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.
30 directing credits · 24 acting credits
Directing · 30
Scene of the Crime
1970
Troy
2004
Das Boot
1981
Outbreak
1995
The NeverEnding Story
1984
The Perfect Storm
2000
Poseidon
2006
Air Force One
1997
In the Line of Fire
1993
Das Boot
1985
Enemy Mine
1985
Shattered
1991
Four Against the Bank
2016
Van der Valk and the Rich
1973
The Consequence
1977
Stellenweise Glatteis
1975
Black and White Like Day and Night
1978
Die Stadt im Tal
1975
Smog
1973
Stellenweise Glatteis
1975
One or the Other of Us
1974
Four Against the Bank
1976
Planübung
1977
Ich Nicht
1969
Die Stadt im Tal
1975
Pinned to the Ground
1974
I Will Kill You, Wolf
1971
Der Eine - der Andere
1967
Hans in Luck
1976
Stadt auf Stelzen
1965
Acting · 24
DAS!
1991
NDR Talk Show
1979
Wetten, dass..?
1981
Bambi
1948
Goldene Kamera
1984
Grimme Award
1964
HBO First Look
1992
Bavarian Film Awards
1979
The Directors
1999
Please Turn the Page
1977
The NeverEnding Story
1984
Na sowas!
1982
Bio’s Bahnhof
1978
Filmlegenden. Deutsch
2006
Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story
2021
Stardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und Götterwelten
2013
U-96, The True Story of 'Das Boot'
2023
Starbuck Holger Meins
2002
Hollywood, Germany - Die amerikanische Herausforderung
1996
Der Bernd
2012
Open Wounds – A Journey through German Genre Films
2017
Das Boot: Behind The Scenes
1981
Gottschalk meets Petersen
2005
Wolfgang Petersen: Back to the Boat
2011