Wolfgang Petersen
Directing
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.
The NeverEnding Story
as Man Who Drops Milk (uncredited)
Age 43 (now 81)
U-96, The True Story of 'Das Boot'
as Self (archive footage)
Age 82 (now 81)
Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story
as Self - Das Boot Screenwriter and Director
Age 79 (now 81)
Open Wounds – A Journey through German Genre Films
Stardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und Götterwelten
as Self
Age 71 (now 81)
Wolfgang Petersen: Back to the Boat
as Self
Age 70 (now 81)
Hollywood, Germany - Die amerikanische Herausforderung
as Self
Age 55 (now 81)
The NeverEnding Story
as Man Who Drops Milk (uncredited)
Age 43 (now 81)
Black and White Like Day and Night
Director
Age 37 (now 81)
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Also Known As
Wolfgang Petersen, فولفغانغ بيترسن
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