Wolfgang Petersen

Wolfgang Petersen
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.
Citizenship	Germany United States
Occupations	Film director screenwriter producer
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 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).