The Thirteenth Floor
1999
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Josef Rusnak (born 25 November 1958) is a German screenwriter and director. Career. Rusnak's debut as writer and director was his 1984 film Cold Fever, which was awarded the Deutscher Filmpreis for best director that same year. [1] . Following this, he worked for French television and directed episodes of television series.
- 1984–present
- Film director, screenwriter
- 25 November 1958 (age 64), Germany
Josef Rusnak is a German-born filmmaker who has worked on movies such as The Thirteenth Floor, Godzilla and Beyond. He was born on November 25, 1958 and has won one award for his work.
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Sep 1, 2009 · German director Josef Rusnak came to the attention of genre fans with his inventive 1999 SF-thriller The Thirteenth Floor. Though eclipsed by The Matrix at the box office, the movie has built up a cult following in recent years.
Since the mid-1980s, Josef Rusnak has proved himself an adept director on both the big and small screens. The German filmmaker has enjoyed most critical success in his home country, but has...
Tomatometer®Audience ScoreTitleCredit11%27%DirectorNo Score Yet11%DirectorNo Score Yet6%DirectorNo Score Yet17%DirectorThe Thirteenth Floor is a 1999 science fiction neo-noir film written and directed by Josef Rusnak, and produced by Roland Emmerich through his Centropolis Entertainment company. It is loosely based upon Simulacron-3 (1964), a novel by Daniel F. Galouye, and a remake of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s miniseries World on a Wire (1973).
- $16 million
- Roland Emmerich, Ute Emmerich, Marco Weber
May 28, 1999 · The Thirteenth Floor: Directed by Josef Rusnak. With Craig Bierko, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Gretchen Mol, Vincent D'Onofrio. A computer scientist running a virtual reality simulation of 1937 becomes the primary suspect when his colleague and mentor is murdered.
Josef Rusnak was born on November 25, 1958. He is a director and writer, known for The Thirteenth Floor (1999), Kaltes Fieber (1984) and Godzilla (1998).
