Wim Wenders
Born
August 14, 1945 (79 years old)
Known For
Directing
Place of Birth
Düsseldorf, Germany
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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Known For
The Keys to Freedom
Wim Wenders
2025
Now is Now: Wim Wenders on 'Perfect Days'
Self
2024
Room 999
Self
2023
Directors Talks
Self · (1 episode)
2023
Cannes Uncut
Self
2023
German Genius
Wim Wenders · (1 episode)
2023
Werner Herzog - Radikaler Träumer
Self
2022
CAN and Me
Self
2022
Bruno Ganz - The Longing Revolutionary
Lui-même
2022
From Our Side
2022
Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors
Self
2022
Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
Self
2022
Die 2050er - Everything will change
2022
Why Are We (Not) Creative?
Self
2021
Now
Self
2021
A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner
Self
2021
Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen
Self · (4 episodes)
2020
High Maintenance
Self
2020
Good Morning, the Wind Blows
Himself
2020
Wim Wenders, Desperado
Self
2020
Veränderung
Self
2020
Zeroville
Larry
2019
Paul Auster: What If
Self - Filmmaker
2019
Beyond the Bolex
Self
2018
Living the Light: Robby Müller
Self
2018
Why Are We Creative?
Self
2018
Was tut sich - im deutschen Film?
Self · (1 episode)
2018
Pope Francis: A Man of His Word
Self - Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
2018
Plankton Salesmen
Self (archive footage)
2017
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
Self
2017
The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg Sentsov
Self
2017
Along for the Ride
Self
2016
Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider
Self
2016
Three for the Road
Self
2016
A Weekend at the Beach
Himself
2015
Chris Marker: Never Explain, Never Complain
Self
2015
French Cinema Mon Amour
Self
2015
Return to Beethoven Street: Sam Fuller in Germany
Self
2015
The Legend of the Palme d'Or
Self
2015
Was heißt hier Ende? Der Filmkritiker Michael Althen
Self
2015
Restoring Time
Self
2015
The Salt of the Earth
Self
2014
Henri Langlois vu par...
Self
2014
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction
Self
2013
A Fuller Life
Self - Reader (segment "A River of Tears")
2013
Edward Hopper and the Blank Canvas
Self
2012
Close Up
Self (archive footage)
2012
BAM150
Self
2012
Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard
Self
2011
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Self · (1 episode)
2011
Schawinski
Self · (1 episode)
2011
Hitler in Hollywood
Wim Wenders
2011
Zwischen den Zeiten
2011
Viaggio in Bergmania
Self
2011
Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter
Self
2011
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
2011
Snowblind
Gray Fox
2010
Cronología
2010
Westpol: Eins zu eins
self · (1 episode)
2010
What Do You Know About Me
Self
2009
Effedia - Sulla mia cattiva strada
Self
2008
Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte
Self
2008
Wim Wenders' Story Of His Early Years
Self
2008
Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers
Self
2008
Back to Room 666
Self
2008
One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years
Self
2008
Dickes B
Self · (1 episode)
2007
Cannes: All Access
Self
2007
The Art of Football from A to Z
Self
2006
Still Alive: A Film About Krzysztof Kieslowski
Self
2005
Edgar G. Ulmer – Der Mann im Off
Self
2004
Kulturplatz
Self · (1 episode)
2004
Im Palais
Self · (1 episode)
2004
Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments
Self
2004
Leçon de Cinéma
Self · (1 episode)
2004
La torcedura
2004
ZIBB
Self · (1 episode)
2003
Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us
Self
2003
Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)
Self
2003
Fassbinder in Hollywood
Self
2002
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
Doctor #1 (segment "Twelve Miles to Trona")
2002
Janela da Alma
Self
2001
The Million Dollar Hotel
2000
FreeDogme
himself
2000
Volle Kanne
Self · (3 episodes)
1999
Alekan le magnifique
Self
1998
Millionär gesucht! - Die SKL Show
Self · (1 episode)
1998
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
Self · (1 episode)
1998
Sabine Christiansen
Self · (1 episode)
1998
Nachtstudio
Self · (1 episode)
1997
Im Dialog
self · (1 episode)
1997
Tango Berlin
1997
Love in Hollywood
Self
1996
Die Harald Schmidt Show
Self · (2 episodes)
1995
A Trick of the Light
Regisseur / Milchmann
1995
To Make a Film Is to Be Alive
Self (uncredited)
1995
The Night of the Filmmakers
Self
1995
Kleiner Mann ganz groß
Self
1994
Nick Cave: Straight To You - A Portrait
Self
1994
Arisha, the Bear, and the Stone Ring
Santa Claus
1993
Talking with Ozu
Self
1993
Without Me
Himself
1993
Morgenmagazin
Self · (1 episode)
1992
Riverboat
Self · (1 episode)
1992
Dream Island
1991
Wim Wenders in Tokyo
Self
1990
Pictures of Europe
Self
1990
Motion and Emotion: The Road to 'Paris, Texas'
Self
1990
Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders
Self
1990
Notebook on Cities and Clothes
Self
1989
The Heart and the Legs
Self
1989
Alekan, la lumière
Self
1988
Helsinki Napoli All Night Long
Gas Station Attendant
1987
live - die ZDF-talkshow
Self · (1 episode)
1987
Nachtcafé
Self · (1 episode)
1987
King Kongs Faust
Regisseur
1985
Report from Hollywood
1985
Tausend Augen
Dieb im Videoladen
1984
Goldene Kamera Verleihung
Self · (1 episode)
1984
Dennis Hopper's Russian Dynamite Death Chair Act
Himself
1983
Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982
Self
1982
Cinématon XXII
N°212
1982
Cinématon n°212 : Wim Wenders
1982
Room 666
Self
1982
The State of Things
Tram Passenger (uncredited)
1982
Menschen
Self · (1 episode)
1982
Wortwechsel
Self · (1 episode)
1982
Lightning Over Water
Self
1980
Bayerischer Filmpreis
Self · (3 episodes)
1979
NDR Talk Show
Self · (3 episodes)
1979
Cinématon
N°212
1978
Long Shot
Another Director
1978
The American Friend
Figure Wrapped in Plaster Bandages in Ambulance (uncredited)
1977
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
Self
1976
Kings of the Road
Spectator at Pauline's Theater (uncredited)
1976
Kölner Treff
Self · (1 episode)
1976
The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
Man Walking through Vienna Bus Station (uncredited)
1975
Wrong Move
Man in Dining Car (uncredited)
1975
Midi Première
Self · (1 episode)
1975
Spécial cinéma
Self · (3 episodes)
1974
Alice in the Cities
Man by Jukebox in American Cafe (uncredited)
1974
Summer in the City
Billardspieler (uncredited)
1972
3 American LPs
1969
Love and So Forth
Student
1968
Candy Man
1968
Deutscher Filmpreis
Self · (4 episodes)
1951
Bambi-Verleihung
Self · (1 episode)
1948