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.
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Movies (46)
Films to Die For
as Self - Interviewee
2025
La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione
2025
The Ozu Diaries
as Self
2025
Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende
as Self
2025
The Keys to Freedom
as Wim Wenders
2025
From Darkness to Light
Executive Producer (Production)
2025
Now is Now: Wim Wenders on 'Perfect Days'
as Self
2024
Perfect Days
Producer (Production)
2023
some body comes into the light
Director (Directing)
2023
Mutiny in Heaven: The Birthday Party
Producer (Production)
2023
Anselm
Director (Directing)
2023
Room 999
as Self
2023
An Endless Sunday
Co-Producer (Production)
2023
Songs of Earth
Executive Producer (Production)
2023
Cannes Uncut
as Self
2023
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
2022
Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors
as Self
2022
Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
as Self
2022
Die 2050er - Everything will change
2022
Roving Woman
Executive Producer (Production)
2022
Présence
Director (Directing)
2022
Why Are We (Not) Creative?
as Self
2021
Karen Dalton: In My Own Time
Executive Producer (Production)
2021
Souad
Co-Producer (Production)
2021
Now
as Self
2021
A Future Together
Director (Directing)
2021
Reality Winner
Executive Producer (Production)
2021
A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner
as Self
2021
High Maintenance
as Self
2020
Good Morning, the Wind Blows
as Himself
2020
A Black Jesus
Producer (Production)
2020
Wim Wenders, Desperado
as Self
2020
Veränderung
as Self
2020
Two or Three Things I Know about Edward Hopper
Writer (Writing)
2020
Zeroville
as Larry
2019
Waiting for the Miracle to Come
Executive Producer (Production)
2019
Paul Auster: What If
as Self - Filmmaker
2019
Beyond the Bolex
as Self
2018
Living the Light: Robby Müller
as Self
2018
Why Are We Creative?
as Self
2018
Black Baby
as Self (archive footage)
2018
It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story
Executive Producer (Production)
2018
Pope Francis: A Man of His Word
as Self - Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
2018
