Wolfgang Petersen
Audiences rate Wolfgang Petersen’s films higher than 90% of the 3,467 people with 10 or more films on ThumbScore. See the full ranking
Free to watch now (26 Oct): The NeverEnding Story (Philo, Plex) · In the Line of Fire (Fandango at Home) · Shattered (Xumo Play, Tubi).
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The ThumbScore for Wolfgang Petersen (79.0%) is the average audience approval rating across 10 films. Each movie's ThumbScore represents the percentage of real audiences who rated it positively. A higher score means more of Wolfgang's films are well-received by everyday viewers.
Wolfgang Petersen was a German-born screenwriter, producer and film director who spent most of his career in the United States. In the 1960s he began working directing plays at the Ernst Deutsch Theater in Hamburg. After becoming interested in theater in Berlin and Hamburg, Petersen attended the Berlin Film and Television Academy (1966-70). His first productions were for German state television, and it was during his work on the popular crime series Crime Scene that he met actor Jürgen Prochnow, who would later appear in his iconic film Das Boot (1981). His other films include The NeverEnding Story (1984), cult film Enemy Mine (1985), Shattered (1991), In the Line of Fire (1993), Outbreak (1995), Air Force One (1997), The Perfect Storm (2000), Troy (2004), Poseidon (2006) and Four Against the Bank (2016), his latest film.
Born 1941-03-14 in Emden, Germany. Died 2022-08-12.
On ThumbScore, Wolfgang Petersen appears in 10 films with an average audience score of 79.0%, most frequently in the Drama genre.
Sources: TMDB
