Name
Wolfgang Petersen
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1941-03-14
Deathday
2022-08-12 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
Emden, Germany
Biography
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.
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- 1981 Das Boot: Behind The Scenes as Self
- 1996 Hollywood, Germany - Die amerikanische Herausforderung as Self
- 2013 Stardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und Götterwelten as Self
- 2011 Wolfgang Petersen: Back to the Boat as Self
- 2021 Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story as Self - Das Boot Screenwriter and Director
- 2023 U-96, The True Story of 'Das Boot' as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 Der Bernd as Self
- 2002 Starbuck Holger Meins as Self
- 2005 Gottschalk meets Petersen as Himself
- 1984 The NeverEnding Story as Man Who Drops Milk (uncredited)
- 2017 Open Wounds – A Journey through German Genre Films
- 1999 The Directors ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1981 Wetten, dass..? ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1978 Bio’s Bahnhof ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1982 Na sowas! ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1984 Goldene Kamera ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1948 Bambi ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 1964 Grimme Award ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1979 Bavarian Film Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2006 Filmlegenden. Deutsch ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1991 DAS! ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1979 NDR Talk Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1977 Please Turn the Page ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1992 HBO First Look ( 1 episode )
