Wim Wenders

Known for DirectingBorn 1945-08-14 (age 80)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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Wim Wenders, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

Movies & web series

Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen

Filmstudio, mon amour

Sabine Christiansen

Willie Nelson at the Teatro

Love in Hollywood

In Bildern leben - Die filmischen Reflexionen des Wim Wenders

De droomproducenten

From the Family of Reptiles

The Island

Love and So Forth

Klappenfilm

Close Up

Spécial cinéma

Fools

Now

Kleiner Mann ganz groß

Without Me

Long Shot

Midi Première

A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner

Ten Years After

Still Alive: A Film About Krzysztof Kieslowski

Bambi

Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments

Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us

It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story

Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende

The Salt of the Earth

Reality Winner

A Black Jesus

Two or Three Things I Know about Edward Hopper

Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer

Perfect Days

Film: The Living Record of Our Memory

In the Shadow of Hollywood

Go for Gold!

Paris, Texas

Dream Island

Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders

Wim Wenders, Desperado

King Kongs Faust

The Story of Film: An Odyssey

Ein bißchen Liebe

Why Are We Creative?

Der Fall Lena Christ

Victor I.

Wings of Desire

The Johannes B. Kerner Show