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

Die Harald Schmidt Show

Morgenmagazin

NDR Talk Show

Kölner Treff

Spécial cinéma

Riverboat

Bambi

Nachtcafé

All Movies (122)

• Films to Die For2025 · as Self - Interviewee
• La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione2025
• The Ozu Diaries2025 · as Self
• Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende2025 · as Self
• The Keys to Freedom2025 · as Wim Wenders
• Now is Now: Wim Wenders on 'Perfect Days'2024 · as Self
• Room 9992023 · as Self
• Cannes Uncut2023 · as Self
• Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer2022 · as Self
• CAN and Me2022 · as Self
• Bruno Ganz - The Longing Revolutionary2022 · as Self
• From Our Side2022
• Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors2022 · as Self
• Film: The Living Record of Our Memory2022 · as Self
• Die 2050er - Everything will change2022
• Why Are We (Not) Creative?2021 · as Self
• Now2021 · as Self
• A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner2021 · as Self
• High Maintenance2020 · as Self
• Good Morning, the Wind Blows2020 · as Self
• Wim Wenders, Desperado2020 · as Self
• Veränderung2020 · as Self
• Zeroville2019 · as Larry
• Paul Auster: What If2019 · as Self - Filmmaker
• Beyond the Bolex2018 · as Self
• Living the Light: Robby Müller2018 · as Self
• Why Are We Creative?2018 · as Self
• Pope Francis: A Man of His Word2018 · as Self - Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
• Leçon de cinéma avec Wim Wenders2018 · as Self - filmmaker
• Plankton Salesmen2017 · as Self (archive footage)
• Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life2017 · as Self
• The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg Sentsov2017 · as Self
• Along for the Ride2016 · as Self
• Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider2016 · as Self
• Three for the Road2016 · as Self
• A Weekend at the Beach2015 · as Self
• Filmstudio, mon amour2015 · as Sé stesso
• Chris Marker: Never Explain, Never Complain2015 · as Self
• French Cinema Mon Amour2015 · as Self
• Return to Beethoven Street: Sam Fuller in Germany2015 · as Self
• The Legend of the Palme d'Or2015 · as Self
• Was heißt hier Ende? Der Filmkritiker Michael Althen2015 · as Self
• Restoring Time2015 · as Self
• The Salt of the Earth2014 · as Self
• Henri Langlois vu par...2014 · as Self
• Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction2013 · as Self
• A Fuller Life2013 · as Self - Reader (segment "A River of Tears")
• Edward Hopper and the Blank Canvas2012 · as Self
• Close Up2012 · as Self (archive footage)
• BAM1502012 · as Self
• Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard2011 · as Self
• Hitler in Hollywood2011 · as Wim Wenders
• Zwischen den Zeiten2011
• Viaggio in Bergmania2011 · as Self
• Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter2011 · as Self
• Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland2011
• Snowblind2010 · as Gray Fox
• Cronología2010
• What Do You Know About Me2009 · as Self
• Effedia - Sulla mia cattiva strada2008 · as Self
• Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte2008 · as Self
• Wim Wenders' Story Of His Early Years2008 · as Self
• Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers2008 · as Self
• Back to Room 6662008 · as Self
• One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years2008 · as Self
• Cannes: All Access2007 · as Self
• The Art of Football from A to Z2006 · as Self
• Still Alive: A Film About Krzysztof Kieslowski2006 · as Self
• Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen2004 · as Self
• Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments2004 · as Self
• La torcedura2004
• Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us2003 · as Self
• Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)2003 · as Self
• Fassbinder in Hollywood2002 · as Self
• Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet2002 · as Doctor #1 (segment "Twelve Miles to Trona")
• Janela da Alma2001 · as Self
• The Million Dollar Hotel2000
• FreeDogme2000 · as himself
• Alekan le magnifique1998 · as Self
• Tango Berlin1997
• Love in Hollywood1996 · as Self
• A Trick of the Light1995 · as Regisseur / Milchmann
• To Make a Film Is to Be Alive1995 · as Self (uncredited)
• The Night of the Filmmakers1995 · as Self
• In Bildern leben - Die filmischen Reflexionen des Wim Wenders1995 · as Self
• Kleiner Mann ganz groß1994 · as Self
• Nick Cave: Straight To You - A Portrait1994 · as Self
• Arisha, the Bear, and the Stone Ring1993 · as Santa Claus
• Talking with Ozu1993 · as Self
• Without Me1993 · as Himself
• Dream Island1991
• Wim Wenders in Tokyo1990 · as Self
• Pictures of Europe1990 · as Self
• Motion and Emotion: The Road to 'Paris, Texas'1990 · as Self
• Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders1990 · as Self
• Notebook on Cities and Clothes1989 · as Self
• The Heart and the Legs1989 · as Self
• Alekan, la lumière1988 · as Self
• Helsinki Napoli All Night Long1987 · as Gas Station Attendant
• King Kongs Faust1985 · as Regisseur
• Room 6661985 · as Self
• Report from Hollywood1985
• Tausend Augen1984 · as Dieb im Videoladen
• De droomproducenten1984 · as Self
• Dennis Hopper's Russian Dynamite Death Chair Act1983 · as Himself
• Reverse Angle: New York, March 19821982 · as Self
• Cinématon XXII1982 · as N°212
• Cinématon n°212 : Wim Wenders1982
• The State of Things1982 · as Tram Passenger (uncredited)
• Lightning Over Water1980 · as Self
• Cinématon1978 · as N°212
• Long Shot1978 · as Another Director
• The American Friend1977 · as Figure Wrapped in Plaster Bandages in Ambulance (uncredited)
• Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema1976 · as Self
• Kings of the Road1976 · as Spectator at Pauline's Theater (uncredited)
• The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick1975 · as Man Walking through Vienna Bus Station (uncredited)
• Wrong Move1975 · as Man in Dining Car (uncredited)
• Alice in the Cities1974 · as Man by Jukebox in American Cafe (uncredited)
• Summer in the City1972 · as Billardspieler (uncredited)
• 3 American LPs1969
• Love and So Forth1968 · as Student
• Candy Man1968

All TV Shows (34)

• Mein liebster Dokumentarfilm2026 · as Self
• Directors Talks2023 · as Self
• German Genius2023 · as Wim Wenders
• Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen2020 · as Self
• Was tut sich - im deutschen Film?2018 · as Self
• The Story of Film: An Odyssey2011 · as Self
• Schawinski2011 · as Self
• Westpol2010 · as self
• Dickes B2007 · as Self
• Kulturplatz2004 · as Self
• Im Palais2004 · as Self
• Leçon de Cinéma2004 · as Self
• ZIBB2003 · as Self
• Volle Kanne1999 · as Self
• Millionär gesucht! - Die SKL Show1998 · as Self
• The Johannes B. Kerner Show1998 · as Self
• Sabine Christiansen1998 · as Self
• Nachtstudio1997 · as Self
• Im Dialog1997 · as self
• Die Harald Schmidt Show1995 · as Self
• Morgenmagazin1992 · as Self
• Riverboat1992 · as Self
• live - die ZDF-talkshow1987 · as Self
• Nachtcafé1987 · as Self
• Goldene Kamera1984 · as Self
• Menschen1982 · as Self
• Wortwechsel1982 · as Self
• Bavarian Film Awards1979 · as Self
• NDR Talk Show1979 · as Self
• Kölner Treff1976 · as Self
• Midi Première1975 · as Self
• Spécial cinéma1974 · as Self
• German Film Award1951 · as Self
• Bambi1948 · as Self