Directing
Wolfgang Petersen
- Titles
- 45movies19TV shows
- Career
Active from 1965 to 2016, busiest in 1975 with 4 main titles.
- Directed
- 32titles as director
- Average score
71/100
- Highest rated
Das Boot92/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 18 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Warfare3.9average 1.2
- Adrenaline6.9average 5.1
- Tension7.8average 6.1
- Politics4.3average 2.6
- Violence5.6average 4.3
- Pathos6.3average 5.2
- Psychological6.4average 5.6
- Melancholy5.3average 4.7
Rarely in their work
- Situational Comedy1.1, average 2.7
- Pop Culture0.9, average 2.2
- Cringe Humor0.8, average 2.2
- Absurdist Humor0.8, average 2.0
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- World War II 2
- Submarine Warfare 2
- Psychological Drama 2
- Claustrophobic 2
- Survival Story 2
- Action-Packed 2
- Bleak Realism 2
- High Stakes 2
- Character-Driven 2
- Suspenseful 2
- Historical Drama 2
- Character-Driven Investigation 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
- HHannes NikelEditorDas Boot, Enemy Mine, Shattered, The Consequence, Planübung, +3 more
Jürgen ProchnowActorDas Boot, The Consequence, The Boat: Director's Cut, One or the Other of Us, Hans in Luck
Klaus DoldingerComposerThe NeverEnding Story, Das Boot, Four Against the Bank, The Boat: Director's Cut, Black and White Like Day and Night- JJörg-Michael BaldeniusCinematographerThe Consequence, Four Against the Bank, Black and White Like Day and Night, Smog
- NNils SustrateComposerThe Consequence, Pinned to the Ground, Stadt auf Stelzen
Jost VacanoCinematographerThe NeverEnding Story, Das Boot, The Boat: Director's Cut
Claudia ButenuthActorPlanübung, Die Stadt im Tal
Heinz HoenigActorDas Boot, The Boat: Director's Cut
Klaus WennemannActorDas Boot, The Boat: Director's Cut
Hubertus BengschActorDas Boot, The Boat: Director's Cut
Karl-Heinz von HasselActorPlanübung, Stellenweise Glatteis
Klaus SchwarzkopfActorOne or the Other of Us, Stellenweise Glatteis
Movies and TV shows
11Upcoming
1 title
74
Reifezeugni
Writer, Director
1990s
2 titles · average score 62
The Boat: Director's Cut (1997)
Screenplay, Director
62
Shattered (1991)
Producer, Director
1980s
2 titles · average score 87
81
The NeverEnding Story (1984)
as Man Who Drops Milk (uncredited)
92
Das Boot (1981)
Screenplay, Director
1970s
4 titles · average score 63
62
The Consequence (1977)
Screenplay, Director
Planübung (1977)
Director, Writer
65
Smog (1973)
Director, Author
I Will Kill You, Wolf (1971)
Director, Writer
1960s
2 titles
Ich Nicht (1969)
Director, Writer
Der Eine - der Andere (1967)
Director, Writer