Directing · b. 1945 · Düsseldorf, Germany

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 Be...

Directed

The Keys to Freedom 2025 Perfect Days 2023 Some Body Comes Into the Light 2023 Anselm 2023 Présence 2022 Two or Three Things I Know about Edward Hopper 2020 Veränderung 2020 Submergence 2018 Pope Francis: A Man of His Word 2018 The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez 2016 Every Thing Will Be Fine 2015 Cathedrals of Culture 2014 The Salt of the Earth 2014 The Berlin Philharmonic 2014 Henri Langlois vu par... 2014 Invisible World 2013 Ver ou Não Ver 2012 Pina 2011 Il Volo 2010 If Buildings Could Talk 2010 Palermo Shooting 2008 8 2008 To Each His Own Cinema 2007 Invisibles 2007 Invisible Crimes 2007 Don't Come Knocking 2005 Land of Plenty 2004 The Soul of a Man 2003 Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet 2002 BAP - Ode to Cologne 2002 The Million Dollar Hotel 2000 One Morning All Over the World 2000 Buena Vista Social Club 1999 Willie Nelson at the Teatro 1998 The End of Violence 1997 Lumière & Company 1995 A Trick of the Light 1995 Lisbon Story 1994 Faraway, So Close! 1993 Arisha, the Bear, and the Stone Ring 1993 Until the End of the World 1991 Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter 1990 Notebook on Cities and Clothes 1989 Wings of Desire 1987 Tokyo-Ga 1985 Paris, Texas 1984 The State of Things 1982 Hammett 1982 Room 666 1982 Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982 1982 Lightning Over Water 1980 The American Friend 1977 Kings of the Road 1976 Wrong Move 1975 The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick 1975 Alice in the Cities 1974 From the Family of Reptiles 1974 The Island 1974 The Scarlet Letter 1973 Summer in the City 1972 Alabama (2000 Light Years) 1969 3 American LPs 1969 Polizeifilm 1969 Silver City Revisited 1969 Kaspar Hauser 1969 Same Player Shoots Again 1968 Klappenfilm 1968 Victor I. 1968 Schauplätze 1967

Cinematography

Notebook on Cities and Clothes 1989 Nicholas Ray: Especially for Pierre 1979 Polizeifilm 1969 Silver City Revisited 1969 Ten Years After 1969 Amon Duul II: Plays Phallus Dei 1969 Same Player Shoots Again 1968 Schauplätze 1967

Acting

The Ozu Diaries Self 2025 Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende Self 2025 La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione 2025 Films to Die For Self - Interviewee 2025 Now is Now: Wim Wenders on 'Perfect Days' Self 2024 Room 999 Self 2023 Cannes Uncut Self 2023 Film: The Living Record of Our Memory Self 2022 Die 2050er - Everything will change 2022 From Our Side 2022 Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors Self 2022 CAN and Me Self 2022 Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer Self 2022 Bruno Ganz - The Longing Revolutionary Lui-même 2022 Why Are We (Not) Creative? Self 2021 Now Self 2021 A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner Self 2021 Wim Wenders, Desperado Self 2020 Good Morning, the Wind Blows Himself 2020 High Maintenance Self 2020 Zeroville Larry 2019 Paul Auster: What If Self - Filmmaker 2019 Living the Light: Robby Müller Self 2018 Beyond the Bolex Self 2018 Why Are We Creative? Self 2018 Leçon de cinéma avec Wim Wenders Self - filmmaker 2018 Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life Self 2017 The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg Sentsov Self 2017 Plankton Salesmen Self (archive footage) 2017 Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider Self 2016

Other Credits

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