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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).
Wolfgang Petersen. Director: Das Boot. A controversial film maker, Wolfgang Petersen has at once been lauded for his professionalism and attention to detail and decried for turning out a string of standard commercial Hollywood blockbusters.
Aug 16, 2022 · Wolfgang Petersen, one of a handful of foreign directors to make it big in Hollywood, whose harrowing 1981 war film, “Das Boot,” was nominated for six Academy Awards and became one of Germany’s...
Aug 17, 2022 · German director Wolfgang Petersen, who made films such as Das Boot, Air Force One and Outbreak, has died aged 81. A spokeswoman confirmed Petersen died of pancreatic cancer in Los Angeles on...
Aug 17, 2022 · Wolfgang Petersen, the Oscar-nominated director of films like “Das Boot” and “Air Force One,” died on August 12, his spokesperson, Michelle Bega from Rogers & Cowan/PMK, told CNN. He was 81.
Aug 16, 2022 · Filmmaker Wolfgang Petersen, who broke into Hollywood with the Oscar-nominated Das Boot and went on to direct blockbusters like Air Force One and In the Line of Fire, died on Friday of pancreatic cancer.He was 81. Born on March 14, 1941 in Emden, Germany, Petersen studied at Berlin's Film and Television Academy and began his career directing in his home country on television series like the ...
Aug 16, 2022 · Wolfgang Petersen, the German filmmaker whose WWII submarine epic “Das Boot” propelled him into a blockbuster Hollywood career that included the films “In the Line of Fire,” “Air Force One” and “The Perfect Storm,” has died.
Aug 16, 2022 · Wolfgang Petersen, the German director whose films include The Perfect Storm, Air Force One and Das Boot, has died. He was 81. Petersen died peacefully Friday at his Brentwood residence from ...
Aug 17, 2022 · Filmmaker Wolfgang Petersen has died aged 81. Key points: Wolfgang Petersen's 1982 breakthrough film Das Boot was nominated for six Oscars. He said his childhood in post-WWII Germany attracted him to glamorous dreams and clear clashes of good and evil.
Aug 16, 2022 · Wolfgang Petersen — the German director behind The Perfect Storm, Air Force One, and Das Boot — is dead at 81 years old. “Petersen died peacefully Friday at his Brentwood residence from...
