Directing
Wolfgang Petersen
Born 1941-03-14 · Died 2022-08-12
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.
Acting
U-96, The True Story of 'Das Boot'
2023 · Self (archive footage)
Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story
2021 · Self - Das Boot Screenwriter and Director
Open Wounds – A Journey through German Genre Films
2017
Stardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und Götterwelten
2013 · Self
Der Bernd
2012 · Self
Wolfgang Petersen: Back to the Boat
2011 · Self
Gottschalk meets Petersen
2005 · Himself
Starbuck Holger Meins
2002 · Self
Hollywood, Germany - Die amerikanische Herausforderung
1996 · Self
The NeverEnding Story
1984 · Man Who Drops Milk (uncredited)
Das Boot: Behind The Scenes
1981 · Self
Director
Four Against the Bank
2016
Poseidon
2006
Troy
2004
The Perfect Storm
2000
Air Force One
1997
Outbreak
1995
In the Line of Fire
1993
Shattered
1991
Enemy Mine
1985
The NeverEnding Story
1984
Das Boot
1981
Black and White Like Day and Night
1978
The Consequence
1977
Planübung
1977
Four Against the Bank
1976
Hans in Luck
1976
