Wim Wenders
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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
Credits
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer (2022)
as Self
The Salt of the Earth (2014)
as Self
Close Up (2012)
as Self (archive footage)
Plankton Salesmen (2017)
as Self (archive footage)
The Million Dollar Hotel (2000)
Actor
Wrong Move (1975)
as Man in Dining Car (uncredited)
Film: The Living Record of Our Memory (2022)
as Self
Zeroville (2019)
as Larry
Alice in the Cities (1974)
as Man by Jukebox in American Cafe (uncredited)
The American Friend (1977)
as Figure Wrapped in Plaster Bandages in Ambulance (uncredited)
Cannes Uncut (2023)
as Self
Kings of the Road (1976)
as Spectator at Pauline's Theater (uncredited)
A Fuller Life (2013)
as Self - Reader (segment "A River of Tears")
A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner (2021)
as Self
Pope Francis: A Man of His Word (2018)
as Self - Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction (2013)
as Self
Room 999 (2023)
as Self
Why Are We Creative? (2018)
as Self
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life (2017)
as Self
The State of Things (1982)
as Tram Passenger (uncredited)
Tausend Augen (1984)
as Dieb im Videoladen
Room 666 (1985)
as Self
Love and So Forth (1968)
as Student
Why Are We (Not) Creative? (2021)
as Self
Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider (2016)
as Self
Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders (1990)
as Self
Hitler in Hollywood (2011)
as Wim Wenders
Cinématon (1978)
as N°212
Talking with Ozu (1993)
as Self
Along for the Ride (2016)
as Self
Cannes: All Access (2007)
as Self
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (2002)
as Doctor #1 (segment "Twelve Miles to Trona")
Pictures of Europe (1990)
as Self
Wim Wenders, Desperado (2020)
as Self
Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende (2025)
as Self
The Ozu Diaries (2025)
as Self
Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter (2011)
as Self
Long Shot (1978)
as Another Director
Love in Hollywood (1996)
as Self
Wim Wenders in Tokyo (1990)
as Self
The Art of Football from A to Z (2006)
as Self
Films to Die For (2025)
as Self - Interviewee
High Maintenance (2020)
as Self
Henri Langlois vu par... (2014)
as Self
Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us (2003)
as Self
Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors (2022)
as Self
Without Me (1993)
as Himself
Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments (2004)
as Self
Die 2050er - Everything will change (2022)
Actor
The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (1975)
as Man Walking through Vienna Bus Station (uncredited)
To Make a Film Is to Be Alive (1995)
as Self (uncredited)
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema (1976)
as Self
French Cinema Mon Amour (2015)
as Self
Dennis Hopper's Russian Dynamite Death Chair Act (1983)
as Himself
What Do You Know About Me (2009)
as Self
Paul Auster: What If (2019)
as Self - Filmmaker
The Legend of the Palme d'Or (2015)
as Self
Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen (2004)
as Self
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland (2011)
Actor
Now (2021)
as Self
FreeDogme (2000)
as himself
Still Alive: A Film About Krzysztof Kieslowski (2006)
as Self
Filmstudio, mon amour (2015)
as Sé stesso
Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die) (2003)
as Self
Report from Hollywood (1985)
Actor
A Trick of the Light (1995)
as Regisseur / Milchmann
Janela da Alma (2001)
as Self
King Kongs Faust (1985)
as Regisseur
Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers (2008)
as Self
Helsinki Napoli All Night Long (1987)
as Gas Station Attendant
The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg Sentsov (2017)
as Self
Back to Room 666 (2008)
as Self
Living the Light: Robby Müller (2018)
as Self
Notebook on Cities and Clothes (1989)
as Self
A Weekend at the Beach (2015)
as Self
La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione (2025)
Actor
Lightning Over Water (1980)
as Self
Summer in the City (1972)
as Billardspieler (uncredited)
La torcedura (2004)
Actor
One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years (2008)
as Self
CAN and Me (2022)
as Self
Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte (2008)
as Self
Alekan le magnifique (1998)
as Self
Bruno Ganz - The Longing Revolutionary (2022)
as Self
Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard (2011)
as Self
Motion and Emotion: The Road to 'Paris, Texas' (1990)
as Self
The Night of the Filmmakers (1995)
as Self
Viaggio in Bergmania (2011)
as Self
Fassbinder in Hollywood (2002)
as Self
Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982 (1982)
as Self
3 American LPs (1969)
Actor
Beyond the Bolex (2018)
as Self
Snowblind (2010)
as Gray Fox
The Keys to Freedom (2025)
as Wim Wenders
Return to Beethoven Street: Sam Fuller in Germany (2015)
as Self
Candy Man (1968)
Actor
BAM150 (2012)
as Self
Tango Berlin (1997)
Actor
Arisha, the Bear, and the Stone Ring (1993)
as Santa Claus
Edward Hopper and the Blank Canvas (2012)
as Self
Leçon de cinéma avec Wim Wenders (2018)
as Self - filmmaker
De droomproducenten (1984)
as Self
The Heart and the Legs (1989)
as Self
Alekan, la lumière (1988)
as Self
Nick Cave: Straight To You - A Portrait (1994)
as Self
Three for the Road (2016)
as Self
Now is Now: Wim Wenders on 'Perfect Days' (2024)
as Self
Effedia - Sulla mia cattiva strada (2008)
as Self
From Our Side (2022)
Actor
Kleiner Mann ganz groß (1994)
as Self
Dream Island (1991)
Actor
Cinématon XXII (1982)
as N°212
Cinématon n°212 : Wim Wenders (1982)
Actor
In Bildern leben - Die filmischen Reflexionen des Wim Wenders (1995)
as Self
Chris Marker: Never Explain, Never Complain (2015)
as Self
Was heißt hier Ende? Der Filmkritiker Michael Althen (2015)
as Self
Cronología (2010)
Actor
Good Morning, the Wind Blows (2020)
as Self
Restoring Time (2015)
as Self
Zwischen den Zeiten (2011)
Actor
Veränderung (2020)
as Self
Wim Wenders' Story Of His Early Years (2008)
as Self