Dr. Adrian Helmsley, part of a worldwide geophysical team investigating the effect on the earth of radiation from unprecedented solar storms, learns that the earth's core is heating up. He warns U.S. President Thomas Wilson that the crust of the earth is becoming unstable and that without proper preparations for saving a fraction of the world's population, the entire race is doomed. Meanwhile, writer Jackson Curtis stumbles on the same information. While the world's leaders race to build "arks" to escape the impending cataclysm, Curtis struggles to find a way to save his family. Meanwhile, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes of unprecedented strength wreak havoc around the world.
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| Directing | Roland Emmerich | Director |
| Writing | Roland Emmerich | Writer |
| Writing | Harald Kloser | Writer |
| Production | Larry J. Franco | Producer |
| Production | Mark Gordon | Producer |
| Production | Harald Kloser | Producer |
| Production | Michael Wimer | Executive Producer |
| Production | Roland Emmerich | Executive Producer |
| Production | Ute Emmerich | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Harald Kloser | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Thomas Wanker | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | David Brenner | Editor |
| Editing | Peter S. Elliot | Editor |
| Camera | Dean Semler | Director of Photography |
| Production | Susan Taylor Brouse | Casting |
| Production | Judy Lee | Casting |
| Production | April Webster | Casting |
| Art | Barry Chusid | Production Design |
| Art | Ross Dempster | Art Direction |
| Art | Kendelle Elliott | Art Direction |
| Art | Dan Hermansen | Art Direction |
| Art | Elizabeth Wilcox | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Shay Cunliffe | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Thomas Nellen | Makeup Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Connie Parker | Makeup Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dawn Y. Line | Costume Supervisor |
| Art | Nancy Anna Brown | Set Designer |
| Art | Don MacAulay | Supervising Art Director |
| Art | Carie Wallis | Art Department Coordinator |
| Art | Doug Hardwick | Construction Coordinator |
| Art | John Burke | Set Designer |
| Art | David Clarke | Set Designer |
| Art | Doug Girling | Set Designer |
| Art | Tex Kadonaga | Set Designer |
| Art | Jay Mitchell | Set Designer |
| Art | Peter Ochotta | Set Designer |
| Art | Margot Ready | Set Designer |
| Art | Peter Stratford | Set Designer |
| Art | Laurel Bergman | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Peter Bodnarus | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Andrew Li | Assistant Art Director |
| Crew | Bob Bottieri | Scenic Artist |
| Art | Glenn Foerster | Greensman |
| Crew | Janis Lee | Scenic Artist |
| Crew | Vladimir Lushnikov | Scenic Artist |
| Art | Nicholas Tattersfield | Sculptor |
| Art | Aaron Jordan | Sculptor |
| Art | Catherine Ircha | Assistant Art Director |
| Sound | Paul N.J. Ottosson | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Gary A. Hecker | Foley |
| Sound | Paul N.J. Ottosson | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Jeffrey J. Haboush | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Michael Keller | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Rick Kline | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Crew | Cameron Waldbauer | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Christine Carr | Visual Effects Producer |
| Visual Effects | Eric D. Christensen | Visual Effects Producer |
| Crew | Samuel Craven | Visual Effects Editor |
| Crew | Eric Galoob | Visual Effects Editor |
| Visual Effects | Shannon Blake Gans | Visual Effects Producer |
| Visual Effects | Lisa Goldberg | Visual Effects Producer |
| Visual Effects | Christina Graff | Visual Effects Producer |
| Crew | Dylan Highsmith | Visual Effects Editor |
| Visual Effects | Steve Kullback | Visual Effects Producer |
| Visual Effects | Kelly L'Estrange | Visual Effects Producer |
| Visual Effects | Michel Mielke | Visual Effects Producer |
| Visual Effects | David Sanger | Visual Effects Producer |
| Crew | Guy T. Wiedmann | Visual Effects Editor |
| Visual Effects | David Vána | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Thomas Tannenberger | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Greg Strause | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Colin Strause | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Daniel P. Rosen | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Mohen Leo | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Ian Hunter | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | John H. Han | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Ben Grossmann | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Paul Graff | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Rainer Gombos | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Matthew Collorafice | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Crew | John Stoneham Jr. | Stunt Coordinator |
| Camera | Richard Merryman | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Norbert Kaluza | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Joseph Lederer | Still Photographer |
| Camera | John Clothier | Steadicam Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Silke Guglielmo | Set Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Stacy L. Tyson | Set Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lauren M. Walker | Set Costumer |
| Sound | Fernand Bos | Music Editor |
| Crew | Blue Angus | Transportation Coordinator |
| Crew | Michael Buster | Dialect Coach |
| Crew | Pascal Dagorne | Chef |
| Crew | Olegar Fedoro | Dialect Coach |
| Crew | Balinder Johal | Dialect Coach |
| Crew | Howard Samuelsohn | Dialect Coach |
| Crew | Yaroslav Poverlo | Dialect Coach |
| Production | Ann Goobie | Location Manager |
| Production | Hans Dayal | Location Manager |
| Crew | James Bamford | Stunts |
| Costume & Make-Up | Erin Evans | Set Costumer |
| Visual Effects | Alex Wuttke | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Crew | Rikki Gagne | Stunts |
| Crew | Sabine Varnes | Stunts |
| Sound | Michael J. Benavente | ADR Supervisor |
| Art | Wayne McLaughlin | Property Master |
| Art | Andrew M. Siegel | Property Master |
| Directing | Kimi Webber | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Susan Dudeck | ADR Editor |
| Sound | Michael Hertlein | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Larry Kemp | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Robert Troy | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Renée Tondelli | ADR Supervisor |
| Sound | Michele Perrone | ADR Editor |
| Sound | Michael McGee | Production Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Thom Brennan | Foley Editor |
| Crew | Kacie Borrowman | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Nesta Chapman | Stunts |
| Costume & Make-Up | Forest Sala | Assistant Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Debra Wiebe | Assistant Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Amanda McGowan | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sanna Seppanen | Hair Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Cara Doell | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rosemarie Maldonado | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ian C. Ballard | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gitte Axen | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Beth Boxall | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anita Brabec | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Leslie Graham | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tracy Lai | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lisa Taylor Roberts | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jayne Dancose | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fay von Schroeder | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Tommy Gormley | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | James Bitonti | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Andrew M. Robinson | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Ken Shane | First Assistant Director |
| Camera | Jeremy Braben | Aerial Camera |
| Camera | Anna Foerster | Aerial Director of Photography |
| Camera | Phil Pastuhov | Aerial Director of Photography |
| Camera | Hans Bjerno | Aerial Director of Photography |
| Lighting | Sean Davis | Assistant Chief Lighting Technician |
| Camera | Dan Gorval | Best Boy Grip |
| Camera | Michael Guthrie | Best Boy Grip |
| Camera | Jon Jovellanos | Best Boy Grip |
| Camera | Robin Forst | Camera Operator |
| Lighting | James J. Gilson | Chief Lighting Technician |
| Camera | Chris Bedyk | Camera Operator |
| Lighting | Bruce Borland | Electrician |
| Camera | Emmanuel de Fleury | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Sean Elliott | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Stephen Maier | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Tony Rivetti Sr. | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Chris Owen Jones | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Doug Lavender | First Assistant Camera |
| Lighting | Cory Hodson | Gaffer |
| Lighting | Simon Hunt | Gaffer |
| Crew | Hugh Meikle | Generator Operator |
| Camera | William 'Bear' Paul | Key Grip |
| Camera | Tony Hyland | Key Grip |
| Camera | Tony Whiteside | Key Grip |
| Lighting | Mark G. Alexander | Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | Dan Fraser | Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | Ryan Ketchum | Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | Dana Powers | Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | Jarrod Tiffin | Rigging Gaffer |
| Lighting | Dan Basaraba | Rigging Grip |
| Lighting | Jonathan Bosse | Rigging Grip |
| Lighting | Adam Bunz | Rigging Grip |
| Lighting | Jean-François Dubé | Rigging Grip |
| Lighting | Tyler Guenther | Rigging Grip |
| Lighting | Rod Haney | Rigging Grip |
| Lighting | Gavin Hill | Rigging Grip |
| Lighting | Josh Lovig | Rigging Grip |
| Lighting | Rob Sperling | Rigging Grip |
| Camera | Andrew Capicik | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Scott Cozens | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Mélia Lagacé | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Markus Mentzer | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Roger Wall | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Ian R. C. Levine | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Don McCuaig | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Camera | Peter Wilke | Steadicam Operator |
| Camera | Robert Petrin | Ultimate Arm Operator |
| Camera | Pete Romano | Underwater Director of Photography |
| Camera | Ian Seabrook | Underwater Director of Photography |
| Production | Gina Garcia | Casting Assistant |
| Production | Graham Wickstrom | Casting Assistant |
| Production | Scott David | Casting Associate |
| Production | Alena Garetovskaya | Casting Director |
| Production | Bill Dance | Extras Casting |
| Production | Andrea Brown | Extras Casting |
| Production | Sara Brown | Extras Casting Assistant |
| Production | Shaun Balbar | Extras Casting Assistant |
| Crew | Kaz Kobielski | Pyrotechnician |
| Crew | Gary Minielly | Pyrotechnician |
| Crew | Joel Whist | Pyrotechnician |
| Visual Effects | Dave Kim | 3D Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Kim LeBrane | 3D Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Joshua Cordes | Animation Supervisor |
| Crew | Haarm-Pieter Duiker | CG Supervisor |
| Crew | Michael Grobe | CG Supervisor |
| Crew | John Haley | CG Supervisor |
| Crew | Parteek Singh | CG Supervisor |
| Crew | David Stephens | CG Supervisor |
| Crew | Gavin Graham | CG Supervisor |
| Crew | Steve Mihaylov | CG Supervisor |
| Crew | Boris B. Schmidt | CG Supervisor |
| Crew | Danielle Plantec | CG Supervisor |
| Crew | Ivo Klaus | CG Supervisor |
| Crew | Roman Schmidt | CG Supervisor |
| Crew | Adam Watkins | CG Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Marc D. Rienzo | Compositing Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Jelena Stojanovic | Compositing Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Matthew Twyford | Compositing Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Takashi Takeoka | Compositing Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Shane Cook | Compositing Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Erik Bruhwiler | Compositing Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Chris LeDoux | Compositing Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Kai Woytke | Compositing Supervisor |
| Crew | David Hodgins | Digital Effects Supervisor |
| Crew | Darren Poe | Digital Effects Supervisor |
| Crew | Kymber Lim | Digital Producer |
| Crew | Annemarie Griggs | Digital Producer |
| Crew | Jan Heinze | Digital Producer |
| Crew | Sebastian Leutner | Digital Producer |
| Crew | Lisa Spence | Digital Producer |
| Visual Effects | Paul Taylor | Lead Animator |
| Visual Effects | Chad Finnerty | Lead Animator |
| Visual Effects | Koji Morihiro | Lead Animator |
| Lighting | Isaac Irvin | Lighting Artist |
| Lighting | Sean Rivet | Lighting Artist |
| Lighting | Kevin Sears | Lighting Artist |
| Lighting | Peter Szewczyk | Lighting Artist |
| Lighting | Donna Lanasa | Lighting Artist |
| Lighting | Sebastian Greese | Lighting Artist |
| Visual Effects | Joel Prager | Matchmove Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Damian Doennig | Matchmove Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Kui Han Lee | Modelling Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Yoshiya Yamada | Modelling Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Dirk Mauche | Modelling Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Ezekiel Norton | Pre-Visualization Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Cameron Widen | Pre-Visualization Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Jotham Herzon | Pre-Visualization Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Mike Vézina | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Andrea Biklian | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Elayaraja | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Alexander Kucera | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Lisa Marra | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Ruheene Masand | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Chris McLeod | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Cory L. McNeill | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Katie Spinelli | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Michele Stewart | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Kyle Ware | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Daniel Chavez | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | E.M. Bowen | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Adam Chazen | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Jan Fiedler | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Lisa Hansen | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Viktorija Ogureckaja | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Franzisca Puppe | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Danielle Probst | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Crew | Tobias Pfeiffer | Visual Effects Editor |
| Crew | Steve Miller | Visual Effects Editor |
| Crew | Leanne Young | Visual Effects Editor |
| Crew | Anthony Reyna | Visual Effects Editor |
| Crew | Mohsen Eletreby | Visual Effects Editor |
| Crew | John Polyson | Visual Effects Editor |
| Crew | Derek Drouin | Visual Effects Editor |
| Visual Effects | James Dornoff | Visual Effects Production Manager |
| Crew | Jennifer Mylrea | Stunts |
| Crew | Kylie Furneaux | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Roxanne Wong | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Roxanne Wong | Stunts |
| Crew | Melissa R. Stubbs | Stunts |
| Crew | Suzi Stingl | Stunts |
| Crew | Jodi Stecyk | Stunts |
| Crew | Larissa Stadnichuk | Stunts |
| Crew | Nicole Lissner | Stunts |
| Crew | Kathy Hubble | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Monique Ganderton | Stunts |
| Crew | Laura Dash | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Laura Lee Connery | Stunts |
| Crew | Janina Dall | Stunts |
| Crew | Kimberly Chiang | Stunts |
| Crew | Janene Carleton | Stunts |
| Crew | Leanne Buchanan | Stunts |
| Crew | Celia Bond | Stunts |
| Crew | Krista Bell | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Brittney Banks | Utility Stunts |
| Crew | Maja Aro | Stunts |
| Crew | Lacy Altwine | Stunts |
| Production | Volker Engel | Co-Producer |
| Production | Marc Weigert | Co-Producer |
| Production | Aaron Boyd | Co-Producer |
| Sound | Armen Ksajikian | Musician |
| Crew | Timothy Eulich | Stunts |
| Crew | Corry Glass | Stunts |
| Crew | Crystal Dalman | Stunts |
| Crew | Owen Walstrom | Stunts |
| Crew | Ashlea Earl | Stunts |
| Crew | Joe Bucaro III | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Lauro Chartrand | Utility Stunts |
| Crew | Mickey Giacomazzi | Stunts |
