The film director Wolfgang Petersen, who was acclaimed for his direction in front of the German film ‘Das Boot’ (‘The Submarine’) and for his long run of Hollywood blockbusters such as ‘Air Force One’, ‘Poseidon’ or ‘In the Line of Fire’ ‘, has died at the age of 81, according to ‘Variety’.
The news was confirmed by his producer.
With a long career on German television, Wolfgang Petersen received two Oscar nominations (Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay) for ‘The Submarine’. In fact, at a press conference in Valencia in 2010 before receiving the Palmera d’Or at the Mostra de Cine de Valencia, Wolfgang Petersen recalled the value of his career on television at the beginning of his career.
“I shot thirty movies in eight years, and that helped me gain a lot of practice. Later came the shooting of ‘The Submarine’ or ‘The Neverending Story’, which allowed me to make the leap to Hollywood,” he assured.
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“In the United States, we work differently, in a big way and with the best,” he stressed, “but it’s what I’ve wanted since I was a child, although it’s not always easy.”
The director of works such as ‘Troy’, ‘Outbreak’ or ‘Air Force One’, considered “The Perfect Storm” as the most complex and expensive feature film he had directed.