Wolfgang Petersen, Director Of ‘Das Boot’, ‘The NeverEnding Story’, ‘The Perfect Storm’, Dead At 81

Wolfgang Petersen, the Oscar-nominated director of Das Boot, Air Force One, and The Perfect Storm, has passed away at 81 due to pancreatic cancer.

Wolfgang Petersen, the Oscar-nominated director of "In The Line Of Fire", "Air Force One" and "The Perfect Storm," has died due to pancreatic cancer, his representative confirmed to Fox News Digital. He was 81. The German filmmaker died peacefully on Friday at his Brentwood, California home in the arms of his wife of 50 years, Maria Antoinette.  In 1981, Petersen made his breakthrough with the German-language WWII film "Das Boot", which he wrote and directed.The submarine epic received six Academy Award nominations, with Petersen scoring nods for best director and best adapted screenplay.

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and, has died. He was 81.The filmmaker died Friday at his home in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles after a battle with pancreatic cancer, according to Petersen’s publicist, Michelle Bega.

The Perfect Storm star Diane Lane paid tribute today to its director Wolfgang Petersen, who died Friday at 81.

cancer at home with his wife Maria Borgel Petersen by his side, a rep confirmed. Petersen, who was born in Emden, Germany, directed various iconic films throughout his decades-long career, and directed Hollywood legends including Harrison Ford, Clint Eastwood, and Brad Pitt.He started out in 1974 with his first feature film, psychological thriller One or the Other of Us.Just a few years later, in 1982, his iconic film Das Boot, about a German submarine crew, was released.The film was nominated for six Academy Awards, and Petersen was nominated for two – best director and best adapted screenplay.

told The Hollywood Reporter in 2011. In addition to his wife, Petersen is survived by his son Daniel and daughter-in-law Berit, as well as two grandchildren, Maja and Julien.

German filmmaker Wolfgang Petersen has died, his production company confirmed Tuesday. He was 81. Petersen is said to have passed away peacefully after battling pancreatic cancer last Friday at his Brentwood, CA, home and was in the arms of his wife of 50 years, Maria Antoinette, Deadline reported. After breaking through with his World War II film Das Boot in 1981, the director went on to achieve huge success in Hollywood with blockbuster films including Air Force One, In the Line of Fire and Troy.  Air Force One director Wolfgang Petersen dead at 81: German filmmaker passes away after glittering career in HollywoodIn 1984, his fantasy film The NeverEnding Story was the most expensive film produced outside of the United States, but also became a box office success and launched a film series. Petersen - who was born on 14 March 1941 in Emden, Germany - began directing plays in the 1960s at Hamburg's Ernst Deutsch Theater. He eventually attended the Film and Television Academy in Berlin, and produced films for German television after graduating. His first feature film came in 1974, the psychological thriller One or the Other of Us, which was based on the novel Einer von uns beiden by Horst Bosetzky.  Famed: The filmmaker is seen directing acting legend Clint Eastwood on set of In the Line of Fire in 1993 Glittering career: Petersen poses with The Black Eyed Peas star Fergie at the premiere of his remake of the disaster movie Poseidon in 2006 in LA

Das Boot, Air Force One and others, has died aged 81.Petersen died on Friday (August 12) at his home in Brentwood, California from pancreatic cancer, his publicist confirmed (via The Hollywood Reporter).The German director, producer and writer had his breakthrough film with World War II epic Das Boot, released in 1982. The film was nominated for six Oscars, including two for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay.His first English-language project was 1984 fantasy film The NeverEnding Story, which received two sequels in 1990 and 1994 respectively.Petersen achieved Hollywood success with his later works, including 1993’s In The Line Of Fire with Clint Eastwood, 1995’s Outbreak with Dustin Hoffman, and action thriller Air Force One in 1997 with Harrison Ford as the US president.In 2000, he also directed disaster film The Perfect Storm, based on a true story about a commercial fishing vessel that becomes lost at sea.

Carmel Dagan Staff WriterWolfgang Petersen, who rode his acclaimed German-language film “Das Boot” into a career directing Hollywood blockbusters such as “In the Line of Fire,” “Air Force One,” “The Perfect Storm” and “Troy,” has died. He was 81.The news was confirmed by his production company.“Das Boot” (1981) was the harrowing story of life aboard a German U-boat during World War II; the genius of the film was that Petersen accomplished the unlikely feat of making audiences feel for the ordinary men serving on the submarine, who were all at least nominally in service to the Nazi cause — even the captain, played by Jurgen Prochnow, who himself parlayed the role in the film into a career as a character actor in Hollywood.

German film director Wolfgang Petersen has died at age 81. He died peacefully Friday at his Brentwood residence from pancreatic cancer, in the arms of his wife of 50 years, Maria Antoinette.

If you didn’t hear the sad news, rising standup comedian Teddy Ray passed away over the weekend at just 32 years old.

Soap opera and indie horror icon Robyn Griggs has passed away at age 49.

Officials said that the death of comedian Teddy Ray at 32 was the result of an apparent drowning.The Riverside County Sheriff's Office told TMZ that a maintenance worker contacted authorities Friday morning at 10 a.m at a home in Rancho Mirage, California to report that a man had been floating in a pool.Authorities determined that Ray, whose legal name was Theadore Brown, was the person in the pool, and that there weren't any obvious signs of foul play in connection with the death. The latest: Officials said that the death of comedian Teddy Ray at 32 was the result of an apparent drowning, as he was found in a pool at a home in Rancho Mirage, CaliforniaIt was not immediately clear who owns the residence where Ray was discovered, as officials said Ray lived in Gardena, California, which is about 125 miles west of where he was discovered.Sources told the outlet that investigators will continue to probe the results of Ray's autopsy prior to releasing his official cause of death.

Jessica Klein, a writer and producer on Beverly Hills, 90210 for seven seasons, has died. She was 66. Her daughter Shira Rose confirmed on a Facebook post that the death of her mother was on July 13.

Robyn Griggs died on Saturday, August 13, at age 49. She battled endocervical adeno cancer prior to her death.

Soap opera star Robyn Griggs, best known for her roles in “One Life to Live” and “Another World”, has died at 49 years old, according to a post on the actress’ Facebook page.

Soap opera star Robyn Griggs, best known for her roles in and , has died at 49 years old, according to a post on the actress' Facebook page. «With a heavy heart, I am saddened to announce Robyn’s passing,» the post began. «However, she is no longer suffering and would want us to remember that and the good memories.» Going on to pay tribute to Griggs' passion, the post continued, «I will never forget how open she was to telling her story, and accepting of me helping her tell it.

US soap actress Robyn Griggs has sadly passed away aged 49. Last year, the TV and film star, best known for her roles in Another World and One Life To Live, was diagnosed with stage 4 cervical cancer in 2020, though her cause of death has not yet been confirmed, writes The Mirror.