Wolfgang Petersen
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.
Das Boot: Behind The Scenes
(Self)
Hollywood, Germany - Die amerikanische Herausforderung
(Self)
Stardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und Götterwelten
(Self)
Wolfgang Petersen: Back to the Boat
(Self)
Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story
(Self - Das Boot Screenwriter and Director)
U-96, The True Story of 'Das Boot'
(Self (archive footage))
Der Bernd
(Self)
Starbuck Holger Meins
(Self)
Gottschalk meets Petersen
(Himself)
The NeverEnding Story
(Man Who Drops Milk (uncredited))
The Directors
(Self)
Wetten, dass..?
(Self)
Bio’s Bahnhof
(Self)
Na sowas!
(Self)
Goldene Kamera
(Self)
Bambi
(Self)
Grimme Award
(Self)
Bavarian Film Awards
(Self)
Filmlegenden. Deutsch
(Self)
DAS!
(Self)
NDR Talk Show
(Self)
Please Turn the Page
(Self)
HBO First Look
Das Boot
(Director)
Das Boot
(Screenplay)
Poseidon
(Director)
Poseidon
(Producer)
Troy
(Director)
Troy
(Producer)
Shattered
(Director)
Shattered
(Screenplay)
Shattered
(Producer)
The Perfect Storm
(Director)
The Perfect Storm
(Producer)
Smog
(Director)
Smog
(Author)
The Consequence
(Director)
The Consequence
(Screenplay)
Outbreak
(Director)
Outbreak
(Producer)
Enemy Mine
(Director)
Instinct
(Executive Producer)
In the Line of Fire
(Director)
In the Line of Fire
(Executive Producer)
Air Force One
(Director)
Air Force One
(Producer)
The NeverEnding Story
(Director)
The NeverEnding Story
(Screenplay)
Hans in Luck
(Director)
Black and White Like Day and Night
(Director)
One or the Other of Us
(Director)
The Agency
(Executive Producer)
Die Stadt im Tal
(Director)
Four Against the Bank
(Director)
Stellenweise Glatteis
(Director)
Der Eine - der Andere
(Director)
Der Eine - der Andere
(Writer)
Van der Valk and the Rich
(Director)
Planübung
(Director)
Planübung
(Writer)
Four Against the Bank
(Director)
Pinned to the Ground
(Director)
Stadt auf Stelzen
(Director)
The Foundling
(Assistant Director)
The Cuckoo Years
(Assistant Director)
Ich Nicht
(Director)
Ich Nicht
(Writer)
I Will Kill You, Wolf
(Director)
I Will Kill You, Wolf
(Writer)
Bicentennial Man
(Producer)
Red Corner
(Executive Producer)
Das Boot - The Director's Cut
(Director)
Das Boot - The Director's Cut
(Writer)
Scene of the Crime
(Director)
Das Boot
(Screenplay)
Das Boot
(Director)
The Agency
(Creator)
Das Boot
(Creator)