Wim Wenders
Directing
- Born:
- 1945-08-14
- Place of birth:
- Düsseldorf, Germany
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
Filmography
Mein liebster Dokumentarfilm
Films to Die For
La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione
The Ozu Diaries
Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende
The Keys to Freedom
Now is Now: Wim Wenders on 'Perfect Days'
Room 999
Directors Talks
Cannes Uncut
German Genius
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
CAN and Me
Bruno Ganz - The Longing Revolutionary
From Our Side
Come with Me to the Cinema – The Gregors
Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
Die 2050er - Everything will change
Why Are We (Not) Creative?
Now
A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner
Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen
High Maintenance
Good Morning, the Wind Blows
Wim Wenders, Desperado
Veränderung
Zeroville
Paul Auster: What If
Beyond the Bolex
Living the Light: Robby Müller
Why Are We Creative?
Was tut sich - im deutschen Film?
Pope Francis: A Man of His Word
Leçon de cinéma avec Wim Wenders
Plankton Salesmen
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg Sentsov
Along for the Ride
Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider
Three for the Road
A Weekend at the Beach
Filmstudio, mon amour
Chris Marker: Never Explain, Never Complain
French Cinema Mon Amour
Return to Beethoven Street: Sam Fuller in Germany
The Legend of the Palme d'Or
Was heißt hier Ende? Der Filmkritiker Michael Althen
Restoring Time
The Salt of the Earth
Henri Langlois vu par...
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction
A Fuller Life
Edward Hopper and the Blank Canvas
Close Up
BAM150
Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Schawinski
Hitler in Hollywood
Zwischen den Zeiten
Viaggio in Bergmania
Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
Snowblind
Cronología
Westpol
What Do You Know About Me
Effedia - Sulla mia cattiva strada
Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte
Wim Wenders' Story Of His Early Years
Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers
Back to Room 666
One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years
Dickes B
Cannes: All Access
The Art of Football from A to Z
Still Alive: A Film About Krzysztof Kieslowski
Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen
Kulturplatz
Im Palais
Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments
Leçon de Cinéma
La torcedura
ZIBB
Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us
Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)
Fassbinder in Hollywood
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
Heart of the Festival
Window of the Soul
The Million Dollar Hotel
FreeDogme
Volle Kanne
Alekan le magnifique
Millionär gesucht! - Die SKL Show
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
Sabine Christiansen
Nachtstudio
Im Dialog
Tango Berlin
Love in Hollywood
Die Harald Schmidt Show
A Trick of the Light
To Make a Film Is to Be Alive
The Night of the Filmmakers
In Bildern leben - Die filmischen Reflexionen des Wim Wenders
Kleiner Mann ganz groß
Nick Cave: Straight To You - A Portrait
Arisha, the Bear, and the Stone Ring
Talking with Ozu
Without Me
Morgenmagazin
Riverboat
Dream Island
Wim Wenders in Tokyo
Pictures of Europe
Motion and Emotion: The Road to 'Paris, Texas'
Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders
Notebook on Cities and Clothes
The Heart and the Legs
Alekan, la lumière
Helsinki Napoli All Night Long
live - die ZDF-talkshow
Nachtcafé
King Kongs Faust
Room 666
Report from Hollywood
Tausend Augen
Goldene Kamera
De droomproducenten
Dennis Hopper's Russian Dynamite Death Chair Act
Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982
Cinématon XXII
Cinématon n°212 : Wim Wenders
The State of Things
Menschen
Wortwechsel
Lightning Over Water
Bavarian Film Awards
NDR Talk Show
Cinématon
Long Shot
The American Friend
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
Kings of the Road
Kölner Treff
The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
Wrong Move
Midi Première
Spécial cinéma
Alice in the Cities
Summer in the City
3 American LPs
Love and So Forth
Candy Man
German Film Award
Bambi