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Wolfgang Petersen

Wolfgang Petersen

Highest Rated:
98% Das Boot (The Boat) (1981)
Lowest Rated:
31% Shattered (1991)
Birthday:
Mar 14, 1941
Birthplace:
Not Available
Bio:
Breaking into the entertainment business in 1960 as assistant director for Hamburg's Ernest Deutsch Theatre, German filmmaker Wolfgang Petersen went on to Berlin's German Film and Television Academy. He kicked off his film directorial career in television, winning several awards in the process; his…

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Filmography

Range of Movie T-meters: 31% - 98%
Number of Movies: 18
Box Office Since 2001: $375.8M
Year Rating Title Credit Box Office
2006 33% Poseidon
  • Director
  • Producer
$60.7M
2004 55% Troy
  • Director
$133.1M
2000 47% The Perfect Storm
  • Director
  • Producer
$182.1M
1999 37% Bicentennial Man
  • Producer
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1997 78% Air Force One
  • Producer
  • Director
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1995 60% Outbreak
  • Director
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1993 95% In the Line of Fire
  • Director
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1991 31% Shattered
  • Director
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1985 59% Enemy Mine
  • Director
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1984 86% The Neverending Story
  • Director
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1981 98% Das Boot (The Boat)
  • Director
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1981 Schwarz und weiß wie Tage und Nächte (Black and White Like Day and Night)
  • Director
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1977 Consequence
  • Director
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1977 The Consequence
  • Director
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1976 For Your Love Only
  • Director
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1974 Einer von uns beiden (One or the Other of Us)
  • Director
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1963 Black and White as Day and Night
  • Director
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Uprising
  • Director
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Wolfgang Petersen Quits Playing Ender's Game? Opens in new window
April 24, 2008

Wolfgang Petersen Still on Enders Game and Two More Sci-fi Projects Opens in new window
October 3, 2007

The Weekly Ketchup: Natalie Portman, Sacha Baron Cohen's Next Roles, Big Projects in Montreal Opens in new window
September 7, 2007

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April 19, 2007

The Weekly Ketchup: "Borat" Great Success, A New Sarah Connor, "Transformers" Travails, And More! Opens in new window
November 10, 2006

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