Independence Day: Resurgence was directed by a German film director.
Independence Day : Resurgence is a 2016 American science fiction film written and directed by Roland Emmerich with co-writers Dean Devlin , Nicolas Wright , James A. Woods , and James Vanderbilt . Margarethe von Trotta ( born 21 February 1942 ) is a German film director who has been referred to as a `` leading force '' of the New German Cinema movement . Roland Emmerich ( [ ˈʁoːlant ˈɛməʁɪç ] ; born November 10 , 1955 ) is a German film director , screenwriter , and producer , widely known for his disaster films .