Wolfgang Petersen
German film director (1941–2022)
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Updated 2026-06-16
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. He subsequently directed the blockbuster fantasy film The Never Ending Story (1984), based on the 1979 novel of the same name.
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- Bavarian Order of Merit
- Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
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- Wolfgang PetersenLow confidencewikipedia · an.wikipedia.org
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