Wim Wenders
Directing
Born: August 14, 1945 (age 81) · Düsseldorf, Germany
Highest Rated
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
City of Angels
1998
Paris, Texas
1984
Perfect Days
2023
Wings of Desire
1987
The Salt of the Earth
2014
The American Friend
1977
Buena Vista Social Club
1999
The Million Dollar Hotel
2000
Alice in the Cities
1974
Submergence
2018
Pina
2011
Until the End of the World
1991
Photos (6)
Movies (27)
The American Friend
Figure Wrapped in Plaster Bandages in Ambulance (uncredited)
The Million Dollar Hotel
2000
Alice in the Cities
Man by Jukebox in American Cafe (uncredited)
Hitler in Hollywood
Wim Wenders
Zeroville
Larry
Wrong Move
Man in Dining Car (uncredited)
Kings of the Road
Spectator at Pauline's Theater (uncredited)
A Trick of the Light
Regisseur / Milchmann
The State of Things
Tram Passenger (uncredited)
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
Doctor #1 (segment "Twelve Miles to Trona")
Love and So Forth
Student
Snowblind
Gray Fox
Helsinki Napoli All Night Long
Gas Station Attendant
Filmstudio, mon amour
Sé stesso
The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
Man Walking through Vienna Bus Station (uncredited)
King Kongs Faust
Regisseur
Arisha, the Bear, and the Stone Ring
Santa Claus
Die 2050er - Everything will change
2022
Cinématon
N°212
The Keys to Freedom
Wim Wenders
Long Shot
Another Director
From Our Side
2022
La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione
2025
Summer in the City
Billardspieler (uncredited)
Tausend Augen
Dieb im Videoladen
3 American LPs
1969
Cinématon n°212 : Wim Wenders
1982
TV Shows (2)
Self / Appearances (94)
Morgenmagazin
Self · 1 eps
Die Harald Schmidt Show
Self · 2 eps
Kölner Treff
Self · 2 eps
NDR Talk Show
Self · 3 eps
Nachtcafé
Self · 1 eps
Spécial cinéma
Self · 3 eps
Riverboat
Self · 1 eps
Midi Première
Self · 1 eps
Bambi
Self · 1 eps
Kulturplatz
Self · 1 eps
Leçon de Cinéma
Self · 1 eps
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Self · 1 eps
The Salt of the Earth
Self
Cannes Uncut
Self
Kleiner Mann ganz groß
Self
Directors Talks
Self · 1 eps
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
Self
Viaggio in Bergmania
Self
Now
Self
A Fuller Life
Self - Reader (segment "A River of Tears")
Room 666
Self
Pope Francis: A Man of His Word
Self - Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Nick Cave: Straight To You - A Portrait
Self
Close Up
Self (archive footage)
FreeDogme
himself
Paul Auster: What If
Self - Filmmaker
Bruno Ganz - The Longing Revolutionary
Self
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction
Self
The Legend of the Palme d'Or
Self
Plankton Salesmen
Self (archive footage)
Pictures of Europe
Self
French Cinema Mon Amour
Self
Why Are We Creative?
Self
Room 999
Self
Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
Self
The Ozu Diaries
Self
Henri Langlois vu par...
Self
High Maintenance
Self
A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner
Self
Cannes: All Access
Self
Wim Wenders in Tokyo
Self
Wim Wenders, Desperado
Self
Along for the Ride
Self
What Do You Know About Me
Self
Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider
Self
Why Are We (Not) Creative?
Self
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
Self
Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers
Self
Restoring Time
Self
Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter
Self
Still Alive: A Film About Krzysztof Kieslowski
Self
Come with Me to the Cinema – The Gregors
Self
The Art of Football from A to Z
Self
The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg Sentsov
Self
Alekan le magnifique
Self
De droomproducenten
Self
Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard
Self
Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende
Self
Wim Wenders' Story Of His Early Years
Self
Dennis Hopper's Russian Dynamite Death Chair Act
Himself
Veränderung
Self
One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years
Self
Notebook on Cities and Clothes
Self
To Make a Film Is to Be Alive
Self (uncredited)
Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments
Self
Janela da Alma
Self
Talking with Ozu
Self
Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us
Self
Films to Die For
Self - Interviewee
Leçon de cinéma avec Wim Wenders
Self - filmmaker
A Weekend at the Beach
Self
Lightning Over Water
Self
Love in Hollywood
Self
Living the Light: Robby Müller
Self
Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982
Self
Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen
Self
Good Morning, the Wind Blows
Self
Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)
Self
Motion and Emotion: The Road to 'Paris, Texas'
Self
Return to Beethoven Street: Sam Fuller in Germany
Self
Three for the Road
Self
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
Self
Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders
Self
CAN and Me
Self
Was heißt hier Ende? Der Filmkritiker Michael Althen
Self
Fassbinder in Hollywood
Self
Edward Hopper and the Blank Canvas
Self
The Night of the Filmmakers
Self
Effedia - Sulla mia cattiva strada
Self
Chris Marker: Never Explain, Never Complain
Self
Beyond the Bolex
Self
Alekan, la lumière
Self
BAM150
Self
In Bildern leben - Die filmischen Reflexionen des Wim Wenders
Self
Upcoming (2)
Directing (67)
Perfect Days
Director
Paris, Texas
Director
Wings of Desire
Director
The Blues
Director
The Salt of the Earth
Director
The American Friend
Director
The Million Dollar Hotel
Director
Until the End of the World
Director
Every Thing Will Be Fine
Director
Alice in the Cities
Director
To Each His Own Cinema
Director
Beyond the Clouds
Co-Director
Faraway, So Close!
Director
Buena Vista Social Club
Director
Submergence
Director
The End of Violence
Director
Pina
Director
Wrong Move
Director
Don't Come Knocking
Director
Lumière & Company
Director
Anselm
Director
Lisbon Story
Director
Hammett
Director
Land of Plenty
Director
Kings of the Road
Director
Room 666
Director
Ein Haus für uns
Director
Pope Francis: A Man of His Word
Director
A Trick of the Light
Director
Tokyo-Ga
Director
The Soul of a Man
Director
The State of Things
Director
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
Director
Palermo Shooting
Director
The Scarlet Letter
Director
Kaspar Hauser
Director
8
Director
Henri Langlois vu par...
Director
The Island
Director
The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez
Director
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
Director
BAP - Ode to Cologne
Director
Two or Three Things I Know about Edward Hopper
Director
The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
Director
Invisible World
Director
Arisha, the Bear, and the Stone Ring
Director
Some Body Comes Into the Light
Director
Der fremde Fotograf und die Einsamkeit
Script Supervisor
Polizeifilm
Director
Veränderung
Director
Notebook on Cities and Clothes
Director
The Keys to Freedom
Director
Same Player Shoots Again
Director
Lightning Over Water
Director
Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982
Director
Summer in the City
Director
Invisibles
Director
Willie Nelson at the Teatro
Director
Cathedrals of Culture
Director
Il Volo
Director
3 American LPs
Director
Schauplätze
Director
Invisible Crimes
Director
Alabama (2000 Light Years)
Director
From the Family of Reptiles
Director
Person to Person
Director
Silver City Revisited
Director
Writing (50)
Perfect Days
Screenplay
City of Angels
Original Film Writer
Wings of Desire
Screenplay
The Blues
Writer
The Salt of the Earth
Writer
The American Friend
Screenplay
Until the End of the World
Story
Until the End of the World
Screenplay
Alice in the Cities
Screenplay
Beyond the Clouds
Screenplay
Faraway, So Close!
Screenplay
Buena Vista Social Club
Screenplay
The End of Violence
Story
Pina
Screenplay
Don't Come Knocking
Writer
Anselm
Writer
Lisbon Story
Screenplay
Land of Plenty
Screenplay
Kings of the Road
Screenplay
Room 666
Writer
Pope Francis: A Man of His Word
Writer
A Trick of the Light
Writer
Tokyo-Ga
Writer
The Soul of a Man
Writer
The State of Things
Writer
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
Writer
Palermo Shooting
Writer
The Scarlet Letter
Writer
8
Writer
The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez
Writer
BAP - Ode to Cologne
Writer
Two or Three Things I Know about Edward Hopper
Writer
The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
Writer
Invisible World
Writer
Arisha, the Bear, and the Stone Ring
Writer
Polizeifilm
Writer
Veränderung
Writer
Notebook on Cities and Clothes
Writer
The Keys to Freedom
Writer
Same Player Shoots Again
Writer
Lightning Over Water
Writer
Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982
Writer
Summer in the City
Writer
Invisibles
Writer
Willie Nelson at the Teatro
Writer
Cathedrals of Culture
Writer
Il Volo
Writer
Schauplätze
Writer
Alabama (2000 Light Years)
Writer
Silver City Revisited
Writer
Producing (71)
Perfect Days
Producer
Paris, Texas
Producer
Wings of Desire
Producer
The Salt of the Earth
Executive Producer
The American Friend
Producer
The Million Dollar Hotel
Producer
Until the End of the World
Co-Producer
Alice in the Cities
Producer
Faraway, So Close!
Producer
Chocolat
Co-Producer
The End of Violence
Producer
Half the Rent
Producer
Pina
Producer
Wrong Move
Producer
Don't Come Knocking
Executive Producer
Au Revoir Taipei
Executive Producer
Anselm
Producer
The Absence
Producer
From Darkness to Light
Executive Producer
Iron Earth, Copper Sky
Producer
Lisbon Story
Producer
The Left-Handed Woman
Producer
Egoshooter
Producer
Kings of the Road
Producer
The Open Road
Executive Producer
Pope Francis: A Man of His Word
Producer
Our Last Tango
Executive Producer
National Bird
Executive Producer
A Trick of the Light
Producer
Tokyo-Ga
Producer
The State of Things
Producer
Songs of Earth
Executive Producer
Palermo Shooting
Producer
I'll Be Gone in June
Producer
The Scarlet Letter
Producer
The Way I Spent the End of the World
Associate Producer
Fools
Producer
The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez
Producer
Mutiny in Heaven: The Birthday Party
Producer
The Passenger – Welcome to Germany
Consulting Producer
Radio On
Associate Producer
The House Is Burning
Executive Producer
Buena Vista Social Club: Adios
Executive Producer
Two or Three Things I Know about Edward Hopper
Executive Producer
Two or Three Things I Know about Edward Hopper
Producer
Roving Woman
Executive Producer
Waiting for the Miracle to Come
Executive Producer
The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
Producer
Souad
Co-Producer
Arisha, the Bear, and the Stone Ring
Producer
Some Body Comes Into the Light
Producer
Ein bißchen Liebe
Producer
It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story
Executive Producer
Notebook on Cities and Clothes
Producer
June Moon
Producer
Same Player Shoots Again
Producer
Lightning Over Water
Producer
Karen Dalton: In My Own Time
Executive Producer
Reality Winner
Executive Producer
Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982
Producer
The Clone Returns Home
Executive Producer
Summer in the City
Producer
An Endless Sunday
Co-Producer
Cathedrals of Culture
Executive Producer
Música Cubana
Producer
A Black Jesus
Producer
Little Hands
Executive Producer
...als Diesel geboren
Producer
Schauplätze
Producer
Sing Me the Songs That Say I Love You: A Concert for Kate McGarrigle
Executive Producer
Silver City Revisited
Producer
Other Crew (24)
The Salt of the Earth
Still Photographer
Beyond the Clouds
Still Photographer
Stories We Tell
Thanks
Tokyo-Ga
Editor
Speaking Parts
Thanks
The Soul of a Man
Camera Operator
Three Days of Rain
Presenter
Sansibar oder Der letzte Grund
Sound Mix Technician
Arisha, the Bear, and the Stone Ring
Editor
Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers
Additional Camera
Polizeifilm
Editor
Polizeifilm
Director of Photography
Notebook on Cities and Clothes
Director of Photography
Amon Duul II: Plays Phallus Dei
Director of Photography
Same Player Shoots Again
Director of Photography
Same Player Shoots Again
Editor
Lightning Over Water
Editor
3 American LPs
Editor
Schauplätze
Editor
Schauplätze
Director of Photography
Alabama (2000 Light Years)
Editor
Alabama (2000 Light Years)
Sound
Silver City Revisited
Editor
Silver City Revisited
Director of Photography