A German director directed Independence Day: Resurgence.
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 . Roland Emmerich ( [ ˈʁoːlant ˈɛməʁɪç ] ; born November 10 , 1955 ) is a German film director , screenwriter , and producer , widely known for his disaster films .