Wolfgang Petersen
Birthday: 1941-03-14
Place of Birth: Emden, Germany
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.
Movies
Das Boot: Behind The Scenes
Comprehensive classic piece that looks at the process of creating the movie, told with a strong, wel...
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Hollywood, Germany - Die amerikanische Herausforderung
Documentary by Eckhart Schmidt....
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Wolfgang Petersen: Back to the Boat
Author Gundolf S. Freyermuth goes Back to the Boat with director Wolfgang Petersen, star Jürgen Proc...
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Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story
In 1981, a film about the misadventures of a German U-boat crew in 1941 becomes a worldwide hit almo...
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U-96, The True Story of 'Das Boot'
The international success of the film Das Boot by Wolfgang Petersen made U-96 one of the most famous...
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Starbuck Holger Meins
Twenty-five years after the death of Holger Meins, filmmaker and former student friend of the deceas...
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The NeverEnding Story
While hiding from bullies in his school's attic, a young boy discovers the extraordinary land of Fan...
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