Uwe Boll German ˈuːvə ˈbɔl born June 22 1965 is a German restaurateur and a former filmmaker He financed his own films through his production companies Boll KG and Event Film Productions Many of his films were produced on low budgets and Boll himself had backed his projects financially or made use of crowdfunding platforms Bolls filmmaking career is generally divided into two distinct phases the first consists of big budget films with a usually renowned cast most of which gained him a reputation as a schlock maestro while receiving highly negative reviews from critics with Alone in the Dark being considered one of the worst films ever made His second phase is marked by films with a smaller budget or were independently made relatively unknown actors and different approaches to filmmaking Bolls Rampage film series Tunnel Rats Stoic Amoklauf Heart of America Assault on Wall Street and Darfur were better received by critics Boll decided to branch out from filmmaking in 2016 to work in the restaurant industry He opened his Bauhaus Restaurant in Vancouver which has earned positive reviews among food critics Description above from the Wikipedia article Uwe Boll licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia