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Dean Devlin

Highest Rated: 89% Who Killed the Electric Car? (2006)

Lowest Rated: 5% Universal Soldier: The Return (1999)

Birthday: Aug 27, 1962

Birthplace: New York, New York, USA

A former teen actor, Dean Devlin stepped behind the camera in the early 1990s to become the co-writer and producer of some of the biggest science fiction films in history, including "Stargate" (1994), "Independence Day" (1996) and "Godzilla" (1998) before moving into television with such hits as "The Librarian" franchise and "Leverage" (TNT, 2008-12). A dedicated sci-fi fan, Devlin and director Roland Emmerich blended 1950s-style speculative fiction - alien invasions, giant monsters - with the latest achievements in special effects to produce their blockbusters; fans flocked to these films, while critics dismissed them as pure popcorn. But after "Godzilla" failed to meet its projected gross, Devlin parted ways with Emmerich to work on more modestly scaled fare for television. These efforts, including "The Triangle" (Sci-Fi Channel, 2005), were massive hits for basic cable, and affirmed Devlin's Midas touch with the fantastic in not one but two mediums.

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Highest-Rated Movies

89% 84% Who Killed the Electric Car?
Watchlist 68% 75% Independence Day Watchlist 62% 81% The Patriot Watchlist
60% 57% The Librarian: Quest for the Spear
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56% 58% Cellular
Watchlist 54% 65% Bad Samaritan Watchlist
53% 73% Stargate
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48% 33% Eight Legged Freaks
Watchlist 43% 36% The Wannabe Watchlist 34% 47% Universal Soldier Watchlist
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Dean Devlin

Dean Devlin Dean Devlin THE PATRIOT, producer Dean Devlin (front left), director Roland Emmerich (front right), on set, 2000. ©Columbia Pictures GEOSTORM, DIRECTOR DEAN DEVLIN, ON SET, 2017. PH: BEN ROTHSTEIN/© WARNER BROS. GEOSTORM, FROM LEFT: GERARD BUTLER, DIRECTOR DEAN DEVLIN, ON SET, 2017. PH: BEN ROTHSTEIN/© WARNER BROS. GEOSTORM, ANDY GARCIA (LEFT), ED HARRIS (BALD HEAD), DIRECTOR DEAN DEVLIN (HAND UP), ON SET, 2017. PH: BEN ROTHSTEIN/© WARNER BROS. GEOSTORM, FROM LEFT: JIM STURGESS, ABBIE CORNISH, DIRECTOR DEAN DEVLIN, ON SET, 2017. PH: BEN ROTHSTEIN/© WARNER BROS. EIGHT LEGGED FREAKS, Executive producer Roland Emmerich, producer Dean Devlin on the set, 2002 (c) Warner Brothers. . INDEPENDENCE DAY, producer Dean Devlin, director Roland Emmerich, on set, 1996. TM and Copyright (c)20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved EIGHT LEGGED FREAKS, Producer Dean Devlin, director Ellory Elkayem, executive producer Roland Emmerich, executive producer Peter Winther on the set, 2002 (c) Warner Brothers. . View more photos

Filmography

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The Deal 2022 Producer Bad Samaritan 54% 65% 2018 Director, Producer Geostorm 18% 35% 2017 Director, Screenwriter, Producer Independence Day: Resurgence 29% 30% 2016 Screenwriter, Producer The Wannabe 43% 36% 2015 Executive Producer The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice 56% 2008 Executive Producer The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice 2008 Executive Producer The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines 49% 2006 Executive Producer Who Killed the Electric Car? 89% 84% 2006 Executive Producer Flyboys 34% 66% 2006 Producer The Librarian: Quest for the Spear 60% 57% 2004 Executive Producer Cellular 56% 58% 2004 Producer Eight Legged Freaks 48% 33% 2002 Producer The Patriot 62% 81% 2000 Producer Universal Soldier: The Return 5% 24% 1999 Writer Godzilla 20% 28% 1998 Writer, Producer Independence Day 68% 75% 1996 Writer, Producer Stargate 53% 73% 1994 Writer, Producer Universal Soldier 34% 47% 1992 Writer Moon 44 17% 31% 1990 Tyler Actor City Limits 8% 1985 Ernie Actor
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