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-'''Uwe Boll''' (born [[June 22]], [[1965]] in [[Wermelskirchen]], [[Germany]]) is a [[film director|director]] of [[film|movies]] based on [[video game|video games]], such as ''[[House of the Dead]]'', ''[[Alone in the Dark (2005 movie)|Alone in the Dark]]'', the forthcoming ''[[Bloodrayne (2005 movie)|BloodRayne]]'', ''[[Hunter: The Reckoning]]'', ''[[Postal]]'', ''[[Fear Effect]]'', ''[[Dungeon Siege]]'', and ''[[Far Cry]]'' and several others he has acquired the movie rights to. He is often cited as the worst working director in the world. His Boll KG company slogan declares itself to be the "World Market Leader in Video Game Adaptations." He is currently in a bidding war for rights to ''[[Half-Life]]'' and ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'', and recent online interviews suggest that he may be after the rights to ''[[Fallout (computer game)|Fallout]]'' and ''[[Castlevania]]'' as well.
-Boll has also been criticized for what many perceive as excessive [[hubris]]. He has made statements comparing himself to directors such as [[Sergio Leone]] and [[David Lynch]], despite the generally poor reception his movies have received, and has also stated that the poor performance of his movies is mainly due to "dumb audiences." He has also been accused of imposing his movie vision upon the video game series they are based on, such as an attempt to have Rayne altered so that in future games she would more closely resemble [[Kristanna Loken]], the [[actor|actress]] who plays her in Boll's movie.
-His movies have achieved critical hatred and abysmal [[box office]] returns (though ''House of the Dead'' managed to break $5.73 million after a moderately good opening weekend) and are often considered "worst of the year." Despite the criticism and detractors, however, Boll has a small cult following which often calls him a modern-day [[Ed Wood, Jr.|Ed Wood]]: a director with evident zeal and honest love of movies and movie production who ultimately makes movies that are generally thought of as being some of the worst ever made.
-Despite criticism, Boll has been known to interact with fans by regularly posting on various internet [[message boards]] including [[IGN]][http://www.boards.ign.com/], [[Something Awful forums|Something Awful]][http://forums.somethingawful.com/], and [[The Digital Bits]][http://www.thedigitalbits.com/]. Due to his reputation, Boll has been known to use various aliases based on German folklore. Boll has been quoted as saying that he likes to gauge fan reaction from previous films before working on his next.
-Essentially, Boll is a modern-day director. He's able to secure the investors (mostly German, in [[Hollywood, California|Hollywood]] often derisively referred to as "stupid German money"), secure the rights for cheap, picking games with only moderate brand recognition, does all of the actual production himself, and swiftly cranks out a movie. While under normal circumstances a director's movies could gross so little he's eventually shut out from every operating studio, Boll is exempt because he funds them under a loophole in German tax law that is supported by contributors and actually rewards movies that perform badly, via a writeoff at the end of the year.
-It has been recently reported that the loophole in German tax law has been revised. Starting January 2006, contributors to failed films will no longer be able to profit from failed films through a tax writeoff at the end of the year. This may well result in an end to Boll's film career, as it would make it impossible for him to capitalize on films that fail at the box office, resulting in a loss of investors.
-Boll earned a doctorate in [[literature]] from the [[University of Cologne]] in [[1995]]. He has written two [[book|books]], ''Oder wie man in Deutschland einen Film drehen muss'' ('Or, how one has to make a movie in Germany') and ''Die Gattung Serie und ihre Genres'' ('Serials and their genres'), on themes of serial [[television|TV]].
-==External links==
-* {{imdb name|id=0093051|name=Uwe Boll}}
-* {{nndb name|id=066/000087802|name=Uwe Boll}}
-* [http://www.boll-kg.de/ Boll KG, Dr. Boll's official company web page, with investor information.]
-* [http://www.bollbashers.com/ Uwe Boll fan site (English)]
-* [http://www.bollfans.com/ Uwe Boll fan site (German)]
-* [http://www.smart-popcorn.com/articles/321/ "Uwe Boll: Modern Day Ed Wood or Biggest Hack in Hollywood?"]
-===Interviews===
-* [http://www.insomniacmania.com/interview_default.php?id=1 Insomniac Mania interview with Boll]
-* [http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/583/583575p1.html?fromint=1 IGN.com interview for 'Alone in the Dark']
-* [http://www.horror-asylum.com/interview/uweboll/interview.asp Horror Asylum interview with Boll]
-* [http://www.creature-corner.com/?type=news&id=349 Creature Corner interview with Boll]
-===Anti-Boll sites===
-* [http://www.uwebollsucks.com/ www.uwebollsucks.com]
-* [http://doafeatures.blogspot.com/2005/08/uwe-bollhitlers-favorite-director.html Uwe Boll...Hitler's Favorite Director ]
-* [http://www.uwebollisantichrist.com/ Uwe Boll Is Antichrist]
-* [http://www.somethingawful.com/articles.php?a=2649&amp;p= Behind the Scenes of a Uwe Boll Production ]
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