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Wolfgang Petersen
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Wolfgang Petersen
Directing
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 …
Known For
Filmography
Movies
U-96, The True Story of 'Das Boot'
as Self (archive footage)
Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story
as Self - Das Boot Screenwriter and Director
Open Wounds – A Journey through German Genre Films
Stardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und Götterwelten
as Self
Der Bernd
as Self
Wolfgang Petersen: Back to the Boat
as Self
Gottschalk meets Petersen
as Himself
Starbuck Holger Meins
as Self
Hollywood, Germany - Die amerikanische Herausforderung
as Self
The NeverEnding Story
as Man Who Drops Milk (uncredited)
TV Shows
Filmlegenden. Deutsch
as Self · 2 ep.
The Directors
as Self · 1 ep.
HBO First Look
1 ep.
DAS!
as Self · 1 ep.
Goldene Kamera
as Self · 1 ep.
Na sowas!
as Self · 1 ep.
Wetten, dass..?
as Self · 2 ep.
NDR Talk Show
as Self · 1 ep.
Bavarian Film Awards
as Self · 1 ep.
Bio’s Bahnhof
as Self · 1 ep.