What is Wolfgang Petersen?
{{Infobox person | name = Wolfgang Petersen | image = Wolfgang_Petersen.jpg | imagesize = 249px | caption = Petersen at the filming of ''[[Air Force One (movie)|Air Force One]]'' | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1941|3|14|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Emden]], [[Free State of Prussia|Prussia]], [[Nazi Germany|Germany]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|8|12|1941|3|14|df=y}} | death_place = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S. | death_cause = [[Pancreatic cancer]] | occupation = Movie director, screenwriter | yearsactive = 1965–2016 | spouse = {{marriage|Ursula Sieg|1970|1978|reason=divorced}}<br>{{marriage|Maria Borgel-Petersen|1978}} }} '''Wolfgang Petersen''' (14 March 1941 – 12 August 2022) was a [[Germany|German]] [[movie director]] and [[screenwriter]]. His work included ''[[The NeverEnding Story (movie)|The NeverEnding Story]]'', ''[[Enemy Mine (movie)|Enemy Mine]]'', ''[[Outbreak (movie)|Outbreak]]'', ''[[In the Line of Fire]]'', ''[[Air Force One (movie)|Air Force One]]'', ''[[Das Boot]]'', ''[[The Perfect Storm (movie)|The Perfect Storm]]'', ''[[Troy (movie)|Troy]]'' and ''[[Poseidon (movie)|Poseidon]]''. Petersen was born in [[Emden]], [[Lower Saxony]], [[Germany]]. One of his first efforts was the 1977 ''[[Die Konsequenz]]''. Peterson died of [[pancreatic cancer]] on 12 August 2022, at the age of 81, at his home in [[Brentwood, Los Angeles]], [[California]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jr |first=Mike Fleming |date=16 August 2022 |title=Director Wolfgang Petersen Dies At 81; Hollywood Star Rose After 'Das Boot' To Include Blockbusters 'The Perfect Storm,' 'Air Force One' & 'In The Line Of Fire' |url=https://deadline.com/2022/08/wolfgang-petersen-dead-director-perfect-storm-das-boot-air-force-one-1235093543/ |access-date=16 August 2022 |work=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/16/movies/wolfgang-petersen-dead.html|title=Wolfgang Petersen, Director of ‘Das Boot,’ Is Dead at 81|first=A. J.|last=Goldmann|date=16 August