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Wolfgang Petersen
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He was intended to direct a Batman vs Superman film in 2001 that would have starred Colin Farrell as Batman and Jude Law as Superman but the film was never made.
Directed one Oscar-nominated performance:
John Malkovich
in
In the Line of Fire (1993)
.
Broke into the entertainment industry in 1960 with the Hamburg Ernest Deutsch Theater as an assistant director.
Got to know his second wife,
Maria-Antoinette Borgel
, during the shooting of
Smog (1973)
, where she worked as a script girl.
Spoke English and German fluently.
Was offered the chance to direct
The Sum of All Fears (2002)
, but declined.
Received the "Bayerischer Verdienstorden" (Bavaria's highest decoration) on 17 July 2003.
Attended the 'Deutsche Film und Fernseh Akademie Berlin' (DFFB) from 1966 to 1970.
Father of
Daniel Petersen
.
Wolfgang Peters made his first films with an 8 mm camera while still at school.
No relation to actor William Petersen ("CSI", "To Live & Die in L.A.", "Fear"), despite a popular misconception.
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