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Wolfgang Petersen

03/14/1941 | Emden, Germany | Director | Male | 08/12/2022 (81 years old)

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.

Wolfgang Petersen Top Movies and TV Shows in 2024

Chart List

1.	Troy	218
2.	The Perfect Storm	79
3.	In the Line of Fire	64
4.	The NeverEnding Story	35
5.	Das Boot	5
6.	Poseidon	3
7.	Outbreak	0
8.	Air Force One	0

Troy

Movie | United States | 05/13/2004 | History | Ancient Greece

In year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age, two emerging nations begin to clash. Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnom to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. So they set off with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks to Troy. With the help of Achilles, the Greeks are able to fight the never before defeated Trojans.

7.3/10

53%

3,343

The Perfect Storm

Movie | United States | 06/26/2000 | Thriller | Disaster

In October 1991, a confluence of weather conditions combined to form a killer storm in the North Atlantic. Caught in the storm was the sword-fishing boat Andrea Gail. Magnificent foreshadowing and anticipation fill this true-life drama while minute details of the fishing boats, their gear and the weather are juxtaposed with the sea adventure.

6.5/10

46%

524

In the Line of Fire

Movie | United States | 07/08/1993 | Thriller | Terorrism

Veteran Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan is a man haunted by his failure to save President Kennedy while serving protection detail in Dallas. Thirty years later, a man calling himself \Booth\ threatens the life of the current President, forcing Horrigan to come back to protection detail to confront the ghosts from his past.

7.2/10

96%

266

The NeverEnding Story

Movie | Germany | 04/05/1984 | Fantasy | Fantasy Adventure

While hiding from bullies in his school's attic, a young boy discovers the extraordinary land of Fantasia, through a magical book called The Neverending Story. The book tells the tale of Atreyu, a young warrior who, with the help of a luck dragon named Falkor, must save Fantasia from the destruction of The Nothing.

7.3/10

83%

968

Das Boot

Movie | Germany | 09/16/1981 | War | World War II

8.4/10

98%

217

Poseidon

Movie | United States | 05/12/2006 | Thriller | Disaster

A Cross-Atlantic ship is traveling in the Atlantic when a giant wave flips it over as the passengers begin a dramatic fight for their lives. Catastrophe film from Wolfgang Petersen from 2006.

5.7/10

33%

572

Outbreak

Movie | United States | 03/10/1995 | Thriller | Pandemic

A deadly airborne virus finds its way into the USA and starts killing off people at an epidemic rate. Col Sam Daniels' job is to stop the virus spreading from a small town, which must be quarantined, and to prevent an over reaction by the White House.

6.6/10

59%

573

Air Force One

Movie | United States | 07/25/1997 | Action | Thrillers

Russian terrorists conspire to hijack the aircraft with the president and his family on board. The commander in chief finds himself facing an impossible predicament: give in to the terrorists and sacrifice his family, or risk everything to uphold his principles - and the integrity of the nation.

6.5/10

78%

110

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