Maria Borgel-Petersen is widely known as the second wife of Wolfgang Petersen.

Maria Borgel-Petersen is a German script supervisor and assistant director.

She and Wolfgang met on the set of Smog (1973), where she worked as a script supervisor.

Maria Borgel and Wolfgang Petersen married in 1978 and were together until his demise.

The pair had no children together. However, Wolfgang Petersen had a son, Daniel Petersen from his previous marriage to German actress Ursula Sieg.

Although Maria Borgel-Petersen is in the limelight, her details are under the radar.

Maria’s husband Wolfgang Petersen was a German film director, producer and screenwriter.

He directed and wrote several films including One or the Other (1974), Das Boot (1981), The NeverEnding Story (1984), Enemy Mine (1985), In the Line of Fire (1993), Outbreak (1995), Air Force One (1997), The Perfect Storm (2000), Troy (2004), Poseidon (2006), Vier gegen die Bank (2016), et al.

Petersen was nominated for six Academy Awards for the World War II submarine warfare film Das Boot (1981). Two of those went to Petersen for adapted screenplay and directing, and he also was nominated for a BAFTA Award and DGA Award.