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.
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Filmography
all 259
Movies 221
self 114
Director 56
Producer 49
TV Shows 38
Writer 3
Narrator 1
Perfect Days (2023)
Anselm (2023)
An Endless Sunday (2023)
Songs of Earth (2023)
German Genius (2023)
Roving Woman (2022)
Karen Dalton: In My Own Time (2021)
Souad (2021)
Now (2021)
A Future Together (2021)
Reality Winner (2021)
A Black Jesus (2020)
TWIST (2020)
Veränderung (2020)
Waiting for the Miracle to Come (2019)
Paul Auster: What If (2019)
It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story (2018)
Little Hands (2018)
Plankton Salesmen (2017)
Submergence (2017)
Buena Vista Social Club: Adios (2017)
National Bird (2016)
Our Last Tango (2015)
The Salt of the Earth (2014)
Henri Langlois vu par... (2014)
Cathedrals of Culture: Halden Prison (2014)
A Fuller Life (2013)
Ver ou Não Ver (2012)
Invisible World (2012)
Close Up (2012)
Der fremde Fotograf und die Einsamkeit (2012)
Hitler in Hollywood (2011)
Zwischen den Zeiten (2011)
Pina (2011)
Snowblind (2010)
Cronología (2010)
Au Revoir Taipei (2010)
Il Volo (2010)
Passage (2009)
The Open Road (2009)
Palermo Shooting (2008)
Person to Person (2008)
8 (2008)
The Clone Returns Home (2008)
Invisibles (2007)
Invisible Crimes (2007)
The House Is Burning (2006)
DocTalk (2006)
Don't Come Knocking (2005)
Egoshooter (2005)
Land of Plenty (2004)
Música Cubana (2004)
Half the Rent (2004)
La torcedura (2004)
ZIBB (2003)
The Blues (2003)
Narren (2003)
The Soul of a Man (2003)
Fools (2003)
June Moon (2002)
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (2002)
Three Days of Rain (2002)
BAP - Viel Passiert (2002)
The Million Dollar Hotel (2000)
In the Shadow of Hollywood (2000)
Buena Vista Social Club (1999)
City of Angels (1998)
The End of Violence (1997)
Go for Gold! (1997)
Lumière & Company (1995)
A Trick of the Light (1995)
Beyond the Clouds (1995)
To Make a Film Is to Be Alive (1995)
Lisbon Story (1994)
Adamski (1993)
Faraway, So Close! (1993)
The Absence (1993)
Dream Island (1991)
Wim Wenders in Tokyo (1990)
Alekan, la lumière (1988)
Chocolat (1988)
The Passenger – Welcome to Germany (1988)
Sansibar oder Der letzte Grund (1987)
Helsinki Napoli All Night Long (1987)
Wings of Desire (1987)
I Played It for You (1985)
King Kongs Faust (1985)
Tokyo-Ga (1985)
Paris, Texas (1984)
Tausend Augen (1984)
Hammett (1982)
The State of Things (1982)
Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers (1980)
Lightning Over Water (1980)
Radio On (1979)
Long Shot (1978)
The American Friend (1977)
Wrong Move (1977)
Kings of the Road (1976)
Ein bißchen Liebe (1974)
The Island (1974)
Alice in the Cities (1974)
Ein Haus für uns (1974)
The Scarlet Letter (1973)
Summer in the City (1971)
Polizeifilm (1969)
Kaspar Hauser (1969)
Ten Years After (1969)
Amon Duul II: Plays Phallus Dei (1969)
Der Fall Lena Christ (1969)
Klappenfilm (1968)
Victor I. (1968)
Schauplätze (1967)
Return to Timbuktu
Das Geheimnis der Orte
Sound of Ice
Gallery
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1945-08-14 (79 years old)
Birth NameErnst Wilhelm Wenders
Birth PlaceDüsseldorf, Germany
RelationshipsRonee Blakley (1979 - 1981), Lisa Kreuzer (1974 - 1978), Edda Köchl-König (1968 - 1974), Isabelle Weingarten (1981 - 1982)
SpouseDonata Wenders
CitizenshipsGermany
Also Known As Vimu Vendâsu, 文溫德斯, 빔 벤더스, Вим Вендерс, Вім Вендерс
AwardsCommander of the Order of Merit of Portugal, Un certain regard Award, Herbert Strate Award, Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, Prize of the Ecumenical Jury Cannes, honorary doctor of the Sorbonne Nouvelle University, Golden Medal for Merit to Culture, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Robert-Bresson Award, European Film Award for Best Documentary, Ring of Honour of the city Wuppertal, Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix by, César Award for Best Documentary Film, François Chalais Prize, FIPRESCI Prize of the Festival de Cannes, Goya Award for Best Documentary Film, Helmut Käutner Prize, European Film Award for Best Director, Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia, Honorary Golden Bear, Golden Lion, Palme d'Or, Berliner Bär, BAFTA Award for Best Direction, Silver Bear, Leopard of Honour, Cannes Best Director Award
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