Directing • AGE 81
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 Theat...


U-96, The True Story of 'Das Boot'
Self (archive footage)
2023

Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story
Self - Das Boot Screenwriter and Director
2021

Open Wounds – A Journey through German Genre Films
2017

Four Against the Bank
Director
2016

Wolfgang Petersen: Back to the Boat
Self
2011

Poseidon
Producer
2006

Troy
Producer
2004

The Agency
Executive Producer
2003

The Agency
Creator
2001

The Perfect Storm
Producer
2000

Bicentennial Man
Producer
1999

Instinct
Executive Producer
1999

The Directors
Self
1999

Red Corner
Executive Producer
1997

Air Force One
Director
1997

Outbreak
Director
1995

In the Line of Fire
Director
1993

HBO First Look
1992

Shattered
Director
1991

DAS!
Self
1991

Enemy Mine
Director
1985

Das Boot
Screenplay
1985

The NeverEnding Story
Man Who Drops Milk (uncredited)
1984

Das Boot: Behind The Scenes
Self
1981

Das Boot
Screenplay
1981

Wetten, dass..?
Self
1981

NDR Talk Show
Self
1979

Black and White Like Day and Night
Director
1978

The Consequence
Director
1977

Four Against the Bank
Director
1976

Die Stadt im Tal
Director
1975

One or the Other of Us
Director
1974

Van der Valk and the Rich
Director
1973

Smog
Author
1973

I Will Kill You, Wolf
Director
1971

Scene of the Crime
Director
1970

Ich Nicht
Director
1969

The Cuckoo Years
Assistant Director
1967

The Foundling
Assistant Director
1967

Bambi
Self
1948