Wolfgang Petersen

Directing·Mar 14, 1941·Emden, Germany

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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.

Film	Credit
U-96, The True Story of 'Das Boot'2023 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story2021 · Self - Das Boot Screenwriter and Director	Self - Das Boot Screenwriter and Director
Open Wounds – A Journey through German Genre Films2017 · Actor	Actor
Four Against the Bank2016 · Director	Director
SStardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und Götterwelten2013 · Self	Self
DDer Bernd2012 · Self	Self
Wolfgang Petersen: Back to the Boat2011 · Self	Self
Poseidon2006 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
GGottschalk meets Petersen2005 · Himself	Himself
Troy2004 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
SStarbuck Holger Meins2002 · Self	Self
The Perfect Storm2000 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Bicentennial Man1999 · Producer	Producer
Air Force One1997 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
HHollywood, Germany - Die amerikanische Herausforderung1996 · Self	Self
Outbreak1995 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
In the Line of Fire1993 · Director	Director
Shattered1991 · Director, Producer, Screenplay	Director, Producer, Screenplay
Enemy Mine1985 · Director	Director
The NeverEnding Story1984 · Man Who Drops Milk (uncredited), Director, Screenplay	Man Who Drops Milk (uncredited), Director, Screenplay
Das Boot: Behind The Scenes1981 · Self	Self
Das Boot1981 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Black and White Like Day and Night1978 · Director	Director
The Consequence1977 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
PPlanübung1977 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Four Against the Bank1976 · Director	Director
HHans in Luck1976 · Director	Director
SStellenweise Glatteis1975 · Director	Director
Die Stadt im Tal1975 · Director	Director
PPinned to the Ground1974 · Director	Director
One or the Other of Us1974 · Director	Director
Van der Valk and the Rich1973 · Director	Director
Smog1973 · Director	Director
AAnna and Totó1972 · Director	Director
I Will Kill You, Wolf1971 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Ich Nicht1969 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
DDer Eine - der Andere1967 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
SStadt auf Stelzen1965 · Director	Director