Known For
Directing
Born
Aug 14, 1945
Place of Birth
Düsseldorf, Germany
Credits
266 titles
Wim Wenders
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Wim Wenders, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
From Inside Out – The Architecture of Peter Zumthor
Director
I'll Be Gone in June
Producer
Mein liebster Dokumentarfilm
Self
Films to Die For
Self - Interviewee
La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione
The Ozu Diaries
Self
Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende
Self
The Keys to Freedom
Wim Wenders
From Darkness to Light
Executive Producer
Now is Now: Wim Wenders on 'Perfect Days'
Self
Perfect Days
Producer
Mutiny in Heaven: The Birthday Party
Producer
Some Body Comes Into the Light
Director
Anselm
Director
Room 999
Self
Directors Talks
Self
An Endless Sunday
Co-Producer
Songs of Earth
Executive Producer
Cannes Uncut
Self
German Genius
Wim Wenders
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
Self
CAN and Me
Self
Bruno Ganz - The Longing Revolutionary
Self
From Our Side
Come with Me to the Cinema – The Gregors
Self
Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
Self
Die 2050er - Everything will change
Roving Woman
Executive Producer
Présence
Director
Why Are We (Not) Creative?
Self
Karen Dalton: In My Own Time
Executive Producer
Souad
Co-Producer
Now
Self
Reality Winner
Executive Producer
A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner
Self
Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen
Self
High Maintenance
Self
Good Morning, the Wind Blows
Self
A Black Jesus
Producer
Wim Wenders, Desperado
Self
Veränderung
Self
Two or Three Things I Know about Edward Hopper
Writer
Zeroville
Larry
Waiting for the Miracle to Come
Executive Producer
Paul Auster: What If
Self - Filmmaker
Beyond the Bolex
Self
Living the Light: Robby Müller
Self
Why Are We Creative?
Self
Was tut sich - im deutschen Film?
Self
It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story
Executive Producer