Wolfgang Petersen
Director
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.
Filmography
The NeverEnding Story
as Man Who Drops Milk (uncredited) 1984
Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story
as Self - Das Boot Screenwriter and Director 2021
U-96, The True Story of 'Das Boot'
as Self (archive footage) 2023
Starbuck Holger Meins
as Self 2002
Das Boot: Behind The Scenes
as Self 1981
Der Bernd
as Self 2012
Hollywood, Germany - Die amerikanische Herausforderung
as Self 1996
Stardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und Götterwelten
as Self 2013
Wolfgang Petersen: Back to the Boat
as Self 2011