Wolfgang Petersen

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.

Filmografi

The NeverEnding Story1984 · Man Who Drops Milk (uncredited)Der Bernd2012 · SelfOpen Wounds – A Journey through German Genre Films2017 · Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story2021 · Self - Das Boot Screenwriter and DirectorDas Boot: Behind The Scenes1981 · SelfU-96, The True Story of 'Das Boot'2023 · Self (archive footage)Starbuck Holger Meins2002 · SelfWolfgang Petersen: Back to the Boat2011 · SelfStardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und Götterwelten2013 · SelfHollywood, Germany - Die amerikanische Herausforderung1996 · SelfGottschalk meets Petersen2005 · Himself