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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Gender
Male
Birthday
1945-08-14
Place of birth
Düsseldorf, Germany
King Kongs Faust
1985
0.00
Kings of the Road
1976
7.45
Lightning Over Water
1980
6.60
Janela da Alma
2001
6.90
Close Up
2012
9.00
Snowblind
2010
4.20
Room 999
2023
5.80
Candy Man
1968
0.00
Without Me
1993
0.00
The Million Dollar Hotel
2000
5.88
Hitler in Hollywood
2011
5.96
La torcedura
2004
0.00
Dream Island
1991
0.00
Tango Berlin
1997
0.00
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
2002
6.66
Cronología
2010
0.00
Zwischen den Zeiten
2011
0.00
Cannes Uncut
2023
5.80
Notebook on Cities and Clothes
1989
6.50
Report from Hollywood
1985
0.00
Pictures of Europe
1990
0.00
The Night of the Filmmakers
1995
5.00
Why Are We (Not) Creative?
2021
6.00
Fassbinder in Hollywood
2002
5.90
Cinématon
1978
4.30
From Our Side
2022
5.50
Edgar G. Ulmer – Der Mann im Off
2004
6.80
CAN and Me
2022
6.00
The Salt of the Earth
2014
8.10
BAM150
2012
0.00
Zeroville
2019
5.07
Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)
2003
5.00
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
2022
7.60
The Heart and the Legs
1989
0.00
Back to Room 666
2008
5.50
Plankton Salesmen
2017
0.00
Kleiner Mann ganz groß
1994
0.00
French Cinema Mon Amour
2015
0.50
Room 666
1982
6.45
To Make a Film Is to Be Alive
1995
0.00
Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider
2016
5.80
3 American LPs
1969
5.00
A Fuller Life
2013
6.60
Talking with Ozu
1993
6.50
The Legend of the Palme d'Or
2015
6.00
Summer in the City
1972
5.90
Long Shot
1978
0.00
Along for the Ride
2016
7.00
The State of Things
1982
6.51
Living the Light: Robby Müller
2018
6.70
Alekan, la lumière
1988
0.00
Love and So Forth
1968
0.00
Viaggio in Bergmania
2011
7.00
Cannes: All Access
2007
3.70
FreeDogme
2000
4.00
Restoring Time
2015
0.00
Paul Auster: What If
2019
6.00
Tausend Augen
1984
5.00
Wim Wenders in Tokyo
1990
0.00
Beyond the Bolex
2018
7.00
Alekan le magnifique
1998
0.00
Henri Langlois vu par...
2014
0.00
The Art of Football from A to Z
2006
4.80
Now
2021
8.80
Three for the Road
2016
0.00
A Trick of the Light
1995
5.83
Wim Wenders, Desperado
2020
7.70
Veränderung
2020
0.00
Pope Francis: A Man of His Word
2018
7.25
Cinématon XXII
1982
0.00
Love in Hollywood
1996
0.00
Alice in the Cities
1974
7.72
Wrong Move
1975
6.80
Helsinki Napoli All Night Long
1987
5.70
The American Friend
1977
7.13
A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner
2021
8.50
Good Morning, the Wind Blows
2020
0.00
What Do You Know About Me
2009
7.00
High Maintenance
2020
6.20
Was Ist Kino ?
2025
10.00
Why Are We Creative?
2018
7.60
The Keys to Freedom
2025
0.00