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Wolfgang Petersen

German film director (1941-2022) · Germany · On the map · Directors · Died at 81

Wolfgang Petersen was a German film and television director, screenwriter and producer. His international breakthrough was the war film Das Boot (1981), which earned him Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay.

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2022Died12 August 20222017Open Wounds - A Journey through German Genre FilmsFilm2012Der BerndFilm2006Filmlegenden. DeutschSeriesPoseidonFilm, 2006Director, Producer2003The AgencyFilm, Producer2000The Perfect StormFilm, Director, Producer1999The DirectorsSeries1997Air Force OneFilm, Director, Producer1993In the Line of FireFilm, Director, Producer1992HBO First LookSeries1985Das BootSeries, Director, WriterEnemy MineFilm, 1985Director1982Na sowas!Series1981Wetten, dass..?SeriesDas BootFilm, 1981Director, Writer1978Bio's BahnhofSeries1976Hans in LuckFilm, Director1975Die Stadt im TalSeries, Director1973SmogFilm, Director, Writer1970Scene of the CrimeSeries, Director1969Ich NichtFilm, Director, Writer1965Stadt auf StelzenFilm, Director1948BambiSeries1941Born14 March 1941

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Known for

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  • Das Boot 1981
  • Bicentennial Man 1999
  • Troy 2004
  • The NeverEnding Story 1984
  • In the Line of Fire 1993

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Filmography 39

79 credits on file

Television 19

Media & music

Awards

Bavarian Order of Merit
Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

About this person

He subsequently directed the blockbuster fantasy film The Never Ending Story (1984), based on the 1979 novel of the same name.

Country
Germany
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1941 to 2022 · aged 81

In the same film or series as Wolfgang

Elke SommerAlso in One or the Other of Us (1974)Herbert GrönemeyerAlso in Gottschalk meets Petersen (2005)Tom BakerAlso in Enemy Mine (1985)John HeardAlso in In the Line of Fire (1993)Patrick DempseyAlso in Outbreak (1995)