Wim Wenders
Born August 14, 1945 (Age: 80)
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Düsseldorf, Germany
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.
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.
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Filmography
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
2022
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as Self
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Age: 77
Why Are We Creative?
2018
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as Self
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Age: 73
Pope Francis: A Man of His Word
2018
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as Self - Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 72
Leçon de cinéma avec Wim Wenders
2018
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as Self - filmmaker
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Age: 72
Plankton Salesmen
2017
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 72
A Weekend at the Beach
2015
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as Self
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Age: 70
The Salt of the Earth
2014
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as Self
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Age: 69
Close Up
2012
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 67
Hitler in Hollywood
2011
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as Wim Wenders
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Age: 65
No Image
Zwischen den Zeiten
2011
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as
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Age: 65
Viaggio in Bergmania
2011
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as Self
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Age: 65
No Image
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
2011
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as
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Age: 65
No Image
Cronología
2010
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as
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Age: 64
What Do You Know About Me
2009
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as Self
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Age: 64
Cannes: All Access
2007
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as Self
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Age: 62
Still Alive: A Film About Krzysztof Kieslowski
2006
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as Self
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Age: 60
Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen
2004
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as Self
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Age: 59
Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments
2004
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as Self
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Age: 58
No Image
La torcedura
2004
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as
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Age: 58
Fassbinder in Hollywood
2002
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as Self
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Age: 56
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
2002
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as Doctor #1 (segment "Twelve Miles to Trona")
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Age: 56
The Million Dollar Hotel
2000
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as
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Age: 54
FreeDogme
2000
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as himself
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Age: 54
Alekan le magnifique
1998
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as Self
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Age: 53
No Image
Tango Berlin
1997
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as
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Age: 51
Love in Hollywood
1996
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as Self
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Age: 51
In Bildern leben - Die filmischen Reflexionen des Wim Wenders
1995
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as Self
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Age: 49
Nick Cave: Straight To You - A Portrait
1994
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as Self
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Age: 48
Arisha, the Bear, and the Stone Ring
1993
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as Santa Claus
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Age: 48
Talking with Ozu
1993
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as Self
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Age: 48
No Image
Without Me
1993
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as Himself
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Age: 47
No Image
Dream Island
1991
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as
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Age: 45
Wim Wenders in Tokyo
1990
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as Self
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Age: 45
Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders
1990
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as Self
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Age: 44
Pictures of Europe
1990
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as Self
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Age: 44
Motion and Emotion: The Road to 'Paris, Texas'
1990
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as Self
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Age: 44
Notebook on Cities and Clothes
1989
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as Self
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Age: 44
No Image
The Heart and the Legs
1989
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as Self
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Age: 43
Alekan, la lumière
1988
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as Self
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Age: 42
Helsinki Napoli All Night Long
1987
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as Gas Station Attendant
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Age: 42
No Image
King Kongs Faust
1985
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as Regisseur
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Age: 39
No Image
Report from Hollywood
1985
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as
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Age: 39
Dennis Hopper's Russian Dynamite Death Chair Act
1983
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as Himself
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Age: 37
Lightning Over Water
1980
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as Self
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Age: 35
Cinématon
1978
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as N°212
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Age: 33
Long Shot
1978
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as Another Director
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Age: 33
Alice in the Cities
1974
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as Man by Jukebox in American Cafe (uncredited)
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Age: 28
Summer in the City
1972
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as Billardspieler (uncredited)
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Age: 26
3 American LPs
1969
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as
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Age: 24
Love and So Forth
1968
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as Student
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Age: 23
No Image
Candy Man
1968
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as
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Age: 22