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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 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. . GODZILLA, producer and writer Dean Devlin, 1998. ©TriStar Pictures View more photos

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Deal Producer - 2022
54% 65% Bad Samaritan Director,
Producer 		$3.4M 2018
18% 35% Geostorm Director,
Screenwriter,
Producer 		$33.4M 2017
29% 30% Independence Day: Resurgence Screenwriter,
Producer 		$103.1M 2016
43% 36% The Wannabe Executive Producer - 2015
No Score Yet 56% The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice Executive Producer - 2008
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice Executive Producer - 2008
No Score Yet 49% The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines Executive Producer - 2006
89% 84% Who Killed the Electric Car? Executive Producer $1.7M 2006
34% 66% Flyboys Producer $13.1M 2006
60% 57% The Librarian: Quest for the Spear Executive Producer - 2004
56% 58% Cellular Producer $32.0M 2004
48% 33% Eight Legged Freaks Producer $17.3M 2002
62% 81% The Patriot Producer $113.3M 2000
5% 24% Universal Soldier: The Return Writer $10.4M 1999
20% 28% Godzilla Writer,
Producer 		$136.1M 1998
68% 75% Independence Day Writer,
Producer 		$306.2M 1996
53% 73% Stargate Writer,
Producer 		$70.9M 1994
34% 47% Universal Soldier Writer $35.4M 1992
17% 31% Moon 44 Tyler (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet 8% City Limits Ernie (Character) - 1985

TV

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Librarians: The Next Chapter Executive Producer 2025
50% 67% The Ark Creator,
Executive Producer 		2023-2024
No Score Yet 96% Almost Paradise Executive Producer,
Director,
Creator,
Writer 		2023
93% 89% Leverage: Redemption Writer,
Executive Producer,
Director,
Writer 		2021-2023
No Score Yet 85% The Outpost Executive Producer 2018-2021
83% 85% James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction Guest 2018
89% 88% The Quest Director,
Executive Producer,
Writer 		2014-2018
92% 88% Leverage Director,
Producer,
Executive Producer 		2008-2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Triangle Executive Producer 2005
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Visitor Executive Producer 1997-1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Alice Unknown (Guest Star) 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet Happy Days Mark (Guest Star) 1983