Wim Wenders
Date of birth: 1945-08-14
Place of birth: Düsseldorf, Germany
Known for: Directing
Also known as: Vimu Vendâsu, 文溫德斯, 빔 벤더스, Вим Вендерс, Вім Вендерс, ویم وندرس
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.
Movie Credits
King Kongs Faust
1985-04-26
Berlin Film Fest 1984. The best place for every cinema fan. Everyone wants to be in on the festival,
Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte
2008-07-03
This is not merely another film about cinema history; it is a film about the love of cinema, a journ
Kings of the Road
1976-03-04
Itinerant projection-equipment repairman Bruno Winter and depressed hitchhiker Robert Lander - a doc
Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers
2008-02-14
Documentary about filmmakers of the New German Cinema who were members of the legendary Filmverlag f
Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
2022-08-12
Why are we still able, today, to view images that were captured over 125 years ago? As we enter the
Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us
2003-07-01
This is a documentary about the making of "Wings of Desire" (1987). The director, writer, actors, co
Lightning Over Water
1980-10-01
Director 'Nicholas Ray' is eager to complete a final film before his imminent death from cancer. Wim
Janela da Alma
2001-10-20
Nineteen people with differing degrees of visual impairment – from mild nearsightedness to total bli
Close Up
2012-09-30
More than 150 silent short films about singers, actors and directors captured during Press Conferenc
Die 2050er - Everything will change
2022-07-14
In a dystopian 2054, three young rebels go on a journey to find traces of the long lost beauty of na
Snowblind
2010-11-11
A lone gunman gets a last-minute pardon from death row, with the mission to deliver a woman of myste
Room 999
2023-10-05
In 1982, Wim Wenders asked 16 of his fellow directors to speak on the future of cinema, resulting in
Candy Man
1968-05-01
Dream Island
1991-05-01
Without Me
1993-08-10
An aspiring documentary filmmaker named Simon Rosenthal tries to get some attention for his film abo
Tango Berlin
1997-01-01
A young Argentinean janitor, a famous German director, a song by Carlos Gardel, the streets of Berli
The Million Dollar Hotel
2000-02-09
A federal agent searches for a potential killer among the bizarre residents of a dilapidated Los Ang
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
2002-05-18
Ten Minutes Older is a 2002 film project consisting of two compilation feature films entitled The Tr
La torcedura
2004-01-01
Jose is a young working-class man. Yet he finds himself buying a million dollar engagement ring from
Cronología
2010-05-01
Chronology is a puzzle created by images taken from found footage material originated by "Neue Heima
Hitler in Hollywood
2011-05-04
A bio-doc about Micheline Presle changes into a thrilling investigation of the long hidden truth abo
Zwischen den Zeiten
2011-05-01
Cannes Uncut
2023-06-12
Looks at the glamour, red carpets, movies, craziness, stunts, deals, parties and personalities that
Notebook on Cities and Clothes
1989-12-20
Wim Wenders talks with Japanese fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto about the creative process and ponde
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction
2013-09-11
An impressionistic portrait of the iconic actor Harry Dean Stanton comprised of intimate moments, fi
Report from Hollywood
1985-01-01
“It may be worse than Portugal,” observes cinematographer Henri Alekan about a Los Angeles film lab
Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter
2011-04-07
Werner Schroeter was one of the most significant proponents of New German Cinema. Schroeter was diag
Arisha, the Bear, and the Stone Ring
1993-12-30
“The bear leaves Berlin. It is fed up with its city. On the way two Russian ladies, Anna and her dau
Pictures of Europe
1990-04-25
What makes European cinema so special? Find out in Paul Joyce’s feature-length documentary, Pictures
The Night of the Filmmakers
1995-02-12
A meditation on the first 100 years of German cinema, featuring an assembly of German filmmakers.
Why Are We (Not) Creative?
2021-10-20
In this second installment of his exploration of creativity, Hermann Vaske looks for factors that in
One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years
2008-01-24
The early films of Wim Wenders are now regarded as landmarks of European film. Alice in the Cities,
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
2011-02-11
Fellow actors and musicians, film critics, and his Kentucky relatives tell the story of noted charac
Fassbinder in Hollywood
2002-07-02
Though he never actually worked in Hollywood, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, who died in 1982 at the age
Cinématon
1978-12-20
Cinématon is a 156-hour long experimental film by French director Gérard Courant. It was the longest
From Our Side
2022-09-03
History flows, the darkness wets our clothes. Inspired by the poem “Avevamo studiato per l’aldilà” b
Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen
2004-09-04
Documentary on the life and work of B-movie filmmaker Edgar G. Ulmer, spanning from his early life t
Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors
2022-09-01
From the 1950s onwards, Erika and Ulrich Gregor brought countless film historical milestones to Berl
CAN and Me
2022-09-28
In 1968, musician Irmin Schmidt and friends founded the avant-garde band "Can", which achieved world
The Salt of the Earth
2014-08-29
During the last forty years, the photographer Sebastião Salgado has been travelling through the cont
BAM150
2012-04-27
A captivating history of the nation's oldest performing arts center - which largely mirrors the evol
Zeroville
2019-09-19
A young actor arrives in Hollywood in 1969 during a transitional time in the Industry.
Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)
2003-02-10
We are taken though the principal milestones of Hopper's biography, including his debut start in Hol
Was heißt hier Ende? Der Filmkritiker Michael Althen
2015-02-13
Documentary about German film critic Michael Althen.
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
2022-10-27
With exclusive behind-the-scenes access into Herzog’s everyday life, rare archive material and in-de
The Heart and the Legs
1989-03-01
The heart of the legs.
Dennis Hopper's Russian Dynamite Death Chair Act
1983-01-01
In 1983 Dennis Hopper went to Rice University in Houston, Texas ostensibly to screen his latest film
Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982
1982-09-15
Wim Wenders's atmospheric testimony about the problems he encountered while working on HAMMET(1982)
Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments
2004-05-01
The inevitable fat cigar between his fingers, the American actor, director and fine artist Dennis Ho
Back to Room 666
2008-02-02
What is the future of cinema? In 1982, in Cannes, Wim Wenders invited many movie makers to answer th
Bruno Ganz - The Longing Revolutionary
2022-09-25
Still Alive: A Film About Krzysztof Kieslowski
2005-02-27
Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz directed this insightful TV documentary (2005) tracing the Polish filmmaker'
Kleiner Mann ganz groß
1994-11-11
Documentary feature about German actor Heinz Rühmann made shortly before his death in 1994.
Chris Marker: Never Explain, Never Complain
2015-08-25
Posthumous portrait of Chris Marker, the elusive French filmmaker- essayist, traveller, photographer
Edward Hopper and the Blank Canvas
2012-10-10
The many references in contemporary film to Edward Hopper's works, as well as the widespread reprodu
French Cinema Mon Amour
2015-07-06
French Cinema Mon Amour is an ensemble film in which each contributor brings their own voice, their
Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard
2011-10-27
From myth to legend Rowland Howard appeared on the early Melbourne punk scene like a phantom out of
Room 666
1982-06-02
During the 1982 Cannes Film Festival, Wim Wenders asked a number of global film directors to, one at
To Make a Film Is to Be Alive
1995-09-02
A behind-the-scenes look by wife Enrica Antonioni into Michelangelo Antonioni's passion for cinema a
Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider
2016-06-29
The life & times of Dennis Hopper, showbiz maestro and Hollywood eccentric.
The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
1975-11-05
Goalkeeper Josef Bloch is sent off after committing a foul during an away game. This causes him to l
3 American LPs
1969-11-17
Another short was 3 American LPs, which was the first film I did with Peter Handke. It was a film ab
A Fuller Life
2013-08-28
Friends and admirers of iconoclastic film director Sam Fuller read from his memoirs in this unconven
Talking with Ozu
1993-11-27
A tribute to the legendary Japanese film director featuring the reflections of filmmakers Lindsay An
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
2017-04-27
An account of the life and work of legendary cinematographer and director Carlo Di Palma (1925-2004)
The Legend of the Palme d'Or
2015-05-20
From Martin Scorsese to Jane Campion, from Emir Kusturica to Quentin Tarantino, some of the greatest
Summer in the City
1972-06-02
After a long prison term, a free man wanders into a new reality.
Motion and Emotion: The Road to 'Paris, Texas'
1990-04-25
Documentary about the making of Wim Wenders' 1984 film, with interviews conducted in 1989.
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
1976-12-02
BBC documentary about the rise of the New German Cinema and several of its most important figures.
Effedia - Sulla mia cattiva strada
2008-10-29
Long Shot
1978-11-17
Against the backdrop of the 1977 Edinburgh Film Festival, two low-budget filmmakers attempt to talk
Along for the Ride
2016-11-03
A documentary chronicling the filmmaking career of Dennis Hopper.
Wim Wenders' Story Of His Early Years
2008-03-01
In intimate conversations Wim Wenders talks about his sheltered upbringing in post-war Germany. The
The State of Things
1982-03-22
On location in Portugal, a film crew runs out of film while making their own version of Roger Corman
Nick Cave: Straight To You - A Portrait
1994-01-01
A 1993 portrait of rock singer and poet Nick Cave, a versatile artist who gained importance over the
The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg Sentsov
2017-04-06
August 2015, a courtroom in Rostov-on-Don. A man is peering through the bars of his cage, his eyes r
Living the Light: Robby Müller
2018-09-20
For her extraordinary film essay, Living the Light, Director and Director of Photography Claire Pijm
Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders
1990-04-25
Though very polite and British, this feature-length documentary about German filmmaker Wim Wenders o
Alekan, la lumière
1988-08-04
An episode of the show "Océaniques " about the craft and lighting techniques of the legendary French
Love and So Forth
1968-09-29
Munich, 1968: a period of liberation, student revolts, state repression. Amidst the restlessness, ch
Viaggio in Bergmania
2011-04-16
This is a cinematic pilgrimage by two young Turkish directors to their biggest source of inspiration
Cannes: All Access
2007-10-27
From its simple beginnings in 1939 in a sleepy beach town in the south of France, the prestigious Ca
FreeDogme
2000-01-01
Marie Berthelius and Roger Narbonne conference call Lars von Trier, Win Wenders, Lone Scherfig, and
Restoring Time
2015-02-03
Documentary about the efforts to preserve and restore the films of German director Wim Wenders.
Paul Auster: What If
2019-02-12
A look at the world of US writer Paul Auster, on the occasion of the publication of his new novel, a
Tausend Augen
1984-05-13
Hamburg student Gabriele constantly dreams of her boyfriend in Australia. The reality is different,
Wim Wenders in Tokyo
1990-12-31
A documentary which follows director Wim Wenders and Sean Naughton, the high-definition-video desig
Return to Beethoven Street: Sam Fuller in Germany
2015-07-03
A documentary on the 1973 Sam Fuller film Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street.
Beyond the Bolex
2018-11-08
Filmmaker Alyssa Bolsey stumbles on a treasure trove of vintage cameras, old film reels, fading phot
Alekan le magnifique
1998-12-31
Henri Langlois vu par...
2014-07-27
Thirteen filmmakers share personal reflections on Henri Langlois—the visionary founder of the Cinéma
The Art of Football from A to Z
2006-05-25
Funnyman John Cleese leads viewers through an exhaustive -- and hilarious -- tour of the world of so
Now
2021-08-26
A documentary that shows how young activists from around the globe such as Felix Finkbeiner (Plant f
Three for the Road
2016-05-31
Interview with director Wim Wenders conducted and edited by filmmaker Michael Almereyda.
A Trick of the Light
1995-11-28
A rare gem of cinematic storytelling that weaves docudrama, fictional reenactment, and experimental
Wim Wenders, Desperado
2020-07-16
"Wings Of Desire" and "Buena Vista Social Club", "Paris, Texas" and "The State Of Things": Wim Wende
Veränderung
2020-04-30
Wim Wenders ponders about the future of our society and film making amidst the Covid-19 pandemic.
Pope Francis: A Man of His Word
2018-05-18
Pope Francis responds to questions from around the world, discussing topics including ecology, immig
Cinématon XXII
1982-06-07
Reel 22 of Gérard Courant’s on-going Cinematon series.
Love in Hollywood
1996-12-08
Various Hollywood people talk about love.
Alice in the Cities
1974-05-17
German journalist Philip Winter has a case of writer’s block when trying to write an article about t
Wrong Move
1975-03-14
Six days in the life of Wilhelm: a detached man without qualities. He wants to write, so his mother
Helsinki Napoli All Night Long
1987-11-13
Alex is a Finnish taxi driver in Berlin. One evening pits two men feel comfortable in his taxi with
The American Friend
1977-06-24
Tom Ripley, an American who deals in forged art, is slighted at an auction in Hamburg by picture fra
A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner
2021-02-24
Born in Berlin in 1896, Lotte Eisner became famous for her passionate involvement in the world of bo
Good Morning, the Wind Blows
2020-12-10
Cinématon n°212 : Wim Wenders
1982-06-07
What Do You Know About Me
2009-10-16
Until the 1970s, Italian cinema dominated the international scene, even competing with Hollywood. Th
High Maintenance
2020-12-12
A fascinating journey through the life of Israeli artist Dani Karavan, an irreverent and charismatic
Now is Now: Wim Wenders on 'Perfect Days'
2024-07-16
Director Wim Wenders talks about the production process of his 2023 film ' Perfect Days'.
Why Are We Creative?
2018-09-07
A 30 years odyssey: the world's most intriguing artists and thinkers from the fields of visual art,
The Keys to Freedom
2025-05-05
To mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, Wim Wenders shot a short film that
A Weekend at the Beach
2015-12-01
Godard to come to the University California, San Diego to give a lecture. He stayed at our house at
The Ozu Diaries
2025-09-02
Unveiling Yasujiro Ozu’s legacy through his personal diaries, letters, and interviews, the documenta
Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende
2025-08-11
In Bildern leben - Die filmischen Reflexionen des Wim Wenders
1995-01-01
In the 1990s, the German film critic Peter Buchka made some essay films about the filmmakers of the
Leçon de cinéma avec Wim Wenders
2018-04-17
La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione
2025-09-11
Films to Die For
2025-10-23
Plankton Salesmen
2017-10-29
A nostalgic look at the birth and death of arthouse film distribution in Russia in the early 2000s.
Filmstudio, mon amour
2015-10-21
Black Baby
2018-08-26
A black baby attempts to escape a labyrinth whilst being pursued by a gaggle of giant humanoids