Wolfgang Petersen
Age: N/A | From: Emden, Germany
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Вольфганг Петерсен
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Emden, Germany
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 55
TV Involvements: 11
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Scene of the Crime
(1970) Director
Troy
(2004) Producer
The Agency
(2001) Creator
Poseidon
(2006) Producer
The NeverEnding Story
(1984) Screenplay
Das Boot
(1981) Screenplay
Bicentennial Man
(1999) Producer
In the Line of Fire
(1993) Executive ProducerActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Self - Das Boot Screenwriter and Director | |
| 2014 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2013 | Self | |
| 2012 | Self | |
| 2011 | Self | |
| 2006 | Self | |
| 2005 | Self | |
| Himself | ||
| 2002 | N/A | |
| 1999 | N/A | |
| 1996 | Self | |
| 1992 | N/A | |
| 1991 | Self | |
| 1984 | Man who drops Milk (uncredited) | |
| 1982 | Self | |
| 1981 | Self | |
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| 1979 | Self | |
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| 1978 | Self | |
| 1977 | Self | |
| 1966 | Self | |
| 1964 | Self | |
| 1948 | Self | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Director | |
| 2006 | Director | |
| 2004 | Director | |
| 2000 | Director | |
| 1997 | Director | |
| 1995 | Director | |
| 1993 | Director | |
| 1991 | Director | |
| 1985 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 1984 | Director | |
| 1981 | Director | |
| 1978 | Director | |
| 1977 | Director | |
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| 1976 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 1975 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 1974 | Director | |
| 1973 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 1971 | Director | |
| 1970 | Director | |
| 1969 | Director | |
| 1967 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Producer | |
| 2004 | Producer | |
| 2000 | Producer | |
| 1999 | Producer | |
| Executive Producer | ||
| 1997 | Executive Producer | |
| Producer | ||
| 1995 | Producer | |
| 1993 | Executive Producer | |
| 1991 | Producer | |
| Executive Producer | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Creator
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Creator | |
| 1985 | Creator | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Screenplay | |
| 1985 | Screenplay | |
| 1984 | Screenplay | |
| 1981 | Screenplay | |
| 1977 | Screenplay | |
| Writer | ||
| 1973 | Author | |
| 1971 | Writer | |
| 1969 | Writer | |
| 1967 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |