Question

In a film by this director, a group sheltering at the New York Public Library is attacked by wolves while searching a cargo ship for medicine. In another of this director’s films, a line about “catching a cold” inspires the creation of a computer virus to disable the enemy’s shields. The Curtis family teams up with a Russian billionaire to reach a set of arks in the (*) Himalayas in a film by this director that also depicts the Yellowstone Supervolcano erupting. In a film by this director, President Whitmore gives a speech stating “We will not go quietly into the night” before declaring “Today, we celebrate” the title holiday. (-5[1])Will Smith plays a fighter pilot battling alien invaders in a film by, for 10 points, what German director of disaster sci-fis The Day After Tomorrow, 2012 and (10[1])Independence Day? (0[3])■END■

ANSWER: Roland Emmerich
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