Wolfgang Petersen

Known for DirectingBorn 1941-03-14Died 2022-08-12Emden, Germany

Wolfgang Petersen was a German-born screenwriter, producer and film director who spent most of his career in the United States. In the 1960s he began working directing plays at the Ernst Deutsch Theater in Hamburg. After becoming interested in theater in Berlin and Hamburg, Petersen attended the Berlin Film and Television Academy (1966-70). His first productions were for German state television, and it was during his work on the popular crime series Crime Scene that he met actor Jürgen Prochnow, who would later appear in his iconic film Das Boot (1981). His other films include The NeverEnding Story (1984), cult film Enemy Mine (1985), Shattered (1991), In the Line of Fire (1993), Outbreak (1995), Air Force One (1997), The Perfect Storm (2000), Troy (2004), Poseidon (2006) and Four Against the Bank (2016), his latest film.Read more

Movies & web series

Der Bernd

Der Eine - der Andere

The Cuckoo Years

Bio’s Bahnhof

Planübung

Stellenweise Glatteis

The Foundling

Bambi

Das Boot

Filmlegenden. Deutsch

Das Boot

Van der Valk and the Rich

Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story

Bicentennial Man

Troy

The NeverEnding Story

The Agency

In the Line of Fire

Enemy Mine

Die Stadt im Tal

Pinned to the Ground

U-96, The True Story of 'Das Boot'

The Agency

I Will Kill You, Wolf

Ich Nicht

Outbreak

The Perfect Storm

Instinct

Air Force One

NDR Talk Show

Red Corner

Open Wounds – A Journey through German Genre Films

The Directors

Four Against the Bank

Four Against the Bank

Black and White Like Day and Night

Shattered

The Consequence

Poseidon

Scene of the Crime

Please Turn the Page

Smog

Goldene Kamera

HBO First Look

Na sowas!

Das Boot: Behind The Scenes

Starbuck Holger Meins

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