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Wolfgang Petersen
Director, Producer, Writer, Actor, Additional Credits
Born March 14, 1941Died August 12, 2022 (81 years)
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.
Wolfgang Petersen Filmography
| 2016 | |
| 2006 | |
| 2004 | |
| 2000 | |
| 1997 | |
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| 1995 | |
| 1993 | |
| 1991 | |
| 1987 | Das Boot - Die komplette TV-Serie (TV Series) |
| 1985 | |
| 1985 | Das Boot (TV Series) |
| 1984 | |
| 1981 | |
| 1978 | |
| 1977 | |
| 1976 | |
| 1974 | |
| 1973 | |
| 1973 | |
| 1971 | |
| 1970 | Tatort (TV Series) |
| 2016 | Four Against the Bank · as Executive Producer |
| 2006 | |
| 2006 | Avenger · as Executive Producer |
| 2004 | |
| 2001 | The Agency (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2000 | |
| 1999 | |
| 1999 | Instinct · as Executive Producer |
| 1997 | Red Corner · as Executive Producer |
| 1997 | |
| 1995 | |
| 1993 | In the Line of Fire · as Executive Producer |
| 1991 |
| 1997 | |
| 1991 | Shattered · as Screenplay |
| 1987 | Das Boot - Die komplette TV-Serie (TV Series) |
| 1985 | Das Boot (TV Series) · as Screenplay |
| 1984 | The NeverEnding Story · as Screenplay |
| 1981 | Das Boot · as Screenplay |
| 1978 | |
| 1977 | The Consequence · as Screenplay |
| 1971 |
| 2009 | Hollywood's Best Film Directors (TV Series) · as Film Director |
| 1992 | HBO First Look (TV Series) |
| 1984 | The NeverEnding Story · as Man Who Drops Milk (uncredited) |
| 2022 | U-96: The True Story of Das Boot · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2021 | Das Boot: Welterfolg aus der Tiefe · as Self - Das Boot Screenwriter And Director |
| 2017 | Offene Wunde deutscher Film · as Self |
| 2014 | And the Oscar Goes to... · as Self |
| 2012 | Der Bernd · as Self |
| 2006 | Hollywood Science (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | The 100 Greatest War Films · as Self |
| 2004 | The Making of 'Troy' · as Self |
| 2002 | Starbuck Holger Meins · as Self |
| 2002 | HypaSpace (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | The Directors (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | VIP World (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | 37 Grad (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1991 | Movie Days (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1991 | Charlie Rose (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1991 | DAS! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1983 | The 55th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 1982 | Na sowas! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | Das Boot - The Making of · as Self |
| 1981 | Night Flight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | Wetten, dass..? (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1979 | NDR Talk Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1973 | Smog · as Author |
| 1970 | Tatort (TV Series) · as By |
| 1967 | Kuckucksjahre · as Assistant Director |