Volker Engel
Visual Effects Artist · Germany · On the map · Directors · Born 1965 · age 61
Volker Engel is a German special effects artist who is best known as one of the people who won at the 69th Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects on the film Independence Day.
Volker Engel is read about 11 times a day, in 7 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 19 June 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
2025
Meister der Apokalypse - Roland EmmerichFilm
Roland Emmerich - Weltenzerstörer, WeltenerbauerFilm, 20252016
Another Day: The Making of 'Independence Day: Resurgence'Film2011
AnonymousFilm, Producer2005
The TriangleSeries, Producer2004
Ring of the NibelungsFilm, Producer2003
CoronadoFilm, Writer2000
Independence Day: Creating RealityFilm1998Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyAward1997Academy Award for Best Visual EffectsAward1996The Making of 'Independence Day'Film1965Born17 February 1965
Meister der Apokalypse - Roland EmmerichFilmRoland Emmerich - Weltenzerstörer, WeltenerbauerFilm, 20252016Another Day: The Making of 'Independence Day: Resurgence'Film2011AnonymousFilm, Producer2005The TriangleSeries, Producer2004Ring of the NibelungsFilm, Producer2003CoronadoFilm, Writer2000Independence Day: Creating RealityFilm1998Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyAward1997Academy Award for Best Visual EffectsAward1996The Making of 'Independence Day'Film1965Born17 February 1965People around Volker
Close ties
Roland Emmerich Produced Independence Day (1996)
Sam Neill Volker produced The Triangle (2005)
Bruce Davison Volker produced The Triangle (2005)
Eric Stoltz Volker produced The Triangle (2005)
Catherine Bell Volker produced The Triangle (2005)
Lou Diamond Phillips Volker produced The Triangle (2005)
Charles Martin Smith Volker produced The Triangle (2005)
Dean Devlin Produced Independence Day (1996)
Lisa Brenner Volker produced The Triangle (2005)
Marius Weyers Volker produced The Triangle (2005)
Claudio Fäh Directed Coronado (2003)
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 8
19 credits on file
Television 1
Awards
About this person
He won with Douglas Smith, Clay Pinney and Joe Viskocil. in 1999, he founded the visual effects company Uncharted Territory, LLC with Marc Weigert.
Country
Germany
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1965 · age 61
