Wolfgang Petersen

Petersen (Petersen), Wolfgang (p. 14. 03. 1941), German and American film director, screenwriter, producer.
In 1960-1964 was an assistant director in Hamburg Theater. He studied at the acting school. In 1969 he graduated from the Academy of Cinema and TV in West Berlin. In the 70 years he worked mainly on TV, . but received a Federal award for the film debut 'One of the two of us' (Einer Von Uns Beiden, . 1974), . social comedy of manners, . and his band 'Impact' (Die Konsequenz, . 1977) about the homosexual couple has been controversial and a partial ban in Germany,
. And yet, Petersen would be known only to a narrow circle, if not done in the early 80's first rapid breakthrough in world cinema. The great success of his best paintings of the German 'boat' (Das Boot, 1981) about the dramatic fate of the submarine of the Reich during the Second World War gave Petersen, in his own unique opportunity to dictate terms in Hollywood. However, he chose as a workaround - without leaving Germany, but with the participation of the U.S. (and most importantly, with the support of special effects artists from overseas) to make a wonderful fantasy tale "The Neverending Story '(The Neverending story, 1984). Already American film 'Enemy Mine' (Enemy Mine, . 1986) may seem secondary to the many movies about aliens, . and withdrawn after a considerable break crime drama 'Shattered' (Shattered, . 1991) - only superficially spectacular variation on the theme of its director's early German works, . mainly for the TV series 'Tatort' (Tatort, . 1971-1976), . one of which, . 'School-leaving certificate' (Reifezeugnis), . remember also because of the participation of the young H,
. Kinski. New takeoff Petersen took place in the 90 years, . he created three consecutive pictures of popular 'The Line of Fire' (In The Line Of Fire, . 1993), . 'Epidemic' (Outbreak, . 1995) and 'Presidential aircraft' (Air Force One, . 1997), . where entertaining and excitement of events do not alter the severity of issues (particularly in the 'epidemics', . predicted the spread of the Ebola virus), . and the characters are multi dimensional human being (this applies particularly unexpected complexity of the serial killer-terrorist in the political thriller 'The Line of Fire'),
. Petersen, along with other German director P. Emmerich, . is a special exception to the general rule, . since been able to make big box-office success in Hollywood, . and because of this - and the world, . but in addition, . left stage director, . which is less amenable to American leveling.,
. Sergey Kudryavtsev
. 1974 ONE OF U.S. TWO / EINER VON UNS BEIDEN producer, director
. 1976 WRITTEN EXAM / REIFEZEUGNIS director, screenwriter
. 1977 CONSEQUENCE / DIE KONSEQUENZ director, screenwriter
. 1978 BLACK AND WHITE AS THE DAYS AND NIGHTS / SCHWARZ UND WEISS WIE TAGE UND NACHTE director, screenwriter
. 1981 BOAT / DAS BOOT director, screenwriter
. 1984 ENDLESS STORY / THE NEVERENDING STORY director, screenwriter
. 1986 Enemy Mine / ENEMY MINE director
. 1991 pieces / SHATTERED scenario
. 1993 ON LINE / IN THE LINE OF FIRE executive producer
. 1995 EPIDEMIC / OUTBREAK producer, director