The German composer combined jazz and classical orchestral music with early synth sounds and composed the theme for Germany's ...

Wolfgang Petersen, the German filmmaker whose World War II submarine epic "Das Boot" propelled him into a blockbuster Hollywood career that included the films "In the Line of Fire," "Air Force One" ...

This wasn’t a problem faced by Wolfgang Petersen when he made his original Das Boot movie in 1981, because the interior of a U-boat – U-96, to be specific – became the all-encompassing universe of his ...

Los Angeles: Klaus Doldinger, the legendary German saxophonist and composer best known for crafting the iconic soundtracks of ...

Private funeral services were pending today for Wolfgang Petersen, who scored a pair of Oscar nominations for writing and directing the tension-filled German-language U-boat drama “Das Boot” and went ...

Wolfgang Petersen, whose German-language film “Das Boot” launched a successful Hollywood filmmaking career that included star-studded films like “Air Force One” and “The Perfect Storm,” has died, a ...

German-American film director Wolfgang Petersen passed away at the age of 81. He was known as one of the best action directors of recent decades, with films like Das Boot, The NeverEnding Story, and ...

Wolfgang Petersen, the writer and director known for "Das Boot" and "Air Force One" died Friday at 81. According to a representative, Petersen died from pancreatic cancer at his Brentwood home in the ...

Academy Award-nominated director Wolfgang Petersen — who rose to fame with his German-language film “Das Boot” — has died. He was 81. Petersen died of pancreatic cancer in the arms of his wife of ...