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Wim Wenders

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Wim Wenders

Born August 14, 1945 in Düsseldorf, Germany71 films

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.

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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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Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Perfect Days poster7.8Perfect Days2023Wings of Desire poster7.8Wings of Desire1987The Salt of the Earth poster8.1The Salt of the Earth2014Alice in the Cities poster7.7Alice in the Cities1974Buena Vista Social Club poster7.5Buena Vista Social Club1999The American Friend poster7.1The American Friend1977Pina poster7.4Pina2011Kings of the Road poster7.4Kings of the Road1976

Filmography

71 films as director
  1. TBAUntitled Wim Wenders Science Fiction FilmDirector
  2. 2026From Inside Out - The Architecture of Peter ZumthorDirector
  3. 2025The Keys to FreedomDirector
  4. 2023Perfect DaysDirector
  5. 2023Some Body Comes Into the LightDirector
  6. 2023AnselmDirector
  7. 2022PrésenceDirector
  8. 2020VeränderungDirector
  9. 2020Two or Three Things I Know about Edward HopperDirector
  10. 2018Pope Francis: A Man of His WordDirector
  11. 2018SubmergenceDirector
  12. 2016The Beautiful Days of AranjuezDirector
  13. 2015Every Thing Will Be FineDirector
  14. 2014The Salt of the EarthDirector
  15. 2014Henri Langlois vu par...Director
  16. 2014Cathedrals of CultureDirector
  17. 2014The Berlin PhilharmonicDirector
  18. 2013Invisible WorldDirector
  19. 2012Ver ou Não VerDirector
  20. 2011PinaDirector
  21. 2010If Buildings Could TalkDirector
  22. 2010Il VoloDirector
  23. 2008Palermo ShootingDirector
  24. 20088Director
  25. 2008Person to PersonDirector
  26. 2007To Each His Own CinemaDirector
  27. 2007InvisiblesDirector
  28. 2007Invisible CrimesDirector
  29. 2005Don't Come KnockingDirector
  30. 2004Land of PlentyDirector
  31. 2003The Soul of a ManDirector
  32. 2002Ten Minutes Older: The TrumpetDirector
  33. 2002BAP - Ode to CologneDirector
  34. 2000The Million Dollar HotelDirector
  35. 1999Buena Vista Social ClubDirector
  36. 1998Willie Nelson at the TeatroDirector
  37. 1997The End of ViolenceDirector
  38. 1995Lumière & CompanyDirector
  39. 1995A Trick of the LightDirector
  40. 1994Lisbon StoryDirector
  41. 1993Arisha, the Bear, and the Stone RingDirector
  42. 1993Faraway, So Close!Director
  43. 1991Until the End of the WorldDirector
  44. 1990Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole PorterDirector
  45. 1989Notebook on Cities and ClothesDirector
  46. 1987Wings of DesireDirector
  47. 1985Tokyo-GaDirector
  48. 1985Room 666Director
  49. 1984Paris, TexasDirector
  50. 1982Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982Director
  51. 1982HammettDirector
  52. 1982The State of ThingsDirector
  53. 1980Lightning Over WaterDirector
  54. 1977The American FriendDirector
  55. 1976Kings of the RoadDirector
  56. 1975The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty KickDirector
  57. 1975Wrong MoveDirector
  58. 1974The IslandDirector
  59. 1974From the Family of ReptilesDirector
  60. 1974Alice in the CitiesDirector
  61. 1973The Scarlet LetterDirector
  62. 1972Summer in the CityDirector
  63. 19693 American LPsDirector
  64. 1969PolizeifilmDirector
  65. 1969Kaspar HauserDirector
  66. 1969Silver City RevisitedDirector
  67. 1969Alabama (2000 Light Years)Director
  68. 1968Same Player Shoots AgainDirector
  69. 1968KlappenfilmDirector
  70. 1968Victor I.Director
  71. 1967SchauplätzeDirector