This is reported by the portal Deadline.

According to him, Petersen died on Friday at his home in Brentwood.

It is also reported that the director died due to pancreatic cancer. 

Petersen is also known for directing The Neverending Story (1984), Outbreak (1995) and Poseidon (2006).

Stanislavsky Prize winner British theater and film director Peter Brook has died at the age of 97.