Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

August 13, 1945 (79 years old)

Place of Birth

Düsseldorf, Germany

Wim Wenders

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.

Known For

Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte

Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers

Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter

One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years

Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors

Was heißt hier Ende? Der Filmkritiker Michael Althen

Dennis Hopper's Russian Dynamite Death Chair Act

Still Alive: A Film About Krzysztof Kieslowski

Chris Marker: Never Explain, Never Complain

The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick

Water and Sugar: Carlo Di Palma, the Colours of Life

Motion and Emotion: The Road to 'Paris, Texas'

Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema

The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg Sentsov

Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders

Return to Beethoven Street: Sam Fuller in Germany

Now is Now: Wim Wenders on 'Perfect Days'

100 Years of Adolf Hitler – The Last Hour in the Führerbunker

Sing Me the Songs That Say I Love You: A Concert for Kate McGarrigle

Two or Three Things I Know about Edward Hopper

Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter

Photos