Wolfgang Petersen

Film director and screenwriter

Wolfgang Petersen is a German-Swiss film director and screenwriter. He was born in 1941 in Stuttgart, Germany, and grew up in Zurich, Switzerland. Petersen studied economics at the University of Zurich and later worked as a journalist before turning to filmmaking. He is best known for directing films such as "Das Boot" and "The Perfect Storm", as well as the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise. Petersen has won nume...