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. 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
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- 2023 · Room 999 as Self
- 2023 · Directors Talks as Self
- 2023 · Cannes Uncut as Self
- 2023 · German Genius as Wim Wenders
- 2022 · Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer as Self
- 2022 · CAN and Me as Self
- 2022 · Bruno Ganz - The Longing Revolutionary as Lui-même
- 2022 · From Our Side as
- 2022 · Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors as Wim Wenders
- 2022 · Film: The Living Record of Our Memory as Self
- 2022 · Everything Will Change as
- 2021 · Why Are We (Not) Creative? as Self
- 2021 · Now as Self
- 2021 · A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner as Self
- 2020 · Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen as Self
- 2020 · High Maintenance as Self
- 2020 · Good Morning, the Wind Blows as Himself
- 2020 · Wim Wenders, Desperado as Self
- 2020 · Veränderung as Self
- 2019 · Zeroville as Larry
- 2019 · Paul Auster: What If as Self - Filmmaker
- 2018 · Beyond the Bolex as Self
- 2018 · Living the Light: Robby Müller as Self
- 2018 · Was tut sich - im deutschen Film? as Self
- 2018 · Pope Francis: A Man of His Word as Self - Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 2017 · Plankton Salesmen as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 · The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg Sentsov as Self
- 2016 · Along for the Ride as Self
- 2016 · Water and Sugar: Carlo Di Palma, the Colours of Life as Self
- 2016 · Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider as Self
- 2016 · Three for the Road as Self
- 2015 · Chris Marker: Never Explain, Never Complain as Self
- 2015 · French Cinema Mon Amour as Self
- 2015 · Return to Beethoven Street: Sam Fuller in Germany as Self
- 2015 · The Legend of the Palme d'Or as Self
- 2015 · Was heißt hier Ende? Der Filmkritiker Michael Althen as Self
- 2015 · Restoring Time as Self
- 2014 · The Salt of the Earth as Self
- 2014 · Henri Langlois vu par... as Self
- 2013 · Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction as Self
- 2013 · A Fuller Life as Self - Reader (segment "A River of Tears")
- 2012 · Edward Hopper and the Blank Canvas as Self
- 2012 · Close Up as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 · BAM150 as Self
- 2011 · Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard as Self
- 2011 · The Story of Film: An Odyssey as Self
- 2011 · Schawinski as Self
- 2011 · Hitler in Hollywood as Wim Wenders
- 2011 · Zwischen den Zeiten as
- 2011 · Viaggio in Bergmania as Self
- 2011 · Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter as Self
- 2011 · Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland as
- 2010 · Snowblind as Gray Fox
- 2010 · Cronología as
- 2010 · Westpol: Eins zu eins as self
- 2009 · What Do You Know About Me as Self
- 2008 · Effedia - Sulla mia cattiva strada as Self
- 2008 · Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte as Self
- 2008 · Wim Wenders' Story Of His Early Years as Self
- 2008 · Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers as Self
- 2008 · Back to Room 666 as Self
- 2008 · One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years as Self
- 2007 · Dickes B as Self
- 2007 · Cannes: All Access as Self
- 2006 · The Art of Football from A to Z as Self
- 2005 · Still Alive: A Film About Krzysztof Kieslowski as Self
- 2004 · Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen as Self
- 2004 · Kulturplatz as Self
- 2004 · Im Palais as Self
- 2004 · Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments as Self
- 2004 · Leçon de Cinéma as Self
- 2004 · La torcedura as
- 2003 · ZIBB as Self
- 2003 · Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us as Self
- 2003 · Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die) as Self
- 2002 · Fassbinder in Hollywood as Self
- 2002 · Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet as Doctor #1 (segment "Twelve Miles to Trona")
- 2001 · Janela da Alma as Self
- 2000 · The Million Dollar Hotel as
- 2000 · FreeDogme as himself
- 1999 · Volle Kanne as Self
- 1998 · Alekan le magnifique as Self
- 1998 · Millionär gesucht! - Die SKL Show as Self
- 1998 · Die Johannes B. Kerner Show as Self
- 1998 · Sabine Christiansen as Self
- 1997 · Nachtstudio as Self
- 1997 · Im Dialog as self
- 1997 · Tango Berlin as
- 1996 · Love in Hollywood as Self
- 1995 · Die Harald Schmidt Show as Self
- 1995 · A Trick of the Light as Regisseur / Milchmann
- 1995 · To Make a Film Is to Be Alive as Self (uncredited)
- 1995 · The Night of the Filmmakers as Self
- 1994 · Kleiner Mann ganz groß as Self
- 1994 · Nick Cave: Straight To You - A Portrait as Self
- 1993 · Arisha, the Bear, and the Stone Ring as Santa Claus
- 1993 · Talking with Ozu as Self
- 1993 · Without Me as Himself
- 1992 · Morgenmagazin as Self
- 1992 · Riverboat as Self
- 1991 · Dream Island as
- 1990 · Wim Wenders in Tokyo as Self
- 1990 · Pictures of Europe as Self
- 1990 · Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders as Self
- 1990 · Motion and Emotion: The Road to 'Paris, Texas' as Self
- 1989 · Notebook on Cities and Clothes as Self
- 1989 · The Heart and the Legs as Self
- 1988 · Alekan, la lumière as Self
- 1987 · Helsinki Napoli All Night Long as Gas Station Attendant
- 1987 · live - die ZDF-talkshow as Self
- 1987 · Nachtcafé as Self
- 1985 · King Kongs Faust as Regisseur
- 1985 · Report from Hollywood as
- 1984 · Tausend Augen as Dieb im Videoladen
- 1983 · Dennis Hopper's Russian Dynamite Death Chair Act as Himself
- 1982 · Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982 as Self
- 1982 · Cinématon XXII as N°212
- 1982 · Room 666 as Self
- 1982 · The State of Things as Tram Passenger (uncredited)
- 1982 · Menschen as Self
- 1982 · Wortwechsel as Self
- 1980 · Lightning Over Water as Self
- 1979 · Bayerischer Filmpreis as Self
- 1979 · NDR Talk Show as Self
- 1978 · Cinématon as N°212
- 1978 · Long Shot as Another Director
- 1977 · The American Friend as Figure Wrapped in Plaster Bandages in Ambulance (uncredited)
- 1977 · Wrong Move as Man in Dining Car (uncredited)
- 1976 · Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema as Self
- 1976 · Kings of the Road as Spectator at Pauline's Theater (uncredited)
- 1976 · Kölner Treff as Self
- 1975 · The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick as Man Walking through Vienna Bus Station (uncredited)
- 1975 · Midi Première as Self
- 1974 · Spécial cinéma as Self
- 1974 · Alice in the Cities as Man by Jukebox in American Cafe (uncredited)
- 1971 · Summer in the City as Billardspieler (uncredited)
- 1969 · 3 American LPs as
- 1968 · Love and So Forth as Student
- 1968 · Candy Man as
- 1966 · Goldene Kamera Verleihung as Self
- 1951 · Deutscher Filmpreis as Self
- 1948 · Bambi Awards as Self
- Future · Cinématon n°212 : Wim Wenders as