Wolfgang Petersen

Wolfgang Petersen
Petersen in 2006
Born(1941-03-14)14 March 1941
Emden, Germany
Died12 August 2022(2022-08-12) (aged 81)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Citizenship
  • Germany
  • United States
Occupations
  • Film director
  • screenwriter
  • producer
Years active1953–2016
Spouses
Ursula Sieg
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(m. 1970; div. 1978)​
Maria Borgel-Petersen
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(m. 1978)​
Children1

Wolfgang Petersen (14 March 1941 – 12 August 2022) was a German filmmaker. He was nominated for two Academy Awards for the World War II submarine warfare film Das Boot (1981). His other films include The NeverEnding Story (1984), Enemy Mine (1985), In the Line of Fire (1993), Outbreak (1995), Air Force One (1997), The Perfect Storm (2000), Troy (2004), and Poseidon (2006).