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  • BIRTH 14/03/1941
  • DEATH 12/08/2022
  • Country Germany
  • MOVIES 3
  • DIRECTOR 15
  • SCRIPT 5
  • PRODUCTION 10

Wolfgang Petersen

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.

Wolfgang Petersen

Movies (3)

Die unendliche Geschichte
Die unendliche Geschichte
Man who drops Milk (uncredited)
The NeverEnding Story
The NeverEnding Story
Man who drops Milk (uncredited)
Das Boot – Welterfolg aus der Tiefe
Das Boot – Welterfolg aus der Tiefe
Self - Das Boot Screenwriter and Director

Director (15)

Troy
Troy
Die unendliche Geschichte
Die unendliche Geschichte
Air Force One
Air Force One
The Perfect Storm
The Perfect Storm
Outbreak
Outbreak
Poseidon
Poseidon
In the Line of Fire
In the Line of Fire
Das Boot
Das Boot
Enemy Mine
Enemy Mine
Vier gegen die Bank
Vier gegen die Bank
The NeverEnding Story
The NeverEnding Story
Shattered
Shattered
Vier gegen die Bank
Vier gegen die Bank
Stellenweise Glatteis
Stellenweise Glatteis
Die Konsequenz
Die Konsequenz

Script (5)

Die unendliche Geschichte
Die unendliche Geschichte
Das Boot
Das Boot
The NeverEnding Story
The NeverEnding Story
Shattered
Shattered
Die Konsequenz
Die Konsequenz

Production (10)

Troy
Troy
Air Force One
Air Force One
The Perfect Storm
The Perfect Storm
Outbreak
Outbreak
Poseidon
Poseidon
Bicentennial Man
Bicentennial Man
In the Line of Fire
In the Line of Fire
Red Corner
Red Corner
Instinct
Instinct
Shattered
Shattered