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 JΓΌrgen 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.
Filmography (24)
U-96, The True Story of 'Das Boot'2023
Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story2021
Open Wounds β A Journey through German Genre Films2017
Stardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und GΓΆtterwelten2013
Der Bernd2012
Wolfgang Petersen: Back to the Boat2011
Filmlegenden. Deutsch2006
Gottschalk meets Petersen2005
Starbuck Holger Meins2002
The Directors1999
Hollywood, Germany - Die amerikanische Herausforderung1996
HBO First Look1992
DAS!1991
The NeverEnding Story1984
Goldene Kamera1984
Na sowas!1982
Das Boot: Behind The Scenes1981
Wetten, dass..?1981
Bavarian Film Awards1979
NDR Talk Show1979
Bioβs Bahnhof1978
Please Turn the Page1977
Grimme Award1964
Bambi1948
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