Wolfgang Petersen
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Das Boot: Behind The Scenes
as Self
1981
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
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
Der Bernd
as Self
2012
Starbuck Holger Meins
as Self
2002
Gottschalk meets Petersen
as Himself
2005
The NeverEnding Story
as Man Who Drops Milk (uncredited)
1984
Open Wounds – A Journey through German Genre Films
2017
