Wolfgang Petersen
Known for: Directing
Born: March 14, 1941
Died: August 12, 2022
Place of birth: Emden, 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.
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Filmography
41 movies · 19 TV shows, newest first
6.5
U-96, The True Story of 'Das Boot'
2023
7.1
Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story
2021
6.0
Open Wounds – A Journey through German Genre Films
2017
5.9
Four Against the Bank
2016NR
Stardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und Götterwelten
201310.0
Der Bernd
2012
NR
Wolfgang Petersen: Back to the Boat
2011
5.9
Poseidon
20068.0
Filmlegenden. Deutsch
2006NR
Gottschalk meets Petersen
2005
7.2
Troy
2004
7.0
The Agency
20035.3
Starbuck Holger Meins
2002
6.9
The Agency
2001
6.5
The Perfect Storm
2000
7.3
Bicentennial Man
1999
6.5
Instinct
1999
6.1
The Directors
1999
6.3
Red Corner
1997
6.5
Air Force One
1997NR
Hollywood, Germany - Die amerikanische Herausforderung
1996
6.6
Outbreak
1995
7.0
In the Line of Fire
1993
5.5
HBO First Look
1992
6.1
Shattered
1991
4.7
DAS!
1991
7.0
Enemy Mine
1985
8.6
Das Boot
1985
8.0
EL SUBMARINO Mini Serie TV 1985
1985
7.2
The NeverEnding Story
19845.7
Goldene Kamera
19845.5
Na sowas!
1982
5.5
Das Boot: Behind The Scenes
1981
8.1
Das Boot
1981
5.6
Wetten, dass..?
1981NR
Bavarian Film Awards
1979
6.6
NDR Talk Show
1979
6.3
Black and White Like Day and Night
19789.0
Bio’s Bahnhof
1978
6.3
The Consequence
19776.0
Please Turn the Page
19779.0
Planübung
1977
6.3
Four Against the Bank
19764.5
Hans in Luck
1976NR
Stellenweise Glatteis
1975NR
Die Stadt im Tal
19757.0
Pinned to the Ground
1974
4.7
One or the Other of Us
1974
8.0
Van der Valk and the Rich
1973
5.9
Smog
1973NR
Anna and Totó
1972
7.0
I Will Kill You, Wolf
1971
6.2
Scene of the Crime
1970
7.0
Ich Nicht
1969
10.0
The Cuckoo Years
1967
9.0
The Foundling
196710.0
Der Eine - der Andere
1967NR
Stadt auf Stelzen
1965NR
Grimme Award
1964
9.0
Bambi
1948