Directing
Wolfgang Petersen
FR, DE, EN cinema · 41 credits
Born
14 March 1941
Died
12 August 2022 (aged 81)
Birthplace
Emden, Germany
Also known as فولفغانغ بيترسن
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'
as Self (archive footage)
Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story
as Self - Das Boot Screenwriter and Director
Poseidon
Producer, Director
Troy
Producer, Director
The Agency
Executive Producer
The Perfect Storm
Producer, Director
Instinct
Executive Producer
Bicentennial Man
Producer
Air Force One
Director, Producer
Red Corner
Executive Producer
Outbreak
Director, Producer
In the Line of Fire
Director, Executive Producer
Shattered
Director, Producer, Screenplay
Enemy Mine
Director
The NeverEnding Story
as Man Who Drops Milk (uncredited), Screenplay, Director
Das Boot
Screenplay, Director
The Consequence
Director, Screenplay
Planübung
1977
Planübung
Writer, Director
Smog
Author, Director
I Will Kill You, Wolf
Director, Writer
Ich Nicht
Director, Writer
Der Eine - der Andere
Director, Writer
The Cuckoo Years
Assistant Director
The Foundling
Assistant Director