Wolfgang Petersen Biography
Wolfgang Petersen was a German film director, producer and screenwriter.
Wolfgang Petersen was born on March 14, 1941, in Emden, Germany. His father was a naval lieutenant in World War II who later worked for a shipping company in Hamburg.
After graduating from high school, Petersen was exempted from compulsive military service due to spine curvature.
In the early 1960s, he worked as an assistant director at the Junges Theater (now the Ernst Deutsch Theater) in Hamburg. After studying theater in Berlin and Hamburg, Petersen attended the Film and Television Academy in Berlin from 1966 and 1970.
He directed several films including One or the Other (1974), Das Boot (1981), 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), Poseidon (2006), Vier gegen die Bank (2016), et al.
Wolfgang Petersen died of pancreatic cancer on August 12, 2022, at age 81 in Brentwood.
He was married to German actress Ursula Sieg from 1970 to 1978.
Petersen is survived by his second wife Maria-Antoinette Borgel, a German script supervisor and assistant director whom he married in 1978, a son by Sieg, writer-director, Daniel Petersen and two grandchildren.
Wolfgang Petersen Wiki
| Wolfgang Petersen | |
| Full name | Wolfgang Petersen |
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| Date of Birth | March 14, 1941
Emden, Germany |
| Died | August 12, 2022 (aged 81)
Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Pancreatic cancer |
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| Years active | 1965–2016 |
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| Children | Daniel Petersen |
| Net worth | $20 million |
Wolfgang Petersen Net Worth At Time Of Death
Wolfgang Petersen had an estimated net worth of $20 million at the time of death.