Roland Emmerich

Roland Emmerich was born on the 10th of November 1955. He is a German film director and producer. He is famously known for his disaster and action films.

Before Producing Godzilla, he was the executive producer for the film 'Independence Day' starring Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum.

TriStar and Centropolis Film Production felt Roland was a good candidate to produce and direct this film. They could have chose him due to the sucess of his previous film Independence Day,1996. 

Independence day which made an astonishing 800m dollar worldwide profit. Both production companies felt Emmerich was successful enough to produce another worldwide blockbuster again.

Institutions

Production Companies

.Centropolis Film Productions

.TriStar Pictures

.Independent Pictures

Distributors

.Columbia TriStar Home video 

.Sony Pictures Entertainment 

.TriStar pictures

.Columba pictures Corporation (uk)

Special Effects

.Centropolis effects(digital effects and digital creature animation)

.Mediamation inc(motion control)

.WKR production (tank mock ups)

.Futurelight (motion capture and software support)

.Pixel Liberation Front (additional camera matchmoving services)

.Cinema Producation Services (miniatures: Madison Square Garden)

                              

AS Case Study: Godzilla

AS Case Study: Godzilla

Director 

Roland Emmerich

Release Date

(UK) 17 July 1998

Genre

Sci-fi, Action, Thriller

Brief synopsis

Following many atomic bomb tests in the South Pacific, due to French nuclear tests, an unkown creature, Godzilla, is spotted passing east through the Panama Canal. Scientist, Nick Tatopolus is asked to investigate this matter. He comes to the conclusion that a over exposed lizard has turned into a giant. Godillza then makes it way to New York, the city that never sleeps, and begins to wage havoc and chaos . With the forces of the US army, are they enough to stop this beasts rampage?

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