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Wim Wenders
Born Aug 14, 1945 · 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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From Inside Out: The Architecture of Peter Zumthor
2026
Documentary
The Keys to Freedom
2025
War · History · Documentary
Perfect Days
2023
Drama
Some Body Comes Into the Light
2023
Documentary
Anselm
2023
Documentary
Veränderung
2020
Documentary
Two or Three Things I Know about Edward Hopper
2020
Documentary
Pope Francis: A Man of His Word
2018
Documentary
Submergence
2018
Drama · Thriller · Romance
The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez
2016
Drama
Every Thing Will Be Fine
2015
Drama
The Salt of the Earth
2014
Documentary
Henri Langlois vu par...
2014
Documentary
Cathedrals of Culture
2014
Documentary
Invisible World
2013
Documentary · Drama
Pina
2011
Documentary
Il Volo
2010
Documentary
Palermo Shooting
2008
Drama
8
2008
Drama
Person to Person
2008
Drama
To Each His Own Cinema
2007
Comedy · Drama
Invisibles
2007
Drama · Documentary
Invisible Crimes
2007
Documentary
Don't Come Knocking
2005
Drama · Western
Land of Plenty
2004
Drama
The Blues
2003
Documentary
The Soul of a Man
2003
Documentary · Music
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
2002
Drama · Documentary
BAP - Ode to Cologne
2002
Documentary · Music
The Million Dollar Hotel
2000
Drama · Thriller
Buena Vista Social Club
1999
Documentary · Music
Willie Nelson at the Teatro
1998
Music · Documentary
The End of Violence
1997
Drama · Thriller
Lumière & Company
1995
Drama · Documentary
A Trick of the Light
1995
Drama · Documentary
Lisbon Story
1994
Drama · Music
Arisha, the Bear, and the Stone Ring
1993
Drama
Faraway, So Close!
1993
Drama · Fantasy · Romance
Until the End of the World
1991
Drama · Science Fiction · Adventure
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
1990
Music
Notebook on Cities and Clothes
1989
Documentary
Wings of Desire
1987
Drama · Fantasy · Romance
Tokyo-Ga
1985
Documentary
Room 666
1985
Documentary
Paris, Texas
1984
Drama
The State of Things
1982
Drama
Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982
1982
Documentary
Hammett
1982
Drama · Thriller
Lightning Over Water
1980
Documentary
The American Friend
1977
Drama · Thriller · Crime
Kings of the Road
1976
Drama
The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
1975
Drama
Wrong Move
1975
Drama
From the Family of Reptiles
1974
Family · Drama
The Island
1974
Family · Drama
Alice in the Cities
1974
Drama
Ein Haus für uns
1974
Family
The Scarlet Letter
1973
History · Drama · TV Movie
Summer in the City
1972
Drama
3 American LPs
1969
Documentary · Music
Polizeifilm
1969
Comedy
Kaspar Hauser
1969
Drama · TV Movie
Silver City Revisited
1969
Documentary
Alabama (2000 Light Years)
1969
Crime · Drama
Same Player Shoots Again
1968
Drama
Schauplätze
1967
Drama
Written
City of Angels
1998
Drama · Fantasy · Romance
Beyond the Clouds
1995
Drama · Romance
Acting
Films to Die For
2025
Documentary
La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione
2025
Documentary
The Ozu Diaries
2025
Documentary
Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende
2025
Documentary
The Keys to Freedom
2025
War · History · Documentary
