Wim Wenders

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1945-08-14 (79 years old)

Place of Birth Düsseldorf, Germany

Also Known As Vimu Vendâsu, 文溫德斯, 빔 벤더스, Вим Вендерс, Вім Вендерс

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.

Known For

Director

2023
Perfect Days

as Director

2023
Anselm

as Director

2021
A Future Together

as Director

2020
Veränderung

as Director

2017
Submergence

as Director

2015
2014
2014
2014
2014
2012
Invisible World

as Director

2012
Ver ou Não Ver

as Director

2011
Pina

as Director

2010
Il Volo

as Director

2010
2008
Palermo Shooting

as Director

2008
8

as Director

2008
Person to Person

as Director

2007
2007
Invisibles

as Director

2007
Invisible Crimes

as Director

2005
2004
Land of Plenty

as Director

2003
The Soul of a Man

as Director

2003
The Blues

as Director

2002
2000
1999
1997
1995
Lumière & Company

as Director

1995
1995
Beyond the Clouds

as Co-Director

1994
Lisbon Story

as Director

1993
Faraway, So Close!

as Director

1987
Wings of Desire

as Director

1985
Tokyo-Ga

as Director

1984
Paris, Texas

as Director

1982
1982
Hammett

as Director

1982
Room 666

as Director

1982
Cinéma cinémas

as Director

1980
1977
1976
Kings of the Road

as Director

1975
Wrong Move

as Director

1974
1974
The Island

as Director

1974
Ein Haus für uns

as Director

1973
The Scarlet Letter

as Director

1972
Summer in the City

as Director

1969
3 American LPs

as Director

1969
Polizeifilm

as Director

1969
1969
Kaspar Hauser

as Director

1968
1968
Klappenfilm

as Director

1968
Victor I.

as Director

1967
Schauplätze

as Director

Actor

2023
Room 999

as Self

2023
Cannes Uncut

as Self

2023
2023
German Genius

as Wim Wenders

2022
CAN and Me

as Self

2021
Now

as Self

2020
2020
Veränderung

as Self

2019
Zeroville

as Larry

2019
Paul Auster: What If

as Self - Filmmaker

2018
2018
Pope Francis: A Man of His Word

as Self - Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

2017
Plankton Salesmen

as Self (archive footage)

2016
2016
2015
2013
A Fuller Life

as Self - Reader (segment "A River of Tears")

2012
Close Up

as Self (archive footage)

2012
BAM150

as Self

2011
Hitler in Hollywood

as Wim Wenders

2011
Schawinski

as Self

2010
Snowblind

as Gray Fox

2008
2007
2007
Dickes B

as Self

2004
Kulturplatz

as Self

2004
Im Palais

as Self

2004
2003
ZIBB

as Self

2002
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet

as Doctor #1 (segment "Twelve Miles to Trona")

2001
2000
FreeDogme

as himself

1999
Volle Kanne

as Self

1997
Nachtstudio

as Self

1997
Im Dialog

as self

1996
1995
A Trick of the Light

as Regisseur / Milchmann

1995
To Make a Film Is to Be Alive

as Self (uncredited)

1993
1993
Without Me

as Himself

1992
1992
Riverboat

as Self

1990
1989
1987
Helsinki Napoli All Night Long

as Gas Station Attendant

1987
Nachtcafé

as Self

1985
King Kongs Faust

as Regisseur

1984
Tausend Augen

as Dieb im Videoladen

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

1979
1978
Cinématon

as N°212

1978
Long Shot

as Another Director

1977
The American Friend

as Figure Wrapped in Plaster Bandages in Ambulance (uncredited)

1976
Kings of the Road

as Spectator at Pauline's Theater (uncredited)

1976
1975
The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick

as Man Walking through Vienna Bus Station (uncredited)

1975
Wrong Move

as Man in Dining Car (uncredited)

1975
1974
Alice in the Cities

as Man by Jukebox in American Cafe (uncredited)

1974
1972
Summer in the City

as Billardspieler (uncredited)

1968
1948
Bambi Awards

as Self

Producer

Return to Timbuktu

as Executive Producer

Sound of Ice

as Executive Producer

2023
Perfect Days

as Producer

2023
An Endless Sunday

as Co-Producer

2023
Songs of Earth

as Executive Producer

2022
Roving Woman

as Executive Producer

2021
Reality Winner

as Executive Producer

2021
Souad

as Co-Producer

2021
Karen Dalton: In My Own Time

as Executive Producer

2020
A Black Jesus

as Producer

2019
Waiting for the Miracle to Come

as Executive Producer

2018
Little Hands

as Executive Producer

2018
2017
Buena Vista Social Club: Adios

as Executive Producer

2016
National Bird

as Executive Producer

2015
Our Last Tango

as Executive Producer

2014
2014
Cathedrals of Culture

as Executive Producer

2014
The Salt of the Earth

as Executive Producer

2011
Pina

as Producer

2010
Au Revoir Taipei

as Executive Producer

2009
The Open Road

as Executive Producer

2008
Palermo Shooting

as Producer

2008
The Clone Returns Home

as Executive Producer

2006
The House Is Burning

as Executive Producer

2005
Egoshooter

as Producer

2005
Don't Come Knocking

as Executive Producer

2004
Half the Rent

as Producer

2004
La torcedura

as Producer

2004
Música Cubana

as Producer

2003
Narren

as Producer

2003
Fools

as Producer

2002
June Moon

as Producer

2000
1997
1997
Go for Gold!

as Producer

1995
1994
Lisbon Story

as Producer

1993
Faraway, So Close!

as Producer

1993
The Absence

as Producer

1991
1991
Dream Island

as Producer

1988
1988
Chocolat

as Co-Producer

1987
Wings of Desire

as Producer

1987
1985
Tokyo-Ga

as Producer

1984
Paris, Texas

as Producer

1982
1982
Room 666

as Producer

1980
1979
1979
Radio On

as Associate Producer

1977
1977
1976
Kings of the Road

as Producer

1975
Wrong Move

as Producer

1974
Ein bißchen Liebe

as Producer

1974
1973
The Scarlet Letter

as Producer

1972
Summer in the City

as Producer

1969
Der Fall Lena Christ

as Unit Manager

1969
1968
1968
Klappenfilm

as Producer

1967
Schauplätze

as Producer

Writer

2023
Perfect Days

as Screenplay

2023
Anselm

as Writer

2020
Veränderung

as Writer

2014
2014
2012
Invisible World

as Writer

2011
Pina

as Screenplay

2010
Il Volo

as Writer

2008
2008
8

as Writer

2007
Invisibles

as Writer

2005
2004
Land of Plenty

as Screenplay

2003
2003
The Blues

as Writer

2002
1999
1998
City of Angels

as Original Film Writer

1997
1995
Beyond the Clouds

as Screenplay

1995
1994
Lisbon Story

as Screenplay

1993
Faraway, So Close!

as Screenplay

1991
1987
Wings of Desire

as Screenplay

1985
Tokyo-Ga

as Writer

1982
Room 666

as Writer

1982
1980
1977
The American Friend

as Screenplay

1976
Kings of the Road

as Screenplay

1974
Alice in the Cities

as Screenplay

1973
1972
1969
Polizeifilm

as Writer

1969
1967
Schauplätze

as Writer

Camera

2014
The Salt of the Earth

as Still Photographer

2003
The Soul of a Man

as Camera Operator

1995
Beyond the Clouds

as Still Photographer

1989
Notebook on Cities and Clothes

as Director of Photography

1985
I Played It for You

as Additional Photography

1980
1979
Nicholas Ray: Especially for Pierre

as Director of Photography

1969
Polizeifilm

as Director of Photography

1969
Silver City Revisited

as Director of Photography

1969
Ten Years After

as Director of Photography

1969
Amon Duul II: Plays Phallus Dei

as Director of Photography

1968
Same Player Shoots Again

as Director of Photography

1967
Schauplätze

as Director of Photography

Editor

2000
In the Shadow of Hollywood

as Archival Footage Research

1985
Tokyo-Ga

as Editor

1980
1969
Polizeifilm

as Editor

1969
3 American LPs

as Editor

1969
1967
Schauplätze

as Editor

Crew

2012
Stories We Tell

as Thanks

2009
Passage

as Thanks

2002
Three Days of Rain

as Presenter

1993
Adamski

as Thanks