Wolfgang Petersen

Wolfgang Petersen

Director 11 / Writer 3 / Actor 2 · 1981 – 2017 · 🎬 16 · 🇩🇪 Germany

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.

All · 16 🎬 Movies · 16

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Highlights

Open Wounds – A Journey through German Genre Films

Open Wounds – A Journey through German Genre Films

2017

Four Against the Bank

Four Against the Bank

2016

Poseidon

Poseidon

2006

Frequent Collaborators

Michael Ende

Michael Ende

3 shared

Nicholas Gilbert

3 shared

Brian Wheeler

3 shared

Darryl Cooksey

3 shared

Noah Hathaway

Noah Hathaway

3 shared

Sydney Bromley

3 shared

All decades 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s

🎬 Movies

Open Wounds – A Journey through German Genre Films

Open Wounds – A Journey through German Genre Films

actor

2017

Four Against the Bank

Four Against the Bank

director

2016

Poseidon

Poseidon

director

2006

Troy

Troy

director

2004

The Perfect Storm

The Perfect Storm

director

2000

Air Force One

Air Force One

director

1997

Outbreak

Outbreak

director

1995

In the Line of Fire

In the Line of Fire

director

1993

Shattered

Shattered

director

1991

Shattered

Shattered

writer

1991

Enemy Mine

Enemy Mine

director

1985

The NeverEnding Story

The NeverEnding Story

writer

1984

The NeverEnding Story

The NeverEnding Story

actor

1984

The NeverEnding Story

The NeverEnding Story

director

1984

Das Boot

Das Boot

writer

1981

Das Boot

Das Boot

director

1981

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