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Wolfgang Petersen
Wolfgang Petersen was a German film and television director, screenwriter and producer. His international breakthrough was the war film Das Boot (1981), which earned him Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. He subsequently directed the blockbuster fantasy film The NeverEnding Story (1984), based on the 1979 novel of the same name.
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entertainment · German filmmaker (1941–2022) · film director · film producer · screenwriter · film screenwriter · director · also Wolfgang Petersen, Petersen
Born 14 March 1941 · Died 12 August 2022 · Q65321
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2026· 8 entries
Badische Zeitung: Als Nils Petersen, Matthias Ginter und Jannik Huth vor zehn Jahren Silber bei Olympia in Rio holten
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MLB.com: Mario Camilletti singles on a line drive to center fielder Sam Petersen. Dru Baker scores. Jason Matthews to 2nd.
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Public attention spiked: 7,094 Wikipedia readers in one day, 6.2× the usual 1,151, with 3 article edits. Editors noted: Reverting edit(s) by ~2026-41474-21 (talk) to rev. 1364242326 by MindOverMatter59: Not providing a reliable source (RW 16.1)
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Public attention spiked: 10,476 Wikipedia readers in one day, 9.1× the usual 1,151, with 0 article edits.
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2022· 1 entry
Died 2022-08-12.
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2016· 1 entry
As director of the heist comedy Vier gegen die Bank, his first German-language film since Das Boot in 1981
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2007· 1 entry
Won Goldene Kamera (2007).
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2003· 1 entry
Awarded Bavarian Order of Merit (2003).
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1997· 1 entry
Awarded Bambi Award for Air Force One (1997).
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1993· 1 entry
With the assassination thriller In the Line of Fire
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1987· 1 entry
Awarded Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1987).
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1986· 1 entry
And subsequently acquired American citizenship
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1984· 1 entry
Won Goldene Leinwand for The NeverEnding Story (1984).
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1982· 1 entry
Won Goldene Leinwand for Das Boot (1982).
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1981· 1 entry
Awarded Bavarian Film Awards (Best Director) for Das Boot (1981).
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1978· 2 entries
Awarded Grimme-Preis for Die Konsequenz (1978).
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Awarded German Critics' Prize for Die Konsequenz (1978).
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1974· 2 entries
Awarded German Film Award for One or the Other of Us (1974).
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The psychological thriller One or the Other of Us, based on the novel Einer von uns beiden by Horst Bosetzky and published anonymously under his pseudonym and starring Jürgen Prochnow
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1973· 1 entry
Awarded Prix Italia for Smog (1973).
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1941· 1 entry
Born 1941-03-14.
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