Wolfgang Petersen

Wolfgang Petersen Directing

14 Mar, 1941 in Emden, Germany – 12 Aug, 2022 (81)

Wolfgang Petersen Directing

14 Mar, 1941 in Emden, Germany – 12 Aug, 2022 (81)

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... see more

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... see more

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Acting (Self (archive footage))

24/08/2023

Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story

Acting (Self - Das Boot Screenwriter and Director)

10/01/2021

Open Wounds – A Journey through German Genre Films

17/02/2017

Four Against the Bank

Director

25/12/2016

Stardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und Götterwelten

Acting (Self)

23/02/2013

Der Bernd

Acting (Self)

04/07/2012

Wolfgang Petersen: Back to the Boat

Acting (Self)

22/04/2011

Poseidon

Director · Producer

03/05/2006

Gottschalk meets Petersen

Acting (Himself)

14/05/2005

Troy

Producer

13/05/2004

The Agency

Executive Producer

01/01/2003

Starbuck Holger Meins

Acting (Self)

23/05/2002

The Perfect Storm

Producer · Director

29/06/2000

Bicentennial Man

Producer

17/12/1999

Instinct

Executive Producer

04/06/1999

Red Corner

Executive Producer

30/10/1997

Air Force One

Director · Producer

25/07/1997

Hollywood, Germany - Die amerikanische Herausforderung

Acting (Self)

26/03/1996

Outbreak

Director

10/03/1995

In the Line of Fire

Director · Executive Producer

08/07/1993

Shattered

Director · Producer · Screenplay

11/10/1991

Enemy Mine

Director

12/12/1985

The NeverEnding Story

Acting (Man Who Drops Milk (uncredited)) · Director · Screenplay

06/04/1984

Das Boot: Behind The Scenes

Acting (Self)

20/09/1981

Das Boot

Screenplay

17/09/1981

Black and White Like Day and Night

Director

10/10/1978

The Consequence

Director · Screenplay

02/12/1977

Planübung

Writer · Director

01/01/1977

Four Against the Bank

Director

07/12/1976

Hans in Luck

Director

05/10/1976

Stellenweise Glatteis

Director

22/06/1975

Die Stadt im Tal

Director

26/01/1975

Pinned to the Ground

Director

26/10/1974

One or the Other of Us

Director

22/04/1974

Van der Valk and the Rich

Director

26/12/1973

Smog

Director · Author

15/04/1973

I Will Kill You, Wolf

Director · Writer

05/04/1971

Ich Nicht

Director · Writer

01/03/1969

The Cuckoo Years

Assistant Director

07/11/1967

The Foundling

Assistant Director

10/06/1967

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