Wolfgang Petersen
Birthday
1941/03/14
Day of death
2022/08/12 (81 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Emden, Germany
Also know as
Вольфганг Петерсен
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,...Read more
Acting
(1981) Das Boot: Behind The Scenes
as Self
(1996) Hollywood, Germany - Die amerikanische Herausforderung
as Self
(2013) Stardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und Götterwelten
as Self
(2011) Wolfgang Petersen: Back to the Boat
as Self
(2021) Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story
as Self - Das Boot Screenwriter and Director
(2023) U-96, The True Story of 'Das Boot'
as Self (archive footage)
(2012) Der Bernd
as Self
(2002) Starbuck Holger Meins
as Self
(2005) Gottschalk meets Petersen
as Himself
(2014) And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
(1984) The NeverEnding Story
as Man who drops Milk (uncredited)
(1999) The Directors
as Self
(1981) Wetten, dass..?
as Self
(1978) Bio’s Bahnhof
as Self
(1982) Na sowas!
as Self
(1966) Golden Camera Awards
as Self
(1948) BAMBI Awards
as Self
(1964) Grimme Awards Ceremony
as Self
(1979) Bavarian Film Award
as Self
(2006) Filmlegenden. Deutsch
as Self
(1991) DAS!
as Self
(1979) NDR Talk Show
as Self
(1977) Please Turn the Page
as Self
(1992) HBO First Look
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