Wim Wenders
Director

Wim Wenders

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Known For Directing
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Birthday August 14, 1945 (80 years old)
Place of Birth DΓΌsseldorf, Germany
Also Known As Vimu VendΓ’su, ζ–‡ζΊ«εΎ·ζ–―, λΉ” λ²€λ”μŠ€, Π’ΠΈΠΌ ВСндСрс
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Biography

Ernst Wilhelm "Wim" Wenders (born 14 August 1945) is a German filmmaker and playwright, who is a major figure in New German Cinema. Among the honors he has received are prizes from the Cannes, Venice and Berlin film festivals. He has also received a BAFTA Award and been nominated for three Academy Awards and a Grammy Award.

Wenders made his feature film debut with Summer in the City (1970). He earned critical acclaim for directing the films Alice in the Cities (1974), The Wrong Move (1975), and Kings of the Road (1976), later known as the Road Movie trilogy. Wenders won the BAFTA Award for Best Direction and the Palme d'Or for Paris, Texas (1984) and the Cannes Film Festival Best Director Award for Wings of Desire (1987). His other notable films include The American Friend (1977), Faraway, So Close! (1993), and Perfect Days (2023).

Wenders has received three nominations for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature: for Buena Vista Social Club (1999), Pina (2011), and The Salt of the Earth (2014). He received a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video for Willie Nelson at the Teatro (1998). He is also known for directing the documentaries Tokyo-Ga (1985), The Soul of a Man (2003), and Pope Francis: A Man of His Word (2018).

Wenders has been the president of the European Film Academy since 1996 and won an Honorary Golden Bear in 2015. He is an active photographer, emphasizing images of desolate landscapes. He is considered an auteur director.

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Filmography (156)

Mein liebster Dokumentarfilm 2026
The Keys to Freedom 2025
The Ozu Diaries 2025
Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende 2025
La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione 2025
Films to Die For 2025
Now is Now: Wim Wenders on 'Perfect Days' 2024
Room 999 2023
Cannes Uncut 2023
Directors Talks 2023
German Genius 2023
Film: The Living Record of Our Memory 2022
Die 2050er - Everything will change 2022
From Our Side 2022
Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors 2022
CAN and Me 2022
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer 2022
Bruno Ganz - The Longing Revolutionary 2022
Why Are We (Not) Creative? 2021
Now 2021
A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner 2021
Wim Wenders, Desperado 2020
VerΓ€nderung 2020
Good Morning, the Wind Blows 2020
High Maintenance 2020
Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und TrΓ€umen 2020
Zeroville 2019
Paul Auster: What If 2019
Living the Light: Robby MΓΌller 2018
Beyond the Bolex 2018
Pope Francis: A Man of His Word 2018
Why Are We Creative? 2018
LeΓ§on de cinΓ©ma avec Wim Wenders 2018
Was tut sich - im deutschen Film? 2018
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life 2017
The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg Sentsov 2017
Plankton Salesmen 2017
Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider 2016
Along for the Ride 2016
Three for the Road 2016
Was heißt hier Ende? Der Filmkritiker Michael Althen 2015
Chris Marker: Never Explain, Never Complain 2015
French Cinema Mon Amour 2015
The Legend of the Palme d'Or 2015
Restoring Time 2015
Return to Beethoven Street: Sam Fuller in Germany 2015
A Weekend at the Beach 2015
Filmstudio, mon amour 2015
The Salt of the Earth 2014
Henri Langlois vu par... 2014
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction 2013
A Fuller Life 2013
Close Up 2012
BAM150 2012
Edward Hopper and the Blank Canvas 2012
Zwischen den Zeiten 2011
Hitler in Hollywood 2011
Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter 2011
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland 2011
Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard 2011
Viaggio in Bergmania 2011
The Story of Film: An Odyssey 2011
Schawinski 2011
Snowblind 2010
CronologΓ­a 2010
Westpol 2010
What Do You Know About Me 2009
Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte 2008
Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers 2008
One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years 2008
Back to Room 666 2008
Effedia - Sulla mia cattiva strada 2008
Wim Wenders' Story Of His Early Years 2008
Cannes: All Access 2007
Dickes B 2007
Still Alive: A Film About Krzysztof Kieslowski 2006
The Art of Football from A to Z 2006
La torcedura 2004
Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen 2004
Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments 2004
LeΓ§on de CinΓ©ma 2004
Kulturplatz 2004
Im Palais 2004
Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us 2003
Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die) 2003
ZIBB 2003
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet 2002
Fassbinder in Hollywood 2002
Janela da Alma 2001
The Million Dollar Hotel 2000
FreeDogme 2000
Volle Kanne 1999
Alekan le magnifique 1998
MillionΓ€r gesucht! - Die SKL Show 1998
The Johannes B. Kerner Show 1998
Sabine Christiansen 1998
Tango Berlin 1997
Nachtstudio 1997
Im Dialog 1997
Love in Hollywood 1996
The Night of the Filmmakers 1995
To Make a Film Is to Be Alive 1995
A Trick of the Light 1995
In Bildern leben - Die filmischen Reflexionen des Wim Wenders 1995
Die Harald Schmidt Show 1995
Kleiner Mann ganz groß 1994
Nick Cave: Straight To You - A Portrait 1994
Without Me 1993
Arisha, the Bear, and the Stone Ring 1993
Talking with Ozu 1993
Riverboat 1992
Morgenmagazin 1992
Dream Island 1991
Pictures of Europe 1990
Motion and Emotion: The Road to 'Paris, Texas' 1990
Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders 1990
Wim Wenders in Tokyo 1990
Notebook on Cities and Clothes 1989
The Heart and the Legs 1989
Alekan, la lumière 1988
Helsinki Napoli All Night Long 1987
NachtcafΓ© 1987
live - die ZDF-talkshow 1987
King Kongs Faust 1985
Report from Hollywood 1985
Room 666 1985
Tausend Augen 1984
De droomproducenten 1984
Goldene Kamera 1984
Dennis Hopper's Russian Dynamite Death Chair Act 1983
Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982 1982
The State of Things 1982
CinΓ©maton XXII 1982
CinΓ©maton nΒ°212 : Wim Wenders 1982
Wortwechsel 1982
Menschen 1982
Lightning Over Water 1980
Bavarian Film Awards 1979
NDR Talk Show 1979
CinΓ©maton 1978
Long Shot 1978
The American Friend 1977
Kings of the Road 1976
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema 1976
KΓΆlner Treff 1976
The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick 1975
Wrong Move 1975
Midi Première 1975
Alice in the Cities 1974
SpΓ©cial cinΓ©ma 1974
Summer in the City 1972
3 American LPs 1969
Candy Man 1968
Love and So Forth 1968
German Film Award 1951
Bambi 1948

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