Wolfgang Petersen
German film director (1941–2022)
0.74body-of-work score · ranked #1186 of 2631 directors · 1 film in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- March 14, 1941 · Emden
- Died
- August 12, 2022 · Brentwood
- Nationality
- Germany
- Work
- film director, film producer, screenwriter, film screenwriter
Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 1
1981 · West Germany · drama, war
Letterboxd Top 250 #128 · Empire 500 (2008) #263 · Ebert's annual top 10 1982 #6
0.744 citations
Complete filmography
All 28 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1965Stadt auf Stelzen
- 1971I Will Kill You, Wolf
- 1971Tatort: Blechschaden
- 1972Tatort: Strandgut
- 1973Smog
- 1973Tatort: Jagdrevier
- 1973Van der Valk und die Reichen
- 1974One or the Other of Us
- 1974Tatort: Nachtfrost
- 1975Die Stadt im Tal
- 1975Tatort: Kurzschluß
- 1976Hans im Glück
- 1976Vier gegen die Bank
- 1977Die Konsequenz
- 1977For Your Love Only
- 1977Planübung
- 1978Schwarz und weiß wie Tage und Nächte
- 1981Das Boot
- 1984The NeverEnding Story
- 1985Enemy Mine
- 1991Shattered
- 1993In the Line of Fire
- 1995Outbreak
- 1997Air Force One
- 2000The Perfect Storm
- 2004Troy
- 2006Poseidon
- 2016Four Against the Bank