Wolfgang Petersen–German director of Das Boot fame–came to America and made a mint in the 90s giving us the thinking man’s summer blockbuster: In the Line of Fire, Air Force One, and The Perfect Storm. He seemed to lose his magic with Troy in 2004 and hasn’t made a film I want to watch again since; but in the 90s, he made gold.
https://www.amazon.com/Line-Fire-Clint-Eastwood/dp/B000I8JF3W