Wolfgang Petersen

Director

Born: March 14, 1941 (81 years old)

Died: August 12, 2022

Place of birth: Emden, Germany

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.

Filmography (24)

• Das Boot (1985, ★ 8.6)
• Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story (2021, ★ 7.2)
• The NeverEnding Story (1984, ★ 7.2)
• Das Boot (1981, ★ 8.1)
• Troy (2004, ★ 7.2)
• Shattered (1991, ★ 6.1)
• The Perfect Storm (2000, ★ 6.5)
• The Consequence (1977, ★ 6.2)
• Outbreak (1995, ★ 6.6)
• Enemy Mine (1985, ★ 7)
• The Directors (1999, ★ 5.8)
• HBO First Look (1992, ★ 5.4)
• Poseidon (2006, ★ 5.9)
• Smog (1973, ★ 5.7)
• Instinct (1999, ★ 6.5)
• In the Line of Fire (1993, ★ 7)
• Air Force One (1997, ★ 6.5)
• Bicentennial Man (1999, ★ 7.3)
• Black and White Like Day and Night (1978, ★ 5.9)
• Four Against the Bank (2016, ★ 5.9)
• Red Corner (1997, ★ 6.3)
• Scene of the Crime (1970, ★ 6.2)
• The Agency (2001, ★ 6.5)
• One or the Other of Us (1974, ★ 4.4)