Boll, Uwe 1965-

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Boll, Uwe 1965-

PERSONAL

Born June 22, 1965, in Wermelskirchen, West Germany. Education: Studied film, marketing, and management at the University of Cologne and the University of Seigen; earned Ph.D. in literature.

Addresses:

Office—Boll Kg, Fullsichel 7, 51399, Germany. Publicist—Wanstrom and Associates, 687 Denman St., Suite 43513, Vancouver V6G 3C7 Canada.

Career:

Producer, director, and screenwriter. BOLL KG (a film production company), 1992—; TanusFilm (a production company), producer and director, 1994-2000; Began making Super 8 films as a child.

CREDITS

Film Work:

Hand camera operator and director, German Fried Movie, 1991.

Director and producer, Barschel—Mord in Genf?, Kinowelt Home Entertainment, 1993.

Director and producer, Amoklauf, Screen Power Home Entertainment, 1994.

Director and executive producer, Das erste semester (also known as The First Semester), United International Pictures, 1997.

Coproducer, Fiasko (also known as Fiasco), Starmedia Home Entertainment, 2000.

Coproducer, L'amour, l'argent, l'amour (also known as L'Amour and Love, Money, Love), EuroVideo, 2000.

Executive producer, Angels Don't Sleep Here (also known as Backflash 2: Angels Don't Sleep Here), Lions Gate Films, 2001.

Director and executive producer, Blackwoods, Boll Films, 2002.

Director and executive producer, Heart of America (also known as Home Room), MTI Home Video, 2003.

Director and producer, House of the Dead (also known as House of the Dead: Le jeu ne fait que commencer), Artisan Entertainment, 2003.

Director and executive producer, Alone in the Dark, Lions Gate Films, 2005.

Director and producer, BloodRayne, Romar Entertainment, 2005.

Director and executive producer, In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (also known as Schwerter des konigs—Dungeon Siege), 2007.

Director and executive producer, Seed, Freestyle Releasing, 2007.

Director, executive producer, and producer, Postal, Freestyle Releasing, 2007.

Director and executive producer, BloodRayne II: Deliverance, Visual Entertainment, 2007.

Film Appearances:

Danger seeker, German Fried Movie, 1991.

Himself, Behind the House: Anatomy of the Zombie Movement (documentary short), Artisan Entertainment, 2004.

Himself, The Making Of: "House of the Dead" (documentary), 2004.

Postal, 2007.

Television Work; Movies:

Director and producer, Sanctimony, Cinemax, 2000.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Himself, Tagesthemen, 2004.

Himself, HypaSpace (also known as HypaSpace Daily and HypaSpace Weekly), Space Channel, 2006.

Himself, "Video Game Movies," Space Top 10 Countdown, Space Channel, 2006.

RECORDINGS

Music Videos:

Director, Nightwish's "Wish I Had an Angel," 2004.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

German Fried Movie, 1991.

Barschel—Mord in Genf?, 1993.

Amoklauf, Screen Power Home Entertainment, 1994.

Das erste semester (also known as The First Semester), United International Pictures, 1997.

Blackwoods, Boll Films, 2002.

(Story only) Heart of America (also known as Home Room), MTI Home Video, 2003.

Seed, Freestyle Releasing, 2007.

Postal, Freestyle Releasing, 2007.

Television Movies:

Sanctimony, Cinemax, 2000.

Books:

Wrote Wie man in Deutschland einen film drehen muss (How to Make a Move in Germany); Die gattung serie und ihre genres (Series and Their Genres).

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Wired Magazine, December, 2006.

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