Wolfgang Petersen
Directing
24 titles
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
U-96, The True Story of 'Das Boot'
2023
Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story
2021
Open Wounds – A Journey through German Genre Films
2017
Stardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und Götterwelten
2013
Der Bernd
2012
Wolfgang Petersen: Back to the Boat
2011
Filmlegenden. Deutsch
2006
Gottschalk meets Petersen
2005
Starbuck Holger Meins
2002
The Directors
1999
Hollywood, Germany - Die amerikanische Herausforderung
1996
HBO First Look
1992
DAS!
1991
The NeverEnding Story
1984
Goldene Kamera
1984
Na sowas!
1982
Das Boot: Behind The Scenes
1981
Wetten, dass..?
1981
Bavarian Film Awards
1979
NDR Talk Show
1979
Bio’s Bahnhof
1978
Please Turn the Page
1977
Grimme Award
1964
Bambi
1948