Wim Wenders
Ernst Wilhelm "Wim" Wenders (born 14 August 1945) is a German filmmaker and playwright, who is a major figure in New German Cinema.[1] 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
DirectingBirthday
August 14, 1945Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
237Place of birth
Düsseldorf, GermanyAlso known as
Vimu Vendâsu, 文溫德斯, 빔 벤더스, Вим Вендерс, Вім ВендерсCast credits
Kings of the Road
Spectator at Pauline's Theater (uncredited)Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers
SelfLightning Over Water
SelfJanela da Alma
SelfFassbinder in Hollywood
SelfSnowblind
Gray FoxNotebook on Cities and Clothes
SelfHarry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction
SelfMondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter
SelfArisha, the Bear, and the Stone Ring
Santa ClausThe Night of the Filmmakers
SelfOne Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years
SelfEdgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen
SelfThe Salt of the Earth
SelfWas heißt hier Ende? Der Filmkritiker Michael Althen
SelfKleiner Mann ganz groß
SelfCrew credits
Wings of Desire
Director, Producer, ScreenplayThe Million Dollar Hotel
Director, ProducerLisbon Story
Director, Screenplay, ProducerParis, Texas
Director, ProducerCity of Angels
ScreenplayLand of Plenty
Director, ScreenplayRoom 666
Writer, Director, ProducerAlice in the Cities
Director, Screenplay, ProducerUntil the End of the World
Director, Screenplay, Story, Co-ProducerFaraway, So Close!
Director, Screenplay, ProducerDon't Come Knocking
Director, Writer, Executive ProducerKings of the Road
Director, Producer, ScreenplayWrong Move
Director, ProducerThe State of Things
Director, Writer, ProducerThe American Friend
Director, Screenplay, ProducerTen Minutes Older: The Trumpet
Director, WriterBuena Vista Social Club
Director, ScreenplayPalermo Shooting
Director, Producer, WriterThe House Is Burning
Executive ProducerBeyond the Clouds
Director, Still Photographer, ScreenplayHammett
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