Director
Wolfgang Petersen
85 years · Emden, Germany · 26 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 26
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 · Actor
Four Against the Bank
2016 · Director
Wolfgang Petersen: Back to the Boat
2011 · Self
Poseidon
2006 · Director, Producer
Troy
2004 · Director, Producer
On fuboTV
The Perfect Storm
2000 · Director, Producer
Bicentennial Man
1999 · Producer
Air Force One
1997 · Director, Producer
On TNT
Outbreak
1995 · Director, Producer
On AMC+ Roku Premium Channel
In the Line of Fire
1993 · Director
Shattered
1991 · Director, Screenplay
On Tubi TV
Enemy Mine
1985 · Director
The NeverEnding Story
1984 · Man Who Drops Milk (uncredited), Director
On Plex
Das Boot: Behind The Scenes
1981 · Self
Das Boot
1981 · Director, Screenplay
Black and White Like Day and Night
1978 · Director
The Consequence
1977 · Director, Screenplay
Four Against the Bank
1976 · Director
One or the Other of Us
1974 · Director
Van der Valk and the Rich
1973 · Director
Smog
1973 · Director
I Will Kill You, Wolf
1971 · Director, Writer