

Countess.Wireimage via Getty ImagesĪctress Anne Heche (May 25, 1969-August 11, 2022) first gained notice on the NBC soap "Another World," in which she played twins Marley and Vicky Hudson, for which she won a Daytime Emmy Award. Clarity is important for a boy, and it was missing from the world around us."Īctress Anne Heche in New York City, 2004. "In these films, there was clarity – especially in Westerns – about what is good and what is bad and about what you have to fight against and why. There was no moral there there was no understanding of why things happened. I had the feeling that everything in my world and in Germany around that time was unclear. And for a kid at the age of 10 or 12, you want an answer. My parents never really talked about that. We didn't learn about the situation under the Nazis. In 2016 he talked with German broadcaster Deutsche Welle about his fascination with American films while growing up: "It has very much to do with the situation in Germany after the war. Other credits include "Enemy Mine," "Shattered," "Outbreak," and "Poseidon." His last film, which he shot back in Germany, was the comedy "Four vs. It would launch Petersen (who'd worked extensively in German television, but who grew up enamored by the films of John Ford) towards a Hollywood career, starting with the 1984 children's fantasy "The NeverEnding Story." He later directed the Clint Eastwood Secret Service drama "In the Line of Fire" the Harrison Ford thriller "Air Force One" the George Clooney disaster film "The Perfect Storm" and the historical epic "Troy," starring Brad Pitt. What was then the most expensive movie in German film history, "Das Boot" would be nominated for six Academy Awards (including two for Petersen, for direction and screenwriting). German filmmaker Wolfgang Petersen (March 14, 1941-August 12, 2022) burst onto the international scene with his 1981 drama "Das Boot," one of the most compelling war films ever made, which perfectly captured the claustrophobia facing a German submarine crew during the Battle of the Atlantic in World War II. The Associated Press contributed to this gallery. Wolfgang Petersen, director of the classic World War II drama "Das Boot." | Michael Ochs Archives/Getty ImagesĪ look back at the esteemed personalities who left us this year, who'd touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity.īy senior producer David Morgan.
