Wolfgang Petersen
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- March 14, 1941
- Died
- August 12, 2022 (aged 81)
- Birthplace
- 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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Filmography
Four Against the Bank
Movie · Director
Poseidon
Movie · Director
Troy
Movie · Director
The Perfect Storm
Movie · Director
Air Force One
Movie · Director
Outbreak
Movie · Director
In the Line of Fire
Movie · Director
Shattered
Movie · Director
Enemy Mine
Movie · Director
Das Boot
TV · Director · 6 eps
The NeverEnding Story
Movie · Director
Das Boot
Movie · Director
Black and White Like Day and Night
Movie · Director
The Consequence
Movie · Director
Planübung
Movie · Director
Hans in Luck
Movie · Director
Four Against the Bank
Movie · Director
Die Stadt im Tal
TV · Director · 2 eps
Stellenweise Glatteis
TV · Director · 2 eps
One or the Other of Us
Movie · Director
Pinned to the Ground
Movie · Director
Smog
Movie · Director
Van der Valk and the Rich
Movie · Director
Anna and Totó
Movie · Director
I Will Kill You, Wolf
Movie · Director
Scene of the Crime
TV · Director · 6 eps
Ich Nicht
Movie · Director
Der Eine - der Andere
Movie · Director
The Cuckoo Years
Movie · Assistant Director
The Foundling
Movie · Assistant Director
Stadt auf Stelzen
Movie · Director