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Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Birthday
March 14, 1941
Died
August 12, 2022
Place of Birth
Emden, Germany
Also Known As
- Вольфганг Петерсен
- Wolfgang Petersen
- فولفغانغ بيترسن
Wolfgang Petersen
0.8 Popularity
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
5.5
Self (archive footage)
U-96, The True Story of 'Das Boot'
2023
6.6
Self - Das Boot Screenwriter and Director
Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story
2021
7.0
Self (archive footage)
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
🎬
0.0
Self
Stardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und Götterwelten
2013
🎬
10.0
Self
Der Bernd
2012
0.0
Self
Wolfgang Petersen: Back to the Boat
2011
🎬
8.0
Self
Filmlegenden. Deutsch
2006
🎬
0.0
Himself
Gottschalk meets Petersen
2005
🎬
4.3
Self
Starbuck Holger Meins
2002
5.8
Self
The Directors
1999
Credits
U-96, The True Story of 'Das Boot'
as Self (archive footage)
2023
5.5
Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story
as Self - Das Boot Screenwriter and Director
2021
6.6
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
2014
7.0
🎬
Stardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und Götterwelten
as Self
2013
0.0
🎬
Der Bernd
as Self
2012
10.0
Wolfgang Petersen: Back to the Boat
as Self
2011
0.0
🎬
Filmlegenden. Deutsch
as Self
2006
8.0
🎬
Gottschalk meets Petersen
as Himself
2005
0.0
🎬
Starbuck Holger Meins
as Self
2002
4.3
The Directors
as Self
1999
5.8
🎬
Hollywood, Germany - Die amerikanische Herausforderung
as Self
1996
0.0
HBO First Look
1992
4.9
DAS!
as Self
1991
4.2
The NeverEnding Story
as Man who drops Milk (uncredited)
1984
7.2
🎬
Goldene Kamera Verleihung
as Self
1984
3.5
🎬
Na sowas!
as Self
1982
1.0
Das Boot: Behind The Scenes
as Self
1981
2.0
Wetten, dass..?
as Self
1981
5.3
🎬
Bayerischer Filmpreis
as Self
1979
0.0
NDR Talk Show
as Self
1979
6.5
🎬
Bio’s Bahnhof
as Self
1978
0.0
🎬
Please Turn the Page
as Self
1977
6.0
🎬
Grimme Awards Ceremony
as Self
1964
0.0
Bambi-Verleihung
as Self
1948
9.0