White House Down White House Down White House Down is a 2013 American political action thriller film directed by Roland Emmerich about an assault on the White House by a paramilitary group and the Capitol Police Officer who tries to stop them. The film's screenplay is by James Vanderbilt, and it stars Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx, with Maggie Gyllenhaal, James Woods, Jason Clarke, Joey King, and Richard Jenkins in supporting roles. The film was released on June 28, 2013 and grossed US$205 million worldwide. President of the United States James Sawyer (Jamie Foxx) generates controversy over a proposed peace treaty between the
Roland Emmerich Required to create a short film as his final thesis in 1981, he wrote and directed the full-length feature "The Noah's Ark Principle", which was screened as the opening film of the 34th Berlin International Film Festival in 1984. In 1985, he founded Centropolis Film Productions (now Centropolis Entertainment) in partnership with his sister, producer Ute Emmerich, and directed his major film debut, a fantasy feature named "Joey". He subsequently directed the 1987 comedy "Hollywood-Monster" and the 1990 science-fiction film "Moon 44". Theatrically, these were only released in and nearby his native country, although Emmerich filmed them in English and