Directing
Community Rating
6.1
TMDB estimate
Born
March 14, 1941
Died
August 12, 2022 (age 81)
Born in
Emden, Germany
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.
U-96, The True Story of 'Das Boot'
as Self (archive footage)
2023
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Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story
as Self - Das Boot Screenwriter and Director
2021
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Four Against the Bank
as Director
2016
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Stardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und Götterwelten
as Self
2013
—Der Bernd
as Self
2012
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Wolfgang Petersen: Back to the Boat
as Self
2011
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Poseidon
as Director, Producer
2006
—Filmlegenden. Deutsch
as Self
2006
—Gottschalk meets Petersen
as Himself
2005
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Troy
as Director, Producer
2004
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The Agency
as Executive Producer
2003
—Starbuck Holger Meins
as Self
2002
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The Agency
as Creator
2001
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The Perfect Storm
as Director, Producer
2000
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Bicentennial Man
as Producer
1999
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Instinct
as Executive Producer
1999
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The Directors
as Self
1999
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Red Corner
as Executive Producer
1997
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Air Force One
as Director, Producer
1997
—Hollywood, Germany - Die amerikanische Herausforderung
as Self
1996
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