Wolfgang Petersen
1941–2022 · German film director
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 NeverEnding Story (1984), based on the 1979 novel of the same name.
Wolfgang Petersen, in order
- 1965 Stadt auf Stelzen: directed
- 1971 I Will Kill You, Wolf: directed
- 1971 Tatort: Blechschaden (TV movie): directed
- 1972 Tatort: Strandgut (TV movie): directed
- 1973 Smog (TV movie): directed
- 1973 Tatort: Jagdrevier (TV movie): directed
- 1974 One or the Other of Us: directed
- 1974 Tatort: Nachtfrost (TV movie): directed
- 1975 Tatort: Kurzschluß (TV movie): directed, wrote
- 1976 Vier gegen die Bank (TV movie): directed
- 1977 Die Konsequenz: directed, wrote
- 1977 For Your Love Only (TV movie): directed, wrote
- 1978 Schwarz und weiß wie Tage und Nächte: directed, wrote
- 1981 Das Boot: directed, wrote
- 1984 The NeverEnding Story: directed, wrote · critics 83%, audiences 81% · streaming on Roku Channel, Plex
- 1985 Das Boot (TV series): directed, wrote
- 1985 Enemy Mine: directed
- 1991 Shattered: directed, wrote · critics 40%, audiences 59% · streaming on YouTube (free), Tubi
- 1993 In the Line of Fire: directed · critics 96%, audiences 79% · streaming on Philo
- 1995 Outbreak: directed, produced · critics 59%, audiences 56% · streaming on AMC+
- 1997 Air Force One: directed, produced · critics 81%, audiences 66% · streaming on Netflix, Peacock
- 1999 Bicentennial Man: produced · directed by Chris Columbus
- 2000 The Perfect Storm: directed · critics 47%, audiences 64%
- 2004 Troy: directed · critics 52%, audiences 74% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+
- 2006 Poseidon: directed · critics 33%, audiences 43%
- 2016 Four Against the Bank: directed, produced