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Wolfgang Petersen, the Oscar-nominated director of movies like “Das Boot” and “Air Pressure One,” died on August 12, his spokesperson, Michelle Bega from Rogers & Cowan/PMK, explained to CNN. He was 81.
Petersen, a German filmmaker, attained the most awards acclaim in his occupation for his 1981 Entire world War II epic “Das Boot,” but his vocation is populated by a number of movies that maintain special places in the hearts of cult motion movie fans.
Just after crafting and directing 1984’s children’s fantasy movie “The NeverEnding Story,” he went on to make a string of motion movies with some of the biggest stars of their eras, like “In the Line of Fire” (starring Clint Eastwood and Rene Russo), “Outbreak” (with Dustin Hoffman, Morgan Freeman and Russo) and “Air Pressure One” (with Harrison Ford and Glenn Near).
In the aughts, he ongoing the development, helming “The Best Storm” with George Clooney and “Troy” with Brad Pitt and “Poseidon.”
“Being directed by Wolfgang on ‘Air Drive One’ continues to be a exclusive memory,” actress Glenn Near said in a assertion furnished to CNN. “Even although the script was thrilling and unbelievably rigorous, I try to remember a lot of laughs, primarily in the scenes about the huge table in the War Home.”
Petersen, she mentioned, would set up a remote-managed camera that could rotate in area, enabling him to film all the actors and Petersen wiould supply them cues when they have been being filmed.
“You realized the digital camera would pause on you by his hilarious route while placing up the shot. He would place to us in flip and say, ‘Acting…acting…NO acting…NO acting…ACTING… aaaacting!’” she recalled. “He didn’t waste anyone’s time. My memory is of a man whole of joie de vivre who was undertaking what he most liked to do.”
Petersen is survived by his wife, Maria Antoinette, son Daniel and two grandchildren, according to his spokesperson.