Wolfgang Petersen
Born in Emden, Germany — Mar 14 1941• Died Aug 12 2022
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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).…
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Scene of the Crime
Directing
Bambi
Self
The Agency
Creator
Troy
Directing
Bavarian Film Awards
Self
HBO First Look
Poseidon
Directing
The Directors
Self
The NeverEnding Story
Man Who Drops Milk (uncredited)
Outbreak
Directing
Das Boot
Directing
Air Force One
Directing
Das Boot
Writing
Bicentennial Man
Production
The Perfect Storm
Production
In the Line of Fire
Directing
Enemy Mine
Directing
Red Corner
Production
Instinct
Production
Shattered
Directing
Filmlegenden. Deutsch
Self
Der Bernd
Self
Four Against the Bank
Directing
Die Stadt im Tal
Directing
The Consequence
Directing
Van der Valk and the Rich
Directing
Hans in Luck
Directing
One or the Other of Us
Directing
Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story
Self - Das Boot Screenwriter and Director
The Agency
Production
Stardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und Götterwelten
Self
U-96, The True Story of 'Das Boot'
Self (archive footage)
Smog
Writing
The Foundling
Directing
Black and White Like Day and Night
Directing
Planübung
Directing
Hollywood, Germany - Die amerikanische Herausforderung
Self
Pinned to the Ground
Directing
I Will Kill You, Wolf
Directing
Stellenweise Glatteis
Directing
Stellenweise Glatteis
Directing
Ich Nicht
Writing
Starbuck Holger Meins
Self
Das Boot: Behind The Scenes
Self
Gottschalk meets Petersen
Himself
The Cuckoo Years
Directing
Four Against the Bank
Directing
Wolfgang Petersen: Back to the Boat
Self
Die Stadt im Tal
Directing
Stadt auf Stelzen
Directing
Der Eine - der Andere
Directing