Person
Wolfgang Petersen
Directing · 1941–2022 · 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.
Known for
Wetten, dass..?
Self
Scene of the Crime
Director
Bambi
Self
DAS!
Self
NDR Talk Show
Self
Troy
Director
Grimme Award
Self
The Agency
Creator
Goldene Kamera
Self
HBO First Look
1992
Filmography
- 2023U-96, The True Story of 'Das Boot'Self (archive footage)
- 2021Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success StorySelf - Das Boot Screenwriter and Director
- 2017Open Wounds – A Journey through German Genre Films
- 2016Four Against the BankDirector
- 2013Stardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und GötterweltenSelf
- 2012Der BerndSelf
- 2011Wolfgang Petersen: Back to the BoatSelf
- 2006PoseidonDirector
- 2006Filmlegenden. DeutschSelf
- 2005Gottschalk meets PetersenHimself
- 2004TroyDirector
- 2003The AgencyExecutive Producer
- 2002Starbuck Holger MeinsSelf
- 2001The AgencyCreator
- 2000The Perfect StormDirector
- 1999Bicentennial ManProducer
- 1999InstinctExecutive Producer
- 1999The DirectorsSelf
- 1997Red CornerExecutive Producer
- 1997Air Force OneDirector
- 1996Hollywood, Germany - Die amerikanische HerausforderungSelf
- 1995OutbreakDirector
- 1993In the Line of FireDirector
- 1992HBO First Look
- 1991ShatteredDirector
- 1991DAS!Self
- 1985Enemy MineDirector
- 1985Das BootScreenplay
- 1984The NeverEnding StoryMan Who Drops Milk (uncredited)
- 1984Goldene KameraSelf
- 1982Na sowas!Self
- 1981Das Boot: Behind The ScenesSelf
- 1981Das BootDirector
- 1981Wetten, dass..?Self
- 1979Bavarian Film AwardsSelf
- 1979NDR Talk ShowSelf
- 1978Black and White Like Day and NightDirector
- 1978Bio’s BahnhofSelf
- 1977The ConsequenceDirector
- 1977Please Turn the PageSelf
- 1977PlanübungDirector
- 1976Four Against the BankDirector
- 1976Hans in LuckDirector
- 1975Stellenweise GlatteisDirector
- 1975Stellenweise GlatteisDirector
- 1975Die Stadt im TalDirector
- 1975Die Stadt im TalDirector
- 1974Pinned to the GroundDirector
- 1974One or the Other of UsDirector
- 1973Van der Valk and the RichDirector
- 1973SmogDirector
- 1971I Will Kill You, WolfDirector
- 1970Scene of the CrimeDirector
- 1969Ich NichtDirector
- 1967The Cuckoo YearsAssistant Director
- 1967The FoundlingAssistant Director
- 1967Der Eine - der AndereDirector
- 1965Stadt auf StelzenDirector
- 1964Grimme AwardSelf
- 1948BambiSelf
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