Wolfgang Petersen
Directing
1941-03-14 · Emden, Germany
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
U-96, The True Story of 'Das Boot'
2023 · Movie
Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story
2021 · Movie
Open Wounds – A Journey through German Genre Films
2017 · Movie
Four Against the Bank
2016 · Movie
Stardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und Götterwelten
2013 · Movie
Der Bernd
2012 · Movie
Wolfgang Petersen: Back to the Boat
2011 · Movie
Poseidon
2006 · Movie
Filmlegenden. Deutsch
2006 · Series
Gottschalk meets Petersen
2005 · Movie
Troy
2004 · Movie
The Agency
2003 · Movie
Starbuck Holger Meins
2002 · Movie
The Agency
2001 · Series
The Perfect Storm
2000 · Movie
Bicentennial Man
1999 · Movie
Instinct
1999 · Movie
The Directors
1999 · Series
Red Corner
1997 · Movie
Air Force One
1997 · Movie
Hollywood, Germany - Die amerikanische Herausforderung
1996 · Movie
Outbreak
1995 · Movie
In the Line of Fire
1993 · Movie
HBO First Look
1992 · Series
Shattered
1991 · Movie
DAS!
1991 · Series
Enemy Mine
1985 · Movie
Das Boot
1985 · Series
EL SUBMARINO Mini Serie TV 1985
1985 · Series
The NeverEnding Story
1984 · Movie
Goldene Kamera
1984 · Series
Na sowas!
1982 · Series
Das Boot: Behind The Scenes
1981 · Movie
Das Boot
1981 · Movie
Wetten, dass..?
1981 · Series
Bavarian Film Awards
1979 · Series
NDR Talk Show
1979 · Series
Black and White Like Day and Night
1978 · Movie
Bio’s Bahnhof
1978 · Series
The Consequence
1977 · Movie
Please Turn the Page
1977 · Series
Planübung
1977 · Movie
Four Against the Bank
1976 · Movie
Hans in Luck
1976 · Movie
Stellenweise Glatteis
1975 · Series
Die Stadt im Tal
1975 · Series
Pinned to the Ground
1974 · Movie
One or the Other of Us
1974 · Movie
Van der Valk and the Rich
1973 · Movie
Smog
1973 · Movie
Anna and Totó
1972 · Movie
I Will Kill You, Wolf
1971 · Movie
Scene of the Crime
1970 · Series
Ich Nicht
1969 · Movie
The Cuckoo Years
1967 · Movie
The Foundling
1967 · Movie
Der Eine - der Andere
1967 · Movie
Stadt auf Stelzen
1965 · Movie
Grimme Award
1964 · Series
Bambi
1948 · Series