Directing
Wim Wenders
EN, IT, FR, DE cinema · 236 credits
Born
14 August 1945 (age 81)
Birthplace
Düsseldorf, Germany
Also known as Vimu Vendâsu · 文溫德斯 · 빔 벤더스 · Вим Вендерс · Вім Вендерс · ویم وندرس
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
Sound of Ice
Sound of Ice
Executive Producer
Return to Timbuktu
Return to Timbuktu
Executive Producer
Anime Trasparenti
Echoes of Light
Executive Producer
Untitled Wim Wenders Science Fiction Film
Untitled Wim Wenders Science Fiction Film
Director, Writer
Truth:Beauty
Truth:Beauty
Executive Producer
I'll Be Gone in June
Producer
The Keys to Freedom
as Wim Wenders, Director, Writer
Films to Die For
as Self - Interviewee
From Darkness to Light
Executive Producer
Room 999
as Self
Cannes Uncut
as Self
Perfect Days
Producer, Director, Screenplay
An Endless Sunday
Co-Producer
Some Body Comes Into the Light
Director, Producer
Songs of Earth
Executive Producer
Anselm
Director, Writer, Producer
CAN and Me
as Self
Roving Woman
Executive Producer
Now
as Self
Reality Winner
Executive Producer
Souad
Co-Producer
Karen Dalton: In My Own Time
Executive Producer
Veränderung
as Self, Director, Writer
High Maintenance
as Self
A Black Jesus
Producer
Two or Three Things I Know about Edward Hopper
Writer, Executive Producer, Director, Producer
Zeroville
as Larry
Paul Auster: What If
as Self - Filmmaker
Waiting for the Miracle to Come
Executive Producer
Beyond the Bolex
as Self
Pope Francis: A Man of His Word
as Self - Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Director, Producer, Writer
Leçon de cinéma avec Wim Wenders
as Self - filmmaker
Submergence
Director
Little Hands
Executive Producer
It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story
Executive Producer
Plankton Salesmen
as Self (archive footage)
Buena Vista Social Club: Adios
Executive Producer
The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez
Director, Writer, Producer
National Bird
Executive Producer
Filmstudio, mon amour
as Sé stesso
Our Last Tango
Executive Producer
The Salt of the Earth
as Self, Director, Writer, Still Photographer, Executive Producer
Henri Langlois vu par...
as Self, Director
Cathedrals of Culture
Director, Writer, Executive Producer
Cathedrals of Culture: Halden Prison
2014
Cathedrals of Culture: Halden Prison
Executive Producer
A Fuller Life
as Self - Reader (segment "A River of Tears")
Invisible World
Director, Writer
Sing Me the Songs That Say I Love You: A Concert for Kate McGarrigle
Executive Producer
Close Up
as Self (archive footage)
BAM150
as Self
Der fremde Fotograf und die Einsamkeit
Script Supervisor
Hitler in Hollywood
as Wim Wenders
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
2011
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
Actor
Pina
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Snowblind
as Gray Fox
Au Revoir Taipei
Executive Producer
Il Volo
Director, Writer
The Open Road
Executive Producer
Palermo Shooting
Director, Writer, Producer
8
Director, Writer
The Clone Returns Home
Executive Producer
Invisibles
Director, Writer
The House Is Burning
Executive Producer
The Way I Spent the End of the World
Associate Producer
Don't Come Knocking
Director, Writer, Executive Producer
Egoshooter
Producer
La torcedura
2004
La torcedura
Actor, Producer
Land of Plenty
Director, Screenplay
Half the Rent
Producer
Música Cubana
Producer
The Soul of a Man
Director, Writer, Camera Operator
Fools
Producer
Fools
2003
Fools
Producer
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
as Doctor #1 (segment "Twelve Miles to Trona"), Director, Writer
Heart of the Festival
as Self (archive footage)
BAP - Ode to Cologne
Director, Writer
June Moon
Producer
Three Days of Rain
Presenter
The Million Dollar Hotel
Actor, Director, Producer
FreeDogme
as himself
À l'ombre d'Hollywood
2000
In the Shadow of Hollywood
Archival Footage Research
Buena Vista Social Club
Director, Screenplay
Willie Nelson at the Teatro
Director, Writer
City of Angels
Original Film Writer
The End of Violence
Producer, Director, Story
To Make a Film Is to Be Alive
as Self (uncredited)
A Trick of the Light
as Regisseur / Milchmann, Director, Writer, Producer
Lumière & Company
Director
Beyond the Clouds
Screenplay, Still Photographer, Co-Director
Lisbon Story
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Ohne mich
1993
Without Me
as Himself
Arisha, the Bear, and the Stone Ring
as Santa Claus, Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
Talking with Ozu
as Self
Faraway, So Close!
Director, Screenplay, Producer
The Absence
Co-Producer
Dream Island
1991
Dream Island
Actor, Producer
Until the End of the World
Director, Co-Producer, Story, Screenplay
Notebook on Cities and Clothes
as Self, Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
The Passenger – Welcome to Germany
Consulting Producer
Chocolat
Co-Producer
Helsinki Napoli All Night Long
as Gas Station Attendant
Wings of Desire
Director, Producer, Screenplay
Sansibar oder Der letzte Grund
Sound Mix Technician
King Kongs Faust
as Regisseur
Room 666
as Self, Director, Writer
Tokyo-Ga
Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
I Played It for You
1985
I Played It for You
Additional Photography
Tausend Augen
as Dieb im Videoladen
Paris, Texas
Director, Producer
Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982
as Self, Director, Writer, Producer
The State of Things
as Tram Passenger (uncredited), Director, Producer, Writer
Hammett
Director
Lightning Over Water
as Self, Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers
Additional Camera
Nicholas Ray: Especially for Pierre
1979
Nicholas Ray: Especially for Pierre
Producer, Director of Photography, Sound, Camera Operator
Radio On
Associate Producer
Cinématon
as N°212
Long Shot
as Another Director
The American Friend
as Figure Wrapped in Plaster Bandages in Ambulance (uncredited), Director, Screenplay, Producer
Kings of the Road
as Spectator at Pauline's Theater (uncredited), Director, Producer, Screenplay
The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
as Man Walking through Vienna Bus Station (uncredited), Director, Writer, Producer
Wrong Move
as Man in Dining Car (uncredited), Director, Producer
Alice in the Cities
as Man by Jukebox in American Cafe (uncredited), Director, Screenplay, Producer
The Island
Director
Ein bißchen Liebe
Producer
The Scarlet Letter
Director, Writer, Producer
Summer in the City
as Billardspieler (uncredited), Director, Writer, Producer
3 American LPs
Actor, Director, Editor
Alabama (2000 Light Years)
Director, Writer, Editor, Sound
Polizeifilm
Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography
Silver City Revisited
Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography, Producer
Ten Years After
1969
Ten Years After
Director of Photography
Amon Duul II: Plays Phallus Dei
Director of Photography
Kaspar Hauser
Director
Love and So Forth
as Student
Same Player Shoots Again
Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor
Klappenfilm
1968
Klappenfilm
Producer, Director
Schauplätze
Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography