Known For
Directing
Born
Mar 14, 1941
Died
Aug 12, 2022
Place of Birth
Emden, Germany
Credits
60 titles
Wolfgang Petersen
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.
Known For
Filmography
U-96, The True Story of 'Das Boot'
Self (archive footage)
Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story
Self - Das Boot Screenwriter and Director
Open Wounds – A Journey through German Genre Films
Four Against the Bank
Director
Stardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und Götterwelten
Self
Der Bernd
Self
Wolfgang Petersen: Back to the Boat
Self
Poseidon
Director
Filmlegenden. Deutsch
Self
Gottschalk meets Petersen
Himself
Troy
Director
The Agency
Executive Producer
Starbuck Holger Meins
Self
The Agency
Creator
The Perfect Storm
Producer
Bicentennial Man
Producer
Instinct
Executive Producer
The Directors
Self
Red Corner
Executive Producer
Air Force One
Director
Hollywood, Germany - Die amerikanische Herausforderung
Self
Outbreak
Director
In the Line of Fire
Director
HBO First Look
Shattered
Director
DAS!
Self
Enemy Mine
Director
Das Boot
Screenplay
EL SUBMARINO Mini Serie TV
Creator
The NeverEnding Story
Man Who Drops Milk (uncredited)
Goldene Kamera
Self
Na sowas!
Self
Das Boot: Behind The Scenes
Self
Das Boot
Director
Wetten, dass..?
Self
Bavarian Film Awards
Self
NDR Talk Show
Self
Black and White Like Day and Night
Director
Bio’s Bahnhof
Self
The Consequence
Director
Please Turn the Page
Self
Planübung
Director
Four Against the Bank
Director
Hans in Luck
Director
Stellenweise Glatteis
Director
Die Stadt im Tal
Director
Pinned to the Ground
Director
One or the Other of Us
Director
Van der Valk and the Rich
Director
Smog
Author