Wolfgang Petersen

ActorDirectorProducerWriterDirecting 1948–2023 (75 year career)

6.3 avg rating

Highest Rated

Bambi

1948 · as Self

9.0

Das Boot

1985 · Director

8.6

Das Boot

1985 · Screenplay

8.6

Known For

Film

Troy

Director

Film

Das Boot

Director

Film

The NeverEnding Story

Man Who Drops Milk (uncredited)

Film

Bicentennial Man

Producer

Film

Air Force One

Director

Film

In the Line of Fire

Director

Film

Outbreak

Director

Film

The Perfect Storm

Director

Filmography

Acting (23)

Movies (10)

U-96, The True Story of 'Das Boot'

2023

as Self (archive footage)

6.3

Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story

2021

as Self - Das Boot Screenwriter and Director

7.2

Stardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und Götterwelten

2013

as Self

Der Bernd

2012

as Self

10.0

Wolfgang Petersen: Back to the Boat

2011

as Self

Gottschalk meets Petersen

2005

as Himself

Starbuck Holger Meins

2002

as Self

4.3

Hollywood, Germany - Die amerikanische Herausforderung

1996

as Self

The NeverEnding Story

1984

as Man Who Drops Milk (uncredited)

7.2

Das Boot: Behind The Scenes

1981

as Self

2.0

Television (13)

Filmlegenden. Deutsch

as Self

The Directors

as Self

HBO First Look

DAS!

as Self

Goldene Kamera

as Self

Na sowas!

as Self

Wetten, dass..?

as Self

NDR Talk Show

as Self

Bavarian Film Awards

as Self

Bio’s Bahnhof

1978

as Self

Please Turn the Page

1977

as Self

6.0

Grimme Award

1964

as Self

Bambi

1948

as Self

9.0

Crew (56)

Movies (51)

Four Against the Bank

Director

Poseidon

Director

Poseidon

Producer

Troy

Director

Troy

Producer

The Agency

Executive Producer

The Perfect Storm

Director

The Perfect Storm

Producer

Bicentennial Man

Producer

Instinct

Executive Producer

Air Force One

Director

Air Force One

Producer

Red Corner

Executive Producer

Das Boot - The Director's Cut

1997

Director

Das Boot - The Director's Cut

1997

Writer

Outbreak

Director

Outbreak

Producer

In the Line of Fire

Director

In the Line of Fire

Executive Producer

Shattered

Director

Shattered

Producer

Shattered

Screenplay

Enemy Mine

Director

The NeverEnding Story

1984

Director

7.2

The NeverEnding Story

1984

Screenplay

7.2

The Neverending Story (German extended edit)

1984

Director

Das Boot

Director

Das Boot

Screenplay

Black and White Like Day and Night

1978

Director

5.9

Planübung

1977

Director

Planübung

1977

Writer

The Consequence

Director

The Consequence

Screenplay

Four Against the Bank

Director

Hans in Luck

Director

Die Stadt im Tal

Director

Stellenweise Glatteis

1975

Director

One or the Other of Us

1974

Director

4.4

Pinned to the Ground

1974

Director

Smog

Author

Smog

Director

Van der Valk and the Rich

1973

Director

I Will Kill You, Wolf

1971

Director

I Will Kill You, Wolf

1971

Writer

Ich Nicht

1969

Director

Ich Nicht

1969

Writer

The Foundling

1967

Assistant Director

Der Eine - der Andere

1967

Director

Der Eine - der Andere

1967

Writer

The Cuckoo Years

1967

Assistant Director

Stadt auf Stelzen

1965

Director

Television (5)

Das Boot

Director

Das Boot

Screenplay

Die Stadt im Tal

Director

Stellenweise Glatteis

1975

Director

Scene of the Crime

1970

Director

6.2