{"id":47287,"date":"2022-08-16T19:53:56","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T19:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/das-boot-perfect-storm-and-air-force-one-director-deadline\/"},"modified":"2022-08-16T19:53:56","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T19:53:56","slug":"das-boot-perfect-storm-and-air-force-one-director-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/das-boot-perfect-storm-and-air-force-one-director-deadline\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Das Boot,’ ‘Perfect Storm’ And ‘Air Force One’ Director \u2013 Deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"
Wolfgang Petersen, the German director whose films include The Perfect Storm, Air Force One <\/em>and Das Boot, <\/em>has died. He was 81. Petersen died peacefully Friday at his Brentwood residence from pancreatic cancer, in the arms of his wife of 50 years, Maria Antoinette.<\/p>\n Wolfgang Petersen: A Career In Photos<\/p>\n Petersen began his career in Germany but answered the call of Hollywood after his 1981 breakout movie, the claustrophobic submarine WWII epic Das Boot<\/em> (The Boat<\/em>), was nominated for six Academy Awards. Two of those went to Petersen for adapted screenplay and directing, and he was also nominated for a BAFTA Award and DGA Award. The movie starred J\u00fcrgen Prochnow as the U-boat captain, who became a good example of Petersen’s action characters.<\/p>\n Hollywood & Media Deaths 2022: A Photo Gallery<\/p>\n He quickly became one of the most in-demand directors of technically complex star-driven studio action films \u2014 a run that included The Perfect Storm<\/em> (2000), Air Force One<\/em> (1997), Outbreak<\/em> (1995), In the Line of Fire<\/em> (1993), Shattered<\/em> (1991) \u2014 which he also wrote \u2014 Troy<\/em> (2004) and Poseidon <\/em>(2006). <\/em><\/p>\n