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| 3 | Wolfgang Petersen (14 March 1941 - 12 August 2022) was a German director and screenwriter. |
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| 5 | He was best known for ''Film/DasBoot'', ''Film/TheNeverendingStory'', ''Film/AirForceOne'', ''Film/{{Troy}}'', and ''Film/{{Poseidon}}''. His early work was on ''Series/{{Tatort}}'', a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss crime drama. He made his first major films at the Bavaria Film studios in his birth country, then moved to the USA. |
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| 7 | He passed away from pancreatic cancer on 12 August 2022 at age 81. |
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| 9 | !!Notable films: |
| 10 | [[index]] |
| 11 | * ''Film/DasBoot'' (1981) |
| 12 | * ''Film/{{The NeverEnding Story|1984}}'' (1984) |
| 13 | * ''Film/EnemyMine'' (1985) |
| 14 | * ''Film/{{Shattered|1991}}'' (1991) |
| 15 | * ''Film/InTheLineOfFire'' (1993) |
| 16 | * ''Film/{{Outbreak}}'' (1995) |
| 17 | * ''Film/AirForceOne'' (1997) |
| 18 | * ''Film/ThePerfectStorm'' (2000) |
| 19 | * ''Film/{{Troy}}'' (2004) |
| 20 | * ''Film/{{Poseidon}}'' (2006) |
| 21 | * ''Film/FourAgainstTheBank'' (2016) |
| 22 | [[/index]] |
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| 24 | !!Tropes & Trivia in his works: |
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| 26 | * [[invoked]]AssociatedComposer: Music/KlausDoldinger scored his earlier films up to and including ''The Neverending Story''. |
| 27 | * ProductionPosse: Several of his earlier films starred Creator/JurgenProchnow (who would also play in ''Air Force One'') and boast soundtracks by the aforementioned Klaus Doldinger. |
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