]]'' and the drama ''[[Heart of America (film)|Heart of America]]'', both of which he directed and co-wrote.

Boll is best known for adapting [[video game]]s into movies, having directed and produced a number of such adaptations, including ''[[House of the Dead (film)|House of the Dead]]'', ''[[Alone in the Dark (2005 film)|Alone in the Dark]]'', ''[[BloodRayne (film)|BloodRayne]]'', ''[[BloodRayne II: Deliverance]]'', ''[[In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale]]'', and ''[[Postal (film)|Postal]]''. He has announced plans to produce an adaptation of ''[[Far Cry (film)|Far Cry]]'' which has been met with anger from fans {{Fact|date=December 2008}}. Boll intends to produce ''[[Alone in the Dark II]]'', and a third movie based on the ''[[BloodRayne]]'' franchise.<ref name="BloodrayneDeux">{{cite web|url=http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=13028|title=Bloodrayne: Part Deux!|author=JoBlo|publisher=JoBlo.com|date=2006-10-02}}</ref> Boll also made a bid to direct the upcoming World of Warcraft movie, but was turned away by the owners of the Warcraft franchise, ''[[Activision Blizzard|Blizzard]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://warcraft.moviechronicles.com/2008-04/blizzard-laugh-away-uwe-boll/ |title=Blizzard laugh away Uwe Boll |publisher=Movie Chronicles.com |date=2008-04-21 |accessdate=2008-10-24}}</ref>

For the opening credits footage to ''[[Seed (2007 film)|Seed]]'' (2007), Boll uses footage of animal abuse and torture he received from [[People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals|PETA]] to underscore the film's [[nihilism]]. He has also promised to donate 2.5 percent of his net profits from ''Seed'' to PETA. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/film/1265 |title="Seed (V)" Movie Info |publisher=Bloody-disgusting.com |accessdate=2008-10-24}}</ref>

===Financing===
Boll continues to find investors who wish to acquire the rights for future video-game-to-movie adaptations. His investors are mostly German. He acquires the rights for potential future adaptations and personally oversees preproduction work, filming, and post-production.

Movies directed by Boll have performed modestly to poorly at the box office in the United States. ''[[House of the Dead (film)|House of the Dead]]'' (budget: $12 million) broke $5.73 million on opening weekend,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=houseofthedead.htm |title=House of the Dead (2003) |publisher=Box Office Mojo |accessdate=2008-10-24}}</ref> ''[[Alone in the Dark (2005 film)|Alone in the Dark]]'' (budget: $20 million) made over $5.1 million,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=aloneinthedark.htm |title=Alone in the Dark (2005) |publisher=Box Office Mojo |accessdate=2008-10-24}}</ref> and ''[[BloodRayne (film)|BloodRayne]]'' (budget: $25 million) topped $2.42 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=bloodrayne.htm |title=BloodRayne (2006) |publisher=Box Office Mojo |accessdate=2008-10-24}}</ref>. But by far the worst commercial performance of his career was ''[[In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale]]'', which made barely $10 million worldwide at the box office on a $60 million budget.

In the DVD commentary of ''Alone in the Dark'', Boll explains how he funds his films:

{{quotation|"Maybe you know it but it's not so easy to finance movies in total. And 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 fifty percent back from the Government."}}

Boll is able to acquire funding thanks to German tax laws that reward investments in film. The law allows investors in German-owned films to write off 100% of their investment as a tax deduction; it also allows them to invest borrowed money and write off any fees associated with the loan. The investor is then only required to pay taxes on the profits made by the movie; if the movie loses money, the investor gets a tax writeoff.

While Boll has received a lot of negative publicity regarding this funding method,<ref name="cinemablend">{{cite web|url=http://www.cinemablend.com/features/Uwe-Boll-Money-For-Nothing-209.html|author=Stuart Wood|first=Stuart|last=Wood|title=Uwe Boll: Money For Nothing|publisher=Cinemablend|date=2005-10-17|accessdate=2007-08-04}}</ref> he was actually one of the few directors to use the tax shelter as intended. His films were financed, produced, and directed by a German company, which was the initial intention behind the tax shelter: to provide incentive for investment in German entertainment properties.

==Criticism==
Many of Boll's movies, especially those based on video games, have been critically panned. Those that are based on video games are usually only loosely based on the game in question. As of September 15, 2008, ''[[Alone in the Dark (2005 film)|Alone in the Dark]]'' and ''[[House of the Dead (film)|House of the Dead]]'' appear on the Internet Movie Database's [[IMDb#Lists in which films are ranked|Bottom 100]] films list, although ''[[BloodRayne II: Deliverance]]'' has disappeared from the listing.<ref>[http://imdb.com/chart/bottom IMDb Bottom 100]. Accessed January 6, 2008.</ref> In a review of ''Alone in the Dark'', Rob Vaux states that the movie makes other "bad" movie directors feel better in comparison: "'It's okay,' they'll tell themselves, 'I didn't make ''Alone in the Dark''.'"<ref name="FlipSideMovies">{{
cite web|url=http://www.flipsidemovies.com/aloneinthedark.html|title=Alone in the Dark Review|accessdate=2006-06-13|author=Rob Vaux|publisher=FlipSideMovies.com|date=2005-01-28}}</ref> Another reviewer wrote that ''Alone in the Dark'' was "so poorly built, so horribly acted and so sloppily stitched together that it's not even at the [[straight-to-DVD]] level."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/archive.jsp?contentId=5eedfcb5-ae45-438f-83ca-9d7272dbabca |title=Alone in the Dark |publisher=Eonline.com |date=2005-01-28 |accessdate=2008-10-24}}</ref>

When rumors surfaced that Boll had expressed interest in a ''[[Metal Gear Solid (film)|Metal Gear Solid]]'' movie, and claimed to have been given a script to read, ''Metal Gear'' creator [[Hideo Kojima]] responded in his [[blog|audioblog]] HIDECHAN, "Absolutely not! I don't know why Uwe Boll is even talking about this kind of thing. We've never talked to him. It's impossible that we'd ever do a movie with him."<ref name="JoyStiq">{{cite web|url=http://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/03/kojima-on-uwe-boll-its-impossible|title=Kojima on Uwe Boll: "It's impossible"|accessdate=2006-06-13|author=Christopher Grant|publisher=[[Joystiq]]|date=2006-02-03}}</ref>. Boll later stated that he only thought he was doing the film because he was tricked by two [[con-artists]] who claimed to work for Konami <ref>http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/04/24/uwe-boll-gets-conned-out-of-metal-gear-solid-movieby-the-french/</ref>

Blair Erickson, a writer of a treatment for ''Alone in the Dark'', has written a critical account of his experience working with Boll, in which Erickson alleges that Boll stole ideas from prior movies and wanted to add elements to the story that were not true to the tone of the source material. Uwe chose to not use Erickson's script, citing reasons such as it having "not enough car chases."<ref name="SomethingAwful">{{cite web|url=http://www.somethingawful.com/d/feature-articles/behind-scenes-uwe.php|title=Behind the Scenes: Uwe Boll and Uwe Boll's Alone In the Dark|accessdate=2006-06-13|author=Blair Erickson|publisher=[[Something Awful]]|date=2005-02-02}}</ref>

Boll blames the poor commercial performance of his video game adaptations on his distribution company, Romar, and has filed a lawsuit against them.<ref name="HollywoodReporter">{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002613793|title=Boll Sues Over BloodRayne|author=Jesse Hiestand|publisher=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=2006-06-06}}</ref> Boll's films prior to the release of ''House of the Dead'' received better reception. ''[[The New York Times]]'', for instance, gave ''[[Blackwoods (film)|Blackwoods]]'' a positive review, although overall reactions to the film have been negative.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/video/titles/blackwoods?q=Blackwoods |title=Blackwoods (2002): Reviews |publisher=Metacritic.com |accessdate=2008-10-24}}</ref>

[[Blizzard Entertainment]] refused Boll's request to make a ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' adaptation; Boll said, "I got in contact with Paul Sams of Blizzard, and he said, 'We will not sell the movie rights, not to you... especially not to you.'"<ref name="MTV20080418">{{cite web|url=http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/04/18/uwe-boll-wont-ever-be-entering-the-world-of-warcraft/|title=Uwe Boll Won&#8217;t Ever Be Entering The World Of Warcraft|publisher=Shawn Adler|date=2008-04-18}}</ref>

On [[X-Play]]'s "Gphoria" awards show, one of the categories was "Game Most Deserving of a Uwe Boll Adaptation"

===Response to criticism===
Boll does not shy away from his critics. In the ''[[Alone in the Dark (2005 film)|Alone in the Dark]]'' DVD commentary, he responds to criticism that his adaptations make significant changes to the plot and style of the source material: "Fans are always totally flipping out and I understand that the fan of a video game has his own agenda in his head and has his ideas about what is a good movie and what is a bad movie." Referring to ''[[House of the Dead (film)|House of the Dead]]'', Boll said: "I think I made a perfect ''House of the Dead'' movie, because it really shows how the game is. It's a lot of fun, it's over-the-top action."<ref name = "EuroGamer" /> Boll is especially critical of his internet detractors. Referring to two [[Ain't It Cool News]] critics who negatively reviewed his work, Boll said, "[[Harry Knowles|Harry]] (Knowles) and Quint (Eric Vespe) are retards."<ref name="1Up">{{cite web|url=http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3146777|title=Uwe Boll Talks 'BloodRayne'|accessdate=2006-06-13|author=Patrick Klepek|publisher=[[1UP.com]]|date=2006-01-08}}</ref>

Boll also criticizes the game companies themselves for providing zero support once the movie license is sold. He cites the cross-promotion and support which comic-book-based properties adapted for the screen receive, whereas video game companies often "sell off the license and then forget about it."<ref name="EuroGamer">{{cite web|url=http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=62899|title = Uwe Boll Bites Back|accessdate = 2006-06-13|author=Ellie Gibson|publisher=[[Eurogamer]]|date=2006-02-15}}</ref> He argues that this is the reason video game adaptations are not well received by critics and audiences.

When ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]'' published a negative review of ''Postal'', Boll responded with an e-mail claiming that the critic "(didn't) understand anything about movies and that you are a untalented wanna bee filmmaker with no balls and no understanding what POSTAL is. you dont{{sic}} see courage because you are nothing. and no go to your mum and hurt her ...because she cooks for you now since 30 years ..so she deserves it".<ref name="SwearingWired">{{cite web|url=http://blog.wired.com/games/2007/08/you-dumb-fck-uw.html|title = You Dumb F*ck: Uwe Boll Responds To Our ''Postal'' Review|accessdate = 2007-08-15|author=Chris Kohler|publisher=[[Wired (magazine)]]|date=2007-08-14}}</ref> Boll claims that this angry email was sparked not by the review, but because the ''Wired'' editor told Boll in person that the editor loved the movie, then turned around and published a negative review.<ref name="UweExplains">{{cite web|url=http://www.ubyssey.bc.ca/2007/11/23/worlds-worst-filmmaker/|title = 'World's worst filmmaker' visits UBC|accessdate = 2008-01-15|author=Celestian Rince|Publisher=The Ubyssey Online Edition|date=2007-11-23}}</ref>

===Critic boxing matches (Raging Boll)===
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Boll made headlines by challenging his critics to "put up or shut up". In June 2006, his production company issued a press release stating that Boll would challenge his five harshest critics each to a 10 round boxing match. Invitations were also open to film directors [[Quentin Tarantino]] and [[Roger Avary]]. To qualify, critics had to have written two extremely negative reviews of Boll, in print or on the Web, in 2005. Footage from the fights were to be included on the DVD of his upcoming film ''[[Postal (film)|Postal]]''.<ref name="sknr1">{{cite web|url=http://sknr.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=565|title=Uwe Boll Challenges Tarantino and his critics|accessdate = 2006-06-13|author=Gareth Von Kallenbach|publisher=sknr.net|date=2006-06-12}}</ref> On June 20, 2006, [[Rich "Lowtax" Kyanka]] stated on [[Something Awful]] that he had been invited by Boll to be the first contestant. Only after that did Kyanka review ''Alone in the Dark.''<ref name="SomethingAwful2">{{cite web|url=http://www.somethingawful.com/d/news/uwe-boll-wants.php|title=Uwe Boll Wants Me Alone In the Dark|accessdate=2006-06-20|author=[[Richard Kyanka]]|publisher=[[Something Awful]]|date=2006-06-20}}</ref> The online gambling site [[GoldenPalace.com]] decided to sponsor this event, dubbing it "Raging Boll". The list of five critics to step into the ring with Boll was drawn up in late August 2006, and featured Kyanka, ''Rue Morgue'' magazine writer Chris Alexander, webmaster of ''Cinecutre'' Carlos Palencia Jimenez-Arguello, ''[[Ain't it Cool News]]'' writer Jeff Sneider and Chance Minter, amateur boxer and website critic.<ref name="GameSpot">{{cite web|url=http://gamespot.com/news/6156346.html|title = 'Raging Boll' boxing bouts set|accessdate = 2006-08-25|author=Brendan Sinclair|publisher=[[GameSpot]]|date=2006-08-25}}</ref><ref name=FNP>{{cite web|url=http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/news/display.htm?storyid=52370|title=Getting hit with opportunity's left hook|accessdate=2006-09-26|author=Jason Barbato|publisher=[[The Frederick News-Post]]|date=2006-09-17}}</ref> Boll fought and won against all five participants. The first took place on September 5, 2006 in [[Málaga]], [[Spain]] against Carlos Palencia<ref>{{cite web |title = Uwe Boll to Literally Fight His Critics - GoldenPalace Sponsors Filmmaker's Revenge| work = | date= 2006-08-22| url = http://www.send2press.com/newswire/2006-08-0822-002.shtml| accessdate = 2007-03-30}}</ref> with the rest on September 23, 2006 at the [[Plaza of Nations]] in [[Vancouver]].<ref>{{cite web | last = Baker| first = Chris|title = Raging Boll | publisher = [[Wired Magazine]] | date= 12-2006| url = http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.12/ragingboll.html| accessdate = 2007-03-30}}</ref>

After Kyanka lost his match, he would go on to make several allegations against Boll, including that Boll refused to fight against Chance Minter, an amateur boxer, because he was an experienced boxer (However, Boll actually fought Minter as his fourth opponent.) ;<ref>{{cite web | last = Carlson| first = Peter|title = Box Office: Director KO'd His Critics| work = | publisher = Washington Post| date= 2006-12-19| url = http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/18/AR2006121801242.html| accessdate = 2007-03-30}}</ref> that Boll misled them by claiming it was a PR stunt, but actually intended to fight them; that Boll claimed the participants would get training before the match, which no one did; and that Boll had seriously wounded Sneider, who had also believed Boll.<ref name = SAForums>{{cite web| url=http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?s=2e586c4b7bdb81a5f6adcb41097f0857&threadid=2081331&perpage=40&pagenumber=90#post315524994|title = Lowtax forum post|accessdate=2006-09-26|author=Lowtax|publisher=[[Something Awful Forums]]|date=2006-09-24}}</ref>

Kyanka added in a post-match interview that, "Half of us (the contenders) hadn't even seen his movies."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQJP1ksFVyM&mode=related&search= |title=YouTube - Interview with Lowtax after Uwe Boll fight |publisher=YouTube |date=2006-09-23 |accessdate=2008-10-24}}</ref> Sneider shared similar sentiments, stating "I think he's a jerk. This might be PR but I don't want to keep getting punched in the head."<ref name = AP>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/09/25/ap/entertainment/mainD8KC2TAO3.shtml|title=Maligned Director KOs His Critics|accessdate=2006-09-26|author=Jeremy Hainsworth|publisher=Associated Press|date=2006-09-25}}</ref> Boll has denied these claims in an interview, stating that he gave his opponents three months to prepare. He also denied ever saying it was a PR stunt and claims that it was going to be a real fight.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://youtube.com/watch?v=Xn7Yp3O1EOg&mode=related&search= |title=YouTube - Uwe Boll Interview 9-28-06 |publisher=YouTube |date=2006-09-28 |accessdate=2008-10-24}}</ref>

Other contestants responded less negatively. Alexander, in a ''[[Toronto Star]]'' article, recounts being invited to Boll's beach house on the following day, where Boll asked him about the reasons for his unilaterally negative reviews. Alexander bluntly told Boll that his movies were "bloated, expensive and incoherent attempts at aping American genre pictures and sport some of the most boneheaded casting choices in filmdom" but that Boll was an "insane, two-fisted rogue, and a shockingly HONEST one at that, someone who absolutely adores film, knows its history and truly lives for what he does."<ref name=torontostar>{{cite news |first=Chris |last=Alexander |title=In the ring with raging Boll |format= |work=[[Toronto Star]] |page=C6 | date=[[2006-10-08]]}}</ref>

Alexander referred to the event as "the weirdest pop culture bizarre journalism stunt I've ever been involved in."<ref name = AP/> Minter also praised what he had seen so far of Boll's upcoming production ''Seed''.<ref name = CP>{{cite web|url=http://www.canada.com/topics/entertainment/story.html?id=8ab35e76-f422-4de4-856d-80dfa6b50c62&k=6807|title=Controversial German directer beats up harshest critics in boxing ring|accessdate=2006-09-26|author=Tiffany Crawford|publisher=[[Canadian Press]]|date=2006-09-25}}</ref> Boll praised the contestants in a post fight press conference, stating "I like now the critics... Everybody who was in the ring showed (guts). Nobody dived."<ref name = AP/>

[[Ron Sparks]] offered to fight Boll in Vancouver as part of the ''Postal'' publicity stunt, but Boll declined, citing Sparks's age and size advantage. Sparks himself defended Boll's decision in his [http://www.myspace.com/sparksnation MySpace blog], however, saying that because Boll was fighting several boxers back to back, and putting them in his movie, he had the right to choose any opponents willing to fight him.

Also, printed in [[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]'s November 2006 edition of the section "The Rest of the Crap", written by critic [[Seanbaby]], described Seanbaby's own involvement. Apparently Uwe was going to appear on [[G4 (TV channel)|G4]]'s ''[[Attack of the Show!]]'' and promote this fight by sparring with one of the hosts. He claims that, "Again, he's [Uwe Boll] a matchmaking genius, because everyone on TV's 3-feet tall. If you were watching [AotS] during the time I co-hosted, you might have noticed that I could have leaned over and eaten host [[Kevin Pereira]]." A producer of the show then asked if Seanbaby would come and spar in the host's place for the event. Seanbaby says that he trains in [[Muay Thai]] and [[jujutsu]], and that, "Boxing is to Fighting what [[Hungry Hungry Hippos]] is to fighting..." When Uwe heard of this, he wanted to know Seanbaby's age, height, weight and fighting experience since he "learned he wasn't fighting a midget". After receiving said information, Boll chose not to appear on the program.

===Petition to retire===
In April 2008, ''[[The Guardian]]'' ran an article claiming Boll had promised to retire if an online petition at petitiononline.com asking him to do so received 1,000,000 signatures.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2008/apr/07/news |title=Director promises to retire if a million people demand it |publisher=The Guardian |date=2008-04-07 |accessdate=2008-10-24}}</ref> {{As of |2008}}, there are over 319,000 signatures.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?RRH53888 |title=Stop Dr. Uwe Boll - Signatures |publisher=Petitiononline.com |date= |accessdate=2008-10-24}}</ref><ref>[http://youtube.com/watch?v=3O81cCbwQk8 Uwe Boll: Decision 2008]</ref>

On May 7, 2008 the makers of [[Stride (gum)|Stride gum]] announced they would give each signer a digital coupon for a pack
of gum if the petition obtained the required 1 million signatures by May 14, 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/05-07-2008/0004808311 |title=Stride(R) Gum Declares Its Support for StopUweBoll.org |publisher=Prnewswire.com |accessdate=2008-10-24}}</ref>

====Retort====

Uwe Boll has released a video stating that he is "the only genius in the whole terrible [movie] business" and that other directors such as [[Michael Bay]] and [[Eli Roth]] are "silly retards". He promises that his upcoming film ''[[Postal (film)|Postal]]'' will be "way better than all that social-critic [[George Clooney]] trash that you get every boring weekend." In response to an "Anti-Uwe Boll" online petition, Boll has also expressed hopes that somebody will start a Pro-Uwe Boll petition, which he is sure will hit a million signatures.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/04/uwe-boll-respon.html |title=Uwe Boll Responds to Anti-Boll Petition: I'm No George Clooney |accessdate=2008-05-03 |author=Watercutter, Angela |date=April 9, 2008 |work= |publisher=[[Wired News]]}}</ref>

Bay responded to the "silly retards" comment by calling Boll "a sad being" and stated that he didn't care "in the slightest" about the remark<ref>[http://www.shootfortheedit.com/forum/showthread.php?p=24541#post24541 Being Called a "F*!$ing Retard" by Uwe Boll]</ref> while Roth facetiously said Boll's comments were the "greatest compliment ever."<ref>[http://kotaku.com/378137/michael-bay-responds-to-fucking-retard-remark Uwe Boll: Michael Bay Responds To "Silly Retard" Remark]</ref> Boll later noted that the comments were meant to be a generic picture over Hollywood, and that he has nothing against the people mentioned.<ref>[http://www.blubrry.com/player/?p=361&explicit_ok=1 RobOnt Radio - Uwe Boll Interview]</ref>

Boll then appeared on Thursday, April 10's episode of G4's ''[[Attack of the Show]]'', where he was interviewed regarding his controversial online retort. In the interview, he said (in regard to Michael Bay and Eli Roth responding to his criticisms) that Roth "has a sense of humor" and that Bay "has no sense of humor." He also jokingly stated that he believes that his upcoming adaptation of ''Postal'' (from the video game of the same name) could beat ''[[Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull]]'' at the box office, because [[Harrison Ford]] is older than his deceased grandfather.

On April 27, 2008, Boll responded to Bay's "not caring about Boll" comment. "To prove who is the better director", Boll offered to challenge Bay to a boxing match at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. If Bay accepts, the match will last for 12 rounds and will take place in September.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlJ3VLGDOVE EXCLUSIVE: Boll Challenges Bay to Boxing Match Showdown]{{Dead link|date=October 2008}}</ref> In response to Boll's comments, Bay again posted a statement this time saying:

<blockquote>''"I never even heard his name till last week when he made threats and rants. The guy is a stupid idiot, making threats to me, Clooney, Eli Roth, says he has a doctorate—but uses the word 'retard' in his vocabulary, come on. When you look at his videos, what is interesting are the backgrounds. I guess his low rent offices, with 15 year old 3/4 machines, archaic computers, this is just some dumb chump trying to get some fame when he has none, so he has to make Youtube lame quality anger rants. Guy just want attention because he can't get any for the so called movies he makes. Nothing sadder when he had his screening in LA to an over half empty movie house."''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shootfortheedit.com/forum/showthread.php?p=27387#post27387 |title=Uwe Bowl is at it again |publisher=Shootfortheedit.com |date= |accessdate=2008-10-24}}</ref> </blockquote>
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== Upcoming projects ==
Boll is working on two new [[arthouse]] films, ''[[Stoic (film)|Stoic]]'' and ''Janjaweed''. The films will be extremely different from Boll's previous directorial efforts because they do not focus on his usual video game adaptations.

==Writings==
Boll has written two books, ''Wie man in Deutschland einen Film drehen muss'' (''How a movie has to be made in Germany'') and ''Die Gattung Serie und ihre Genres'' (''Genus Series and its genres''), on themes of serial television. <!-- UNATTRIBUTED which, according to Boll's description, "endeavors to sketch a conceptual horizon of the 'fictitious' TV serial through a generic description, derived by film-historical and statistical methods, as well as by a bibliographical evaluation. Thereby, comprehensive materials and literary bases were made available for the purpose of this research, so that they may properly describe and distinguish the series as such from other kinds, and allow for typological categorization and verification of the computational matrixes which form the basis of the various singular episodes." -->
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==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
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* [http://www.boll-kg.de/ Official Website of Boll's Production Company, BOLL KG]
*{{imdb name|id=0093051|name=Uwe Boll}}
*[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/uwe_boll/ Uwe Boll] at [[Rotten Tomatoes]]
*[http://www.a3upodcast.com/?q=node/112 A3UPodcast.com Interview] Podcast Interview With Boll
*[http://www.goldenpalaceevents.com/sports/uweboll02.php Golden Palace Events] - Photos, video, and details of Uwe's September 2006 boxing match with his critics
* [http://www.bollbashers.com/ Boll Bashers] A comprehensive website on Boll
* [http://www.creature-corner.com/?type=news&id=1059 Interview with ''Uwe Boll'' Creature Corner]
*[http://media.movies.ign.com/media/574/574465/vids_1.html Dinner With Uwe] - [[IGN]]'s four-part video interview
* [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050714.gtbolljul14/BNStory/Technology/AtPlay/ Interview with ''Uwe Boll'' The Globe & Mail]
*[http://www.gamespot.com/news/show_blog_entry.php?topic_id=24707327&sid=6152650 Boll to brawl critics onscreen in Postal movie?] at GameSpot News
*[http://movieblog.ugo.com/index.php/movieblog/more/comic_con_2007_uwe_boll_interview_includes_dancing/ Uwe on UGO.com] - Uwe Boll wants to make a sequel to Schindler's List
*[http://www.movie666.com/uwe-boll-postal-movie-review Review of Boll's film Postal] - Dr. Theodore Mangrove reviews Postal on Movie666
*[http://www.scifi.de/scifi/index.php?StoryID=53 Live-Chat mit Uwe Boll am 09.09.2008] - Live-Chat mit Uwe Boll am 09.09.2008
*[http://loadingreadyrun.com/videos/view/330/an-interview-with-uwe-boll Interview with Uwe Boll at LoadingReadyRun] - Interview on May 26, 2008

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Uwe Boll
Born (1965-06-22) June 22, 1965 (age 59)
Wermelskirchen, Germany
Occupation(s)Director, Executive Producer, Producer, Screenwriter
WebsiteBoll-KG.de

Uwe Boll (IPA: [ˈuːvə bɔl]), (born June 22, 1965, Wermelskirchen, Germany) is a German 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. Boll studied at the University of Cologne and the University of Siegen, and holds a doctorate in literature.[1]

Films

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, BloodRayne, BloodRayne II: Deliverance, In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale, and Postal. He has announced plans to produce an adaptation of Far Cry which has been met with anger from fans [citation needed]. Boll intends to produce Alone in the Dark II, and a third movie based on the BloodRayne franchise.[2] Boll also made a bid to direct the upcoming World of Warcraft movie, but was turned away by the owners of the Warcraft franchise, Blizzard.[3]

For the opening credits footage to Seed (2007), Boll uses footage of animal abuse and torture he received from PETA to underscore the film's nihilism. He has also promised to donate 2.5 percent of his net profits from Seed to PETA. [4]

Financing

Boll continues to find investors who wish to acquire the rights for future video-game-to-movie adaptations. His investors are mostly German. He acquires the rights for potential future adaptations and personally oversees preproduction work, filming, and post-production.

Movies directed by Boll have performed modestly to poorly at the box office in the United States. House of the Dead (budget: $12 million) broke $5.73 million on opening weekend,[5] Alone in the Dark (budget: $20 million) made over $5.1 million,[6] and BloodRayne (budget: $25 million) topped $2.42 million.[7]. But by far the worst commercial performance of his career was In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale, which made barely $10 million worldwide at the box office on a $60 million budget.

In the DVD commentary of Alone in the Dark, Boll explains how he funds his films:

"Maybe you know it but it's not so easy to finance movies in total. And 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 fifty percent back from the Government."

Boll is able to acquire funding thanks to German tax laws that reward investments in film. The law allows investors in German-owned films to write off 100% of their investment as a tax deduction; it also allows them to invest borrowed money and write off any fees associated with the loan. The investor is then only required to pay taxes on the profits made by the movie; if the movie loses money, the investor gets a tax writeoff.

While Boll has received a lot of negative publicity regarding this funding method,[8] he was actually one of the few directors to use the tax shelter as intended. His films were financed, produced, and directed by a German company, which was the initial intention behind the tax shelter: to provide incentive for investment in German entertainment properties.

Criticism

Many of Boll's movies, especially those based on video games, have been critically panned. Those that are based on video games are usually only loosely based on the game in question. As of September 15, 2008, Alone in the Dark and House of the Dead appear on the Internet Movie Database's Bottom 100 films list, although BloodRayne II: Deliverance has disappeared from the listing.[9] In a review of Alone in the Dark, Rob Vaux states that the movie makes other "bad" movie directors feel better in comparison: "'It's okay,' they'll tell themselves, 'I didn't make Alone in the Dark.'"[10] Another reviewer wrote that Alone in the Dark was "so poorly built, so horribly acted and so sloppily stitched together that it's not even at the straight-to-DVD level."[11]

When rumors surfaced that Boll had expressed interest in a Metal Gear Solid movie, and claimed to have been given a script to read, Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima responded in his audioblog HIDECHAN, "Absolutely not! I don't know why Uwe Boll is even talking about this kind of thing. We've never talked to him. It's impossible that we'd ever do a movie with him."[12]. Boll later stated that he only thought he was doing the film because he was tricked by two con-artists who claimed to work for Konami [13]

Blair Erickson, a writer of a treatment for Alone in the Dark, has written a critical account of his experience working with Boll, in which Erickson alleges that Boll stole ideas from prior movies and wanted to add elements to the story that were not true to the tone of the source material. Uwe chose to not use Erickson's script, citing reasons such as it having "not enough car chases."[14]

Boll blames the poor commercial performance of his video game adaptations on his distribution company, Romar, and has filed a lawsuit against them.[15] Boll's films prior to the release of House of the Dead received better reception. The New York Times, for instance, gave Blackwoods a positive review, although overall reactions to the film have been negative.[16]

Blizzard Entertainment refused Boll's request to make a World of Warcraft adaptation; Boll said, "I got in contact with Paul Sams of Blizzard, and he said, 'We will not sell the movie rights, not to you... especially not to you.'"[17]

On X-Play's "Gphoria" awards show, one of the categories was "Game Most Deserving of a Uwe Boll Adaptation"

Response to criticism

Boll does not shy away from his critics. In the Alone in the Dark DVD commentary, he responds to criticism that his adaptations make significant changes to the plot and style of the source material: "Fans are always totally flipping out and I understand that the fan of a video game has his own agenda in his head and has his ideas about what is a good movie and what is a bad movie." Referring to House of the Dead, Boll said: "I think I made a perfect House of the Dead movie, because it really shows how the game is. It's a lot of fun, it's over-the-top action."[18] Boll is especially critical of his internet detractors. Referring to two Ain't It Cool News critics who negatively reviewed his work, Boll said, "Harry (Knowles) and Quint (Eric Vespe) are retards."[19]

Boll also criticizes the game companies themselves for providing zero support once the movie license is sold. He cites the cross-promotion and support which comic-book-based properties adapted for the screen receive, whereas video game companies often "sell off the license and then forget about it."[18] He argues that this is the reason video game adaptations are not well received by critics and audiences.

When Wired published a negative review of Postal, Boll responded with an e-mail claiming that the critic "(didn't) understand anything about movies and that you are a untalented wanna bee filmmaker with no balls and no understanding what POSTAL is. you dont [sic] see courage because you are nothing. and no go to your mum and hurt her ...because she cooks for you now since 30 years ..so she deserves it".[20] Boll claims that this angry email was sparked not by the review, but because the Wired editor told Boll in person that the editor loved the movie, then turned around and published a negative review.[21]

Critic boxing matches (Raging Boll)

Boll made headlines by challenging his critics to "put up or shut up". In June 2006, his production company issued a press release stating that Boll would challenge his five harshest critics each to a 10 round boxing match. Invitations were also open to film directors Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary. To qualify, critics had to have written two extremely negative reviews of Boll, in print or on the Web, in 2005. Footage from the fights were to be included on the DVD of his upcoming film Postal.[22] On June 20, 2006, Rich "Lowtax" Kyanka stated on Something Awful that he had been invited by Boll to be the first contestant. Only after that did Kyanka review Alone in the Dark.[23] The online gambling site GoldenPalace.com decided to sponsor this event, dubbing it "Raging Boll". The list of five critics to step into the ring with Boll was drawn up in late August 2006, and featured Kyanka, Rue Morgue magazine writer Chris Alexander, webmaster of Cinecutre Carlos Palencia Jimenez-Arguello, Ain't it Cool News writer Jeff Sneider and Chance Minter, amateur boxer and website critic.[24][25] Boll fought and won against all five participants. The first took place on September 5, 2006 in Málaga, Spain against Carlos Palencia[26] with the rest on September 23, 2006 at the Plaza of Nations in Vancouver.[27]

After Kyanka lost his match, he would go on to make several allegations against Boll, including that Boll refused to fight against Chance Minter, an amateur boxer, because he was an experienced boxer (However, Boll actually fought Minter as his fourth opponent.) ;[28] that Boll misled them by claiming it was a PR stunt, but actually intended to fight them; that Boll claimed the participants would get training before the match, which no one did; and that Boll had seriously wounded Sneider, who had also believed Boll.[29]

Kyanka added in a post-match interview that, "Half of us (the contenders) hadn't even seen his movies."[30] Sneider shared similar sentiments, stating "I think he's a jerk. This might be PR but I don't want to keep getting punched in the head."[31] Boll has denied these claims in an interview, stating that he gave his opponents three months to prepare. He also denied ever saying it was a PR stunt and claims that it was going to be a real fight.[32]

Other contestants responded less negatively. Alexander, in a Toronto Star article, recounts being invited to Boll's beach house on the following day, where Boll asked him about the reasons for his unilaterally negative reviews. Alexander bluntly told Boll that his movies were "bloated, expensive and incoherent attempts at aping American genre pictures and sport some of the most boneheaded casting choices in filmdom" but that Boll was an "insane, two-fisted rogue, and a shockingly HONEST one at that, someone who absolutely adores film, knows its history and truly lives for what he does."[33]

Alexander referred to the event as "the weirdest pop culture bizarre journalism stunt I've ever been involved in."[31] Minter also praised what he had seen so far of Boll's upcoming production Seed.[34] Boll praised the contestants in a post fight press conference, stating "I like now the critics... Everybody who was in the ring showed (guts). Nobody dived."[31]

Ron Sparks offered to fight Boll in Vancouver as part of the Postal publicity stunt, but Boll declined, citing Sparks's age and size advantage. Sparks himself defended Boll's decision in his MySpace blog, however, saying that because Boll was fighting several boxers back to back, and putting them in his movie, he had the right to choose any opponents willing to fight him.

Also, printed in Electronic Gaming Monthly's November 2006 edition of the section "The Rest of the Crap", written by critic Seanbaby, described Seanbaby's own involvement. Apparently Uwe was going to appear on G4's Attack of the Show! and promote this fight by sparring with one of the hosts. He claims that, "Again, he's [Uwe Boll] a matchmaking genius, because everyone on TV's 3-feet tall. If you were watching [AotS] during the time I co-hosted, you might have noticed that I could have leaned over and eaten host Kevin Pereira." A producer of the show then asked if Seanbaby would come and spar in the host's place for the event. Seanbaby says that he trains in Muay Thai and jujutsu, and that, "Boxing is to Fighting what Hungry Hungry Hippos is to fighting..." When Uwe heard of this, he wanted to know Seanbaby's age, height, weight and fighting experience since he "learned he wasn't fighting a midget". After receiving said information, Boll chose not to appear on the program.

Petition to retire

In April 2008, The Guardian ran an article claiming Boll had promised to retire if an online petition at petitiononline.com asking him to do so received 1,000,000 signatures.[35] As of 2008, there are over 319,000 signatures.[36][37]

On May 7, 2008 the makers of Stride gum announced they would give each signer a digital coupon for a pack of gum if the petition obtained the required 1 million signatures by May 14, 2008.[38]

Retort

Uwe Boll has released a video stating that he is "the only genius in the whole terrible [movie] business" and that other directors such as Michael Bay and Eli Roth are "silly retards". He promises that his upcoming film Postal will be "way better than all that social-critic George Clooney trash that you get every boring weekend." In response to an "Anti-Uwe Boll" online petition, Boll has also expressed hopes that somebody will start a Pro-Uwe Boll petition, which he is sure will hit a million signatures.[39]

Bay responded to the "silly retards" comment by calling Boll "a sad being" and stated that he didn't care "in the slightest" about the remark[40] while Roth facetiously said Boll's comments were the "greatest compliment ever."[41] Boll later noted that the comments were meant to be a generic picture over Hollywood, and that he has nothing against the people mentioned.[42]

Boll then appeared on Thursday, April 10's episode of G4's Attack of the Show, where he was interviewed regarding his controversial online retort. In the interview, he said (in regard to Michael Bay and Eli Roth responding to his criticisms) that Roth "has a sense of humor" and that Bay "has no sense of humor." He also jokingly stated that he believes that his upcoming adaptation of Postal (from the video game of the same name) could beat Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull at the box office, because Harrison Ford is older than his deceased grandfather.

On April 27, 2008, Boll responded to Bay's "not caring about Boll" comment. "To prove who is the better director", Boll offered to challenge Bay to a boxing match at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. If Bay accepts, the match will last for 12 rounds and will take place in September.[43] In response to Boll's comments, Bay again posted a statement this time saying:

"I never even heard his name till last week when he made threats and rants. The guy is a stupid idiot, making threats to me, Clooney, Eli Roth, says he has a doctorate—but uses the word 'retard' in his vocabulary, come on. When you look at his videos, what is interesting are the backgrounds. I guess his low rent offices, with 15 year old 3/4 machines, archaic computers, this is just some dumb chump trying to get some fame when he has none, so he has to make Youtube lame quality anger rants. Guy just want attention because he can't get any for the so called movies he makes. Nothing sadder when he had his screening in LA to an over half empty movie house."[44]

Upcoming projects

Boll is working on two new arthouse films, Stoic and Janjaweed. The films will be extremely different from Boll's previous directorial efforts because they do not focus on his usual video game adaptations.

Writings

Boll has written two books, Wie man in Deutschland einen Film drehen muss (How a movie has to be made in Germany) and Die Gattung Serie und ihre Genres (Genus Series and its genres), on themes of serial television.

References

  1. ^ Catalogue of the German National Library: Uwe Boll, Die Gattung Serie und ihre Genres, Inaugural-Dissertation, Universität Siegen, 1994
  2. ^ JoBlo (2006-10-02). "Bloodrayne: Part Deux!". JoBlo.com.
  3. ^ "Blizzard laugh away Uwe Boll". Movie Chronicles.com. 2008-04-21. Retrieved 2008-10-24.
  4. ^ ""Seed (V)" Movie Info". Bloody-disgusting.com. Retrieved 2008-10-24.
  5. ^ "House of the Dead (2003)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2008-10-24.
  6. ^ "Alone in the Dark (2005)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2008-10-24.
  7. ^ "BloodRayne (2006)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2008-10-24.
  8. ^ Wood, Stuart (2005-10-17). "Uwe Boll: Money For Nothing". Cinemablend. Retrieved 2007-08-04. {{cite web}}: More than one of |author= and |last= specified (help)
  9. ^ IMDb Bottom 100. Accessed January 6, 2008.
  10. ^ Rob Vaux (2005-01-28). "Alone in the Dark Review". FlipSideMovies.com. Retrieved 2006-06-13.
  11. ^ "Alone in the Dark". Eonline.com. 2005-01-28. Retrieved 2008-10-24.
  12. ^ Christopher Grant (2006-02-03). "Kojima on Uwe Boll: "It's impossible"". Joystiq. Retrieved 2006-06-13.
  13. ^ http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/04/24/uwe-boll-gets-conned-out-of-metal-gear-solid-movieby-the-french/
  14. ^ Blair Erickson (2005-02-02). "Behind the Scenes: Uwe Boll and Uwe Boll's Alone In the Dark". Something Awful. Retrieved 2006-06-13.
  15. ^ Jesse Hiestand (2006-06-06). "Boll Sues Over BloodRayne". The Hollywood Reporter.
  16. ^ "Blackwoods (2002): Reviews". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 2008-10-24.
  17. ^ "Uwe Boll Won’t Ever Be Entering The World Of Warcraft". Shawn Adler. 2008-04-18.
  18. ^ a b Ellie Gibson (2006-02-15). "Uwe Boll Bites Back". Eurogamer. Retrieved 2006-06-13.
  19. ^ Patrick Klepek (2006-01-08). "Uwe Boll Talks 'BloodRayne'". 1UP.com. Retrieved 2006-06-13.
  20. ^ Chris Kohler (2007-08-14). "You Dumb F*ck: Uwe Boll Responds To Our Postal Review". Wired (magazine). Retrieved 2007-08-15.
  21. ^ Celestian Rince (2007-11-23). "'World's worst filmmaker' visits UBC". Retrieved 2008-01-15. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |Publisher= ignored (|publisher= suggested) (help)
  22. ^ Gareth Von Kallenbach (2006-06-12). "Uwe Boll Challenges Tarantino and his critics". sknr.net. Retrieved 2006-06-13.
  23. ^ Richard Kyanka (2006-06-20). "Uwe Boll Wants Me Alone In the Dark". Something Awful. Retrieved 2006-06-20.
  24. ^ Brendan Sinclair (2006-08-25). "'Raging Boll' boxing bouts set". GameSpot. Retrieved 2006-08-25.
  25. ^ Jason Barbato (2006-09-17). "Getting hit with opportunity's left hook". The Frederick News-Post. Retrieved 2006-09-26.
  26. ^ "Uwe Boll to Literally Fight His Critics - GoldenPalace Sponsors Filmmaker's Revenge". 2006-08-22. Retrieved 2007-03-30.
  27. ^ Baker, Chris (12-2006). "Raging Boll". Wired Magazine. Retrieved 2007-03-30. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  28. ^ Carlson, Peter (2006-12-19). "Box Office: Director KO'd His Critics". Washington Post. Retrieved 2007-03-30.
  29. ^ Lowtax (2006-09-24). "Lowtax forum post". Something Awful Forums. Retrieved 2006-09-26.
  30. ^ "YouTube - Interview with Lowtax after Uwe Boll fight". YouTube. 2006-09-23. Retrieved 2008-10-24.
  31. ^ a b c Jeremy Hainsworth (2006-09-25). "Maligned Director KOs His Critics". Associated Press. Retrieved 2006-09-26.
  32. ^ "YouTube - Uwe Boll Interview 9-28-06". YouTube. 2006-09-28. Retrieved 2008-10-24.
  33. ^ Alexander, Chris (2006-10-08). "In the ring with raging Boll". Toronto Star. p. C6. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  34. ^ Tiffany Crawford (2006-09-25). "Controversial German directer beats up harshest critics in boxing ring". Canadian Press. Retrieved 2006-09-26.
  35. ^ "Director promises to retire if a million people demand it". The Guardian. 2008-04-07. Retrieved 2008-10-24.
  36. ^ "Stop Dr. Uwe Boll - Signatures". Petitiononline.com. Retrieved 2008-10-24.
  37. ^ Uwe Boll: Decision 2008
  38. ^ "Stride(R) Gum Declares Its Support for StopUweBoll.org". Prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2008-10-24.
  39. ^ Watercutter, Angela (April 9, 2008). "Uwe Boll Responds to Anti-Boll Petition: I'm No George Clooney". Wired News. Retrieved 2008-05-03.
  40. ^ Being Called a "F*!$ing Retard" by Uwe Boll
  41. ^ Uwe Boll: Michael Bay Responds To "Silly Retard" Remark
  42. ^ RobOnt Radio - Uwe Boll Interview
  43. ^ EXCLUSIVE: Boll Challenges Bay to Boxing Match Showdown[dead link]
  44. ^ "Uwe Bowl is at it again". Shootfortheedit.com. Retrieved 2008-10-24.
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