Wolfgang Petersen
- Directing
- March 14, 1941 · Emden, Germany
- August 12, 2022
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
- Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story · Self
- 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 · Producer, Director
- Filmlegenden. Deutsch · Self
- Gottschalk meets Petersen · Self
- Troy · Producer, Director
- The Agency · Executive producer
- Starbuck Holger Meins · Self
- The Agency · Creator
- The Perfect Storm · Producer, Director
- Bicentennial Man · Producer
- Instinct · Executive producer
- The Directors · Self
- Red Corner · Executive producer
- Air Force One · Director, Producer
- Hollywood, Germany - Die amerikanische Herausforderung · Self
- Outbreak · Director, Producer
- In the Line of Fire · Director, Executive producer
- HBO First Look
- Shattered · Director, Producer
- DAS! · Self
- Enemy Mine · Director
- Das Boot · Screenplay, Director
- EL SUBMARINO Mini Serie TV · Creator
- The NeverEnding Story · Man Who Drops Milk (uncredited), Screenplay
- Goldene Kamera · Self
- Na sowas! · Self
- Das Boot: Behind The Scenes · Self
- Das Boot · Screenplay, 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, Screenplay
- Please Turn the Page · Self
- Planübung · Writer, 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, Director
- Anna and Totó · Director
- I Will Kill You, Wolf · Director, Writer
- Scene of the Crime · Director
- Ich Nicht · Director, Writer
- The Cuckoo Years · Assistant Director
- The Foundling · Assistant Director
- Der Eine - der Andere · Director, Writer
- Stadt auf Stelzen · Director
- Grimme Award · Self
- Bambi · Self