Wolfgang Petersen
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.
Known For
DAS!
NDR Talk Show
Wetten, dass..?
Bambi
HBO First Look
The NeverEnding Story
The Directors
Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story
All Movies (11)
- U-96, The True Story of 'Das Boot'2023 · as Self (archive footage)
- Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story2021 · as Self - Das Boot Screenwriter and Director
- Open Wounds – A Journey through German Genre Films2017
- Stardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und Götterwelten2013 · as Self
- Der Bernd2012 · as Self
- Wolfgang Petersen: Back to the Boat2011 · as Self
- Gottschalk meets Petersen2005 · as Himself
- Starbuck Holger Meins2002 · as Self
- Hollywood, Germany - Die amerikanische Herausforderung1996 · as Self
- The NeverEnding Story1984 · as Man Who Drops Milk (uncredited)
- Das Boot: Behind The Scenes1981 · as Self
All TV Shows (13)
- Filmlegenden. Deutsch2006 · as Self
- The Directors1999 · as Self
- HBO First Look1992
- DAS!1991 · as Self
- Goldene Kamera1984 · as Self
- Na sowas!1982 · as Self
- Wetten, dass..?1981 · as Self
- Bavarian Film Awards1979 · as Self
- NDR Talk Show1979 · as Self
- Bio’s Bahnhof1978 · as Self
- Please Turn the Page1977 · as Self
- Grimme Award1964 · as Self
- Bambi1948 · as Self