Wim Wenders
Regisseur, Producer, Schrijver, Acteur, Redacteur
14 augustus 1945 (80 years)
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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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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Known For
Cinematografie
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| 2000 | The Million Dollar HotelOp Plex |
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| 2024 | From Darkness to Light · as Executive Producer |
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| 2023 | An Endless Sunday · as Co-Producer |
| 2023 | Songs of Earth · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | Roving Woman · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | Souad · as Co-Producer |
| 2021 | Reality Winner · as Executive Producer |
| 2020 | Karen Dalton: In My Own Time · as Executive Producer |
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| 2018 | Waiting for the Miracle to Come · as Executive Producer |
| 2018 | It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story · as Executive Producer |
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| 2017 | Little Hands · as Executive Producer |
| 2017 | Buena Vista Social Club: Adios · as Executive Producer |
| 2016 | National Bird · as Executive Producer |
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| 2015 | Our Last Tango · as Executive Producer |
| 2014 | The Salt of the Earth · as Executive Producer |
| 2014 | Cathedrals of Culture · as Executive Producer |
| 2012 | Sing Me the Songs That Say I Love You: A Concert for Kate McGarrigle · as Executive Producer |
| 2011 | PinaOp Plex |
| 2010 | Au revoir Taipei · as Executive Producer |
| 2009 | The Open Road · as Executive ProducerOp Plex |
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| 2008 | The Clone Returns Home · as Executive Producer |
| 2006 | The House Is Burning · as Executive Producer |
| 2006 | How I Celebrated the End of the World · as Associate Producer |
| 2005 | Don't Come Knocking · as Executive Producer |
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| 2000 | The Million Dollar HotelOp Plex |
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| 1991 | Until the End of the World · as Co-Producer |
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| 1988 | Chocolat · as Co-Producer |
| 1988 | Welcome to Germany · as Consulting Producer |
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| 1984 | Paris, TexasOp Plex |
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| 1979 | Radio On · as Associate ProducerOp Plex |
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| 2023 | Perfect Days · as Screenplay |
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| 2011 | Pina · as ScreenplayOp Plex |
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| 2004 | Land of Plenty · as Screenplay |
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| 1999 | Buena Vista Social Club · as ScreenplayOp Plex |
| 1998 | City of Angels · as Original Film Writer |
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| 1995 | Beyond the Clouds · as Screenplay |
| 1994 | Lisbon Story · as Screenplay |
| 1993 | Faraway, So Close! · as Screenplay |
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| 1987 | Wings of Desire · as Screenplay |
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| 1977 | The American Friend · as Screenplay |
| 1976 | Kings of the Road · as Screenplay |
| 1974 | Alice in the Cities · as Screenplay |
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| 2022 | Bruno Ganz - Der sehnsüchtige Revolutionär · as Lui-Même |
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| 2019 | Zeroville · as Larry |
| 2010 | Snowblind · as Gray Fox |
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| 2002 | Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet · as Doctor #1 (segment "twelve Miles To Trona") |
| 2002 | The One Dollar Diary · as Narrator |
| 2000 | The Million Dollar HotelOp Plex |
| 1995 | A Trick of Light · as Regisseur / Milchmann |
| 1987 | Helsinki-Naples All Night Long · as Gas Station Attendant |
| 1984 | Tausend Augen · as Dieb Im Videoladen |
| 1984 | Cinématon · as N°212 |
| 1982 | The State of Things · as Tram Passenger (uncredited) |
| 1978 | Long Shot · as Another Director |
| 1977 | The American Friend · as Figure Wrapped In Plaster Bandages In Ambulance (uncredited) |
| 1976 | Kings of the Road · as Spectator At Pauline's Theater (uncredited) |
| 1975 | Wrong Move · as Man In Dining Car (uncredited) |
| 1974 | Alice in the Cities · as Man By Jukebox In American Cafe (uncredited) |
| 1972 | The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick · as Man Walking Through Vienna Bus Station (uncredited) |
| 1971 | Summer in the City · as Billardspieler (uncredited) |
| 2000 | In the Shadow of Hollywood · as Archival Footage Research |
| 1997 | The End of Violence · as Story |
| 1995 | Beyond the Clouds · as Co-Director |
| 1991 | Until the End of the World · as Story |
| 1989 | Notebook on Cities and Clothes · as Director Of Photography |
| 1987 | Sansibar oder Der letzte Grund · as Sound Mix Technician |
| 1979 | Nicholas Ray: Especially for Pierre · as Director Of Photography |
| 1979 | Nicholas Ray: Especially for Pierre · as Sound |
| 1969 | Ten Years After · as Director Of Photography |
| 1968 | Same Player Shoots Again · as Director Of Photography |