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Wolfgang Petersen

Film Director / Film Producer / Screenwriter | * 03/14/1941 († 81, 08/12/2022) | Emden (Germany)
Wolfgang Petersen (14 March 1941 – 12 August 2022) was a German filmmaker. He was nominated for two Academy Awards for the World War II submarine warfare film Das Boot (1981). His other films include The NeverEnding Story (1984), Enemy Mine (1985), In the Line of Fire (1993), Outbreak (1995), Air Force One (1997), The Perfect Storm (2000), Troy (2004), and Poseidon (2006). ()
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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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | TV Movies | Documentaries

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Awards & Nominations for Wolfgang Petersen

Bavarian Order of Merit Officer's Cross of The Order of Merit of The Federal Republic of Germany Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film
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Movies with Wolfgang Petersen as Actor(7)

as Self - Das Boot Screenwriter and Director2021 Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story
as Self (archive footage)2014 And the Oscar Goes To...
as himself2012 Der Bernd
as Man who drops Milk (uncredited)1984 The NeverEnding Story

TV Shows/Series with Wolfgang Petersen as Actor(10)

as himself2006 Filmlegenden. Deutsch
as himself1991 DAS!
as himself1982 Na sowas!
as himself1981 Wetten, dass..?
as himself1979 NDR Talk Show
as himself1978 Bio’s Bahnhof
as himself1977 Bitte umblättern

Movies with Wolfgang Petersen as Crew(43)

Directing/Director2016 Four Against the Bank
Directing/Director2006 Poseidon
Production/Producer2006 Poseidon
Directing/Director2004 Troy
Production/Producer2004 Troy
Directing/Director2000 The Perfect Storm
Production/Producer2000 The Perfect Storm
Production/Executive Producer1999 Instinct
Production/Producer1999 Bicentennial Man
Directing/Director1997 Air Force One
Production/Producer1997 Air Force One
Production/Executive Producer1997 Red Corner
Directing/Director1995 Outbreak
Production/Producer1995 Outbreak
Directing/Director1993 In the Line of Fire
Production/Executive Producer1993 In the Line of Fire
Directing/Director1991 Shattered
Production/Producer1991 Shattered
Writing/Screenplay1991 Shattered
Directing/Director1985 Enemy Mine
Directing/Director1984 The NeverEnding Story
Writing/Screenplay1984 The NeverEnding Story
Directing/Director1981 Das Boot
Writing/Screenplay1981 Das Boot
Directing/Director1978 Black and White Like Day and Night
Directing/Director1977 The Consequence
Writing/Screenplay1977 The Consequence
Directing/Director1977 Planübung
Writing/Writer1977 Planübung
Directing/Director1976 Four Against the Bank
Directing/Director1976 Hans in Luck
Directing/Director1975 Die Stadt im Tal
Directing/Director1975 Stellenweise Glatteis
Directing/Director1974 One or the Other of Us
Directing/Director1973 Smog
Writing/Author1973 Smog
Directing/Director1973 Van der Valk and the Rich
Directing/Director1971 I Will Kill You, Wolf
Writing/Writer1971 I Will Kill You, Wolf
Directing/Director1969 Ich Nicht
Writing/Writer1969 Ich Nicht
Directing/Director1967 Der Eine - der Andere
Writing/Writer1967 Der Eine - der Andere

TV Shows/Series with Wolfgang Petersen as Crew(5)

Creator/Creator2001 The Agency
Writing/Screenplay1985 Das Boot
Directing/Director1985 Das Boot
Creator/Creator1985 Das Boot
Directing/Director1970 Scene of the Crime

Full Name: Wolfgang Petersen
Citizenship: Germany
Born: Friday, 03/14 1941 (March) in Emden (Germany)
Died: Friday, 08/12 2022 (August) in Brentwood (aged: 81)
Zodiac sign: Pisces (Chinese zodiac sign: Snake)
Languages: German (DE), English (EN)
Educated at: German Film and Television Academy Berlin, Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums
Member of: Deutsche Filmakademie
Spouses (current/former): Ursula Sieg, Marie-Antoinette Borgel
Children: Daniel Petersen
Other names for Wolfgang Petersen (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Вольфганг Петерсен"
Wolfgang Petersen frequently works together with these people:
Anke Sevenich (16x, Actress)
Karl Kranzkowski (15x, Actor)
Dietrich Mattausch (14x, Actor)
Hans-Uwe Bauer (14x, Actor)
Angelika Bartsch (14x, Actress)
Martin Brambach (14x, Actor)
Jan Josef Liefers (13x, Actor)
Laura Tonke (13x, Actress)
Rolf Becker (13x, Actor)
Hannes Nikel (9x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:6234, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 03/12/2024