Four Against the Bank
2016 · Director
Poseidon
2006 · Director
Troy
2004 · Director
The Agency
2001
The Perfect Storm
2000 · Director
Air Force One
1997 · Director
Outbreak
1995 · Director
In the Line of Fire
1993 · Director
Shattered
1991 · Director
Enemy Mine
1985 · Director
The NeverEnding Story
1984 · Director
Das Boot
1981 · Director
March 14, 1941 · Emden, Germany
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 Story (1984), cult film Enemy Mine (1985), Shattered (1991), In the Line of Fire (1993), Outbreak (1995), Air Force One (1997), The Perfect Storm (2000), Troy (2004), Poseidon (2006) and Four Against the Bank (2016), his latest film.
