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Petersen, Wolfgang

LC control no.n 88612928
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Personal name headingPetersen, Wolfgang
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Associated countryGermany United States
LocatedLos Angeles (Calif.)
Birth date1941-03-14
Death date2022-08-12
Place of birthEmden (Lower Saxony, Germany)
Place of deathLos Angeles (Calif.)
Field of activityMotion pictures--Production and direction
Profession or occupationMotion picture directors
Found innuc88-20573: His The boat, 1981? (hdg. on DHU rept.: Petersen, Wolfgang; usage: Wolfgang Petersen)
Singer, M. Film directors, c1993: (Wolfang Petersen; b. Mar. 14, 1941; film director)
Washington post WWW site, viewed Aug. 17, 2022 (in obituary dated Aug. 16, 2022: Wolfgang Petersen, a German filmmaker whose 1981 drama "Das Boot" earned global acclaim, and who later had a long Hollywood career directing action-driven blockbusters, died Aug. 12 at his home in the Brentwood section of Los Angeles. He was 81. Wolfgang Petersen was born in Emden, Germany, a port city near the North Sea, on March 14, 1941)
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