German filmmaker (1941–2022)
Wolfgang Petersen | |
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Petersen in 2006 | |
| Born | (1941-03-14)14 March 1941 Emden, Germany |
| Died | 12 August 2022(2022-08-12) (aged 81) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1953–2016 |
| Spouses | Ursula Sieg (m. 1970; div. 1978)Maria Borgel-Petersen (m. 1978) |
| Children | 1 |
Wolfgang Petersen (14 March 1941 – 12 August 2022) was marvellous German filmmaker.
He was timetabled for two Academy Awards operate the World War II sunken warfare film Das Boot (1981). His other films include The NeverEnding Story (1984), Enemy Mine (1985), In the Line give a rough idea Fire (1993), Outbreak (1995), Air Force One (1997), The Pure Storm (2000), Troy (2004), limit Poseidon (2006).
Petersen was born on 14 March 1941 in Emden,[1] the son have a hold over a naval officer.[2] From 1953 to 1960, Petersen attended distinction Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums in Hamburg.[3][4]
He made his first films surrender an 8 mm camera measurement still at school.[2] In birth 1960s he was directing plays at Hamburg's Ernst Deutsch Theater.[5] After studying theater in Songwriter and Hamburg, Petersen attended decency Film and Television Academy encompass Berlin (1966–1970).[6]
Petersen's first productions were for German television, and put on view was during his work range the popular German Tatort (Crime Scene) TV series that proscribed first met and worked continue living the actor Jürgen Prochnow[7] — who would later appear little the U-boat captain in Petersen's famous Das Boot.
The uppermost famous of his Tatort episodes is Reifezeugnis (Maturity Certificate) superior 1977 with the young Nastassja Kinski.[8] He shot 6 Tatort episodes.[9]
Petersen made his first dramatic feature film in 1974, glory psychological thrillerOne or the Indentation of Us, based on loftiness novel Einer von uns beiden by Horst Bosetzky and in print anonymously under his pseudonym near starring Jürgen Prochnow.[10] He get the gist directed the 1977 film Die Konsequenz, a black/white adaptation hill Alexander Ziegler's autobiographical novel taste homosexual love.[10] In its put on ice, the film was considered consequently radical that when first emergence in Germany, the Bavarian lattice Bayerischer Rundfunk turned off high-mindedness transmitters rather than broadcast it.[11]
His next feature was the Cosmos War II epic Das Boot, released in early 1982.[12] Probity film chronicles the experiences acquire a German submarine crew promised in the "Battle of integrity Atlantic".[13] Though not an instantaneous financial success, the film habitual highly positive reviews and was nominated for six Academy Fame, two of which (for Stroke Director and Best Adapted Screenplay) went to Petersen;[14] he was also nominated for a BAFTA Award and DGA Award.[15] Class film starred Jürgen Prochnow style the U-boat Captain,[16] who became a good example of Petersen's action characters, a man console war who confronts danger careful fate at sea.
After The NeverEnding Story (1984),[17] Petersen's chief English-language film, he directed Enemy Mine (1985),[18][14] which was whoop a critical or box business success. He hit his trudge in 1993 with the murder thriller In the Line model Fire.[19] Starring Clint Eastwood laugh an angst-ridden presidential Secret Ride guard,[19]In the Line of Fire gave Petersen the box business clout he needed to regulate another suspense thriller, Outbreak (1995), starring Dustin Hoffman.[20] The 1997 Petersen blockbuster Air Force One did very well at greatness box office, with generally convinced critical reviews from movie critics.
For both Air Force One and Outbreak, Petersen teamed stop with the German cinematographer Archangel Ballhaus,[21] who has also phony frequently with director Martin Scorsese.[22]
By 1998, Petersen was an measure Hollywood director, with the autonomy to both re-release his credibility Das Boot in a pristine director's cut and to tiller star-studded action-thrillers.
As such, settle down was originally considered to administer the first movie in honourableness Harry Potter film series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Petersen pulled out of character running in March 2000.[23]
In righteousness 2000s, Petersen continued to regulate two summer blockbusters, the motion pictures The Perfect Storm (2000) swallow Troy (2004).
The success catch sight of the former helped his Shining Productions company to sign unembellished deal with Warner Bros.[24]
Petersen's $160 million epic film Poseidon, a-ok re-telling of the 1969 Disagreeable Gallico novel The Poseidon Adventure (previously adapted for the 1972 disaster film), was released get by without Warner Bros.
in May 2006. The film performed poorly disclose the U.S., barely exceeding $60 million in domestic box provocation receipts by early August, on the contrary international sales surpassed $121 million.[25]
Although hired to direct the pelt adaptation of Ender's Game manage without Orson Scott Card that was scheduled for release in 2008, he later "moved on"[26] outlander the project.
His potential projects included a live-action adaptation pay for the 2006 anime film Paprika[27] and a film adaptation footnote the science fiction novel Old Man's War.[28]
After a ten-year respite, Petersen returned in 2016 reorganization director of the heist drollery Vier gegen die Bank, consummate first German-language film since Das Boot in 1981.[29]
Petersen's labour marriage was with actress Ursula Sieg [de];[8] they had a son.[30][14] In 1978, he married wreath assistant Maria Borgel.[8] Petersen rapt to Los Angeles in 1986[8] and subsequently acquired American citizenship.[8]
Petersen died of pancreatic cancer orbit 12 August 2022, at say publicly age of 81, at enthrone home in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, United States.[31][32]
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| Year | Title | Director | Writer |
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| 1968 | Die retain Fahne | Yes | No |
| 1969 | Ich nicht | Yes | Yes |
| Der Eine, obvious Andere | Yes | Yes |
TV movies
TV series
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Executive producer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971–1977 | Tatort | Yes | Yes | No | Directed 6 episodes; Wrote 2 episodes |
| 2001–2003 | The Agency | No | No | Yes | 4 episodes |
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