Wim Wenders
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1945-08-14 (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.
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Known For
Acting
(2025)
Was Ist Kino ?
as Self (Archive Footage)
(2025)
Die Schlüssel zur Freiheit
as Wim Wenders
(2025)
(2024)
(2023)
Room 999
as Self
(2023)
Cannes Uncut
as Self
(2022)
(2022)
(2022)
(2022)
Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors
as Wim Wenders
(2022)
CAN and Me
as Self
(2022)
(2022)
Bruno Ganz - The Longing Revolutionary
as Lui-même
(2021)
Why Are We (Not) Creative?
as Self
(2021)
Now
as Self
(2021)
(2020)
Wim Wenders, Desperado
as Self
(2020)
Veränderung
as Self
(2020)
Good Morning, the Wind Blows
as Himself
(2020)
High Maintenance
as Self
(2019)
Zeroville
as Larry
(2019)
Paul Auster: What If
as Self - Filmmaker
(2018)
(2018)
Beyond the Bolex
as Self
(2018)
Pope Francis: A Man of His Word
as Self - Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(2018)
Why Are We Creative?
as Self
(2017)
Plankton Salesmen
as Self (archive footage)
(2017)
(2016)
Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider
as Self
(2016)
(2016)
Along for the Ride
as Self
(2016)
Three for the Road
as Self
(2015)
(2015)
(2015)
French Cinema Mon Amour
as Self
(2015)
The Legend of the Palme d'Or
as Self
(2015)
Restoring Time
as Self
(2015)
(2014)
The Salt of the Earth
as Self
(2014)
Henri Langlois vu par...
as Self
(2013)
(2013)
A Fuller Life
as Self - Reader (segment "A River of Tears")
(2012)
Close Up
as Self (archive footage)
(2012)
BAM150
as Self
(2012)
(2011)
(2011)
Hitler in Hollywood
as Wim Wenders
(2011)
(2011)
(2011)
(2011)
Viaggio in Bergmania
as Self
(2010)
Snowblind
as Gray Fox
(2010)
(2009)
What Do You Know About Me
as Self
(2008)
(2008)
(2008)
(2008)
Back to Room 666
as Self
(2008)
(2008)
(2007)
Cannes: All Access
as Self
(2006)
(2005)
(2004)
(2004)
(2004)
(2003)
(2003)
(2002)
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
as Doctor #1 (segment "Twelve Miles to Trona")
(2002)
Fassbinder in Hollywood
as Self
(2001)
Janela da Alma
as Self
(2000)
(2000)
FreeDogme
as himself
(1998)
Alekan le magnifique
as Self
(1997)
(1996)
Love in Hollywood
as Self
(1995)
The Night of the Filmmakers
as Self
(1995)
To Make a Film Is to Be Alive
as Self (uncredited)
(1995)
A Trick of the Light
as Regisseur / Milchmann
(1994)
Kleiner Mann ganz groß
as Self
(1994)
(1993)
Without Me
as Himself
(1993)
Arisha, the Bear, and the Stone Ring
as Santa Claus
(1993)
Talking with Ozu
as Self
(1991)
(1990)
Pictures of Europe
as Self
(1990)
(1990)
(1990)
Wim Wenders in Tokyo
as Self
(1989)
(1989)
The Heart and the Legs
as Self
(1989)
100 Years of Adolf Hitler – The Last Hour in the Führerbunker
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1988)
Alekan, la lumière
as Self
(1987)
Helsinki Napoli All Night Long
as Gas Station Attendant
(1985)
King Kongs Faust
as Regisseur
(1985)
(1984)
Tausend Augen
as Dieb im Videoladen
(1983)
(1982)
(1982)
Room 666
as Self
(1982)
The State of Things
as Tram Passenger (uncredited)
(1982)
Cinématon XXII
as N°212
(1980)
Lightning Over Water
as Self
(1978)
Cinématon
as N°212
(1978)
Long Shot
as Another Director
(1977)
The American Friend
as Figure Wrapped in Plaster Bandages in Ambulance (uncredited)
(1976)
Kings of the Road
as Spectator at Pauline's Theater (uncredited)
(1976)
(1975)
The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
as Man Walking through Vienna Bus Station (uncredited)
(1975)
Wrong Move
as Man in Dining Car (uncredited)
(1974)
Alice in the Cities
as Man by Jukebox in American Cafe (uncredited)
(1972)
Summer in the City
as Billardspieler (uncredited)
(1969)
(1968)
(1968)
Love and So Forth
as Student
Crew
Sound of Ice
Executive Producer
Return to Timbuktu
Executive Producer
Das Geheimnis der Orte
Director, Writer
I'll Be Gone in June
Producer
(2025)
Die Schlüssel zur Freiheit
Director, Writer
(2025)
The Keys to Freedom
Director, Writer
(2023)
Perfect Days
Producer, Director, Screenplay
(2023)
An Endless Sunday
Co-Producer
(2023)
some body comes into the light
Director, Producer
(2023)
Songs of Earth
Executive Producer
(2023)
Anselm
Director, Writer
(2023)
(2022)
Roving Woman
Executive Producer
(2021)
Reality Winner
Executive Producer
(2021)
A Future Together
Director
(2021)
Souad
Co-Producer
(2021)
Karen Dalton: In My Own Time
Executive Producer
(2020)
A Black Jesus
Producer
(2020)
Two or Three Things I Know about Edward Hopper
Writer, Executive Producer, Producer, Director
(2020)
Veränderung
Director, Writer
(2019)
Waiting for the Miracle to Come
Executive Producer
(2018)
Little Hands
Executive Producer
(2018)
Pope Francis: A Man of His Word
Writer, Producer, Director
(2018)
It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story
Executive Producer
(2017)
Submergence
Director
(2017)
(2017)
Buena Vista Social Club: Adios
Executive Producer
(2016)
The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez
Director, Writer, Producer
(2016)
National Bird
Executive Producer
(2015)
Every Thing Will Be Fine
Director
(2015)
Our Last Tango
Executive Producer
(2014)
Cathedrals of Culture
Director, Writer, Executive Producer
(2014)
The Salt of the Earth
Director, Writer, Still Photographer, Executive Producer
(2014)
Cathedrals of Culture: Halden Prison
Executive Producer
(2014)
The Berlin Philharmonic
Director
(2014)
Magnum - Feiere den Moment
Writer, Director
(2014)
Henri Langlois vu par...
Director
(2013)
Sing Me the Songs That Say I Love You: A Concert for Kate McGarrigle
Executive Producer
(2013)
Über Gott, Alfi und Mexico
Producer
(2012)
Invisible World
Director, Writer
(2012)
Ver ou Não Ver
Director
(2012)
Der fremde Fotograf und die Einsamkeit
Script Supervisor
(2012)
Stories We Tell
Thanks
(2011)
Pina
Screenplay, Director, Producer
(2010)
Au Revoir Taipei
Executive Producer
(2010)
Il Volo
Director, Writer
(2010)
If Buildings Could Talk
Director, Writer
(2009)
The Open Road
Executive Producer
(2009)
Passage
Thanks
(2008)
Palermo Shooting
Director, Writer, Producer
(2008)
8
Director, Writer
(2008)
Person to Person
Director
(2008)
The Clone Returns Home
Executive Producer
(2007)
To Each His Own Cinema
Director
(2007)
Invisibles
Director, Writer
(2007)
Invisible Crimes
Director
(2007)
War in Peace
Director
(2006)
The House Is Burning
Executive Producer
(2005)
Don't Come Knocking
Director, Writer, Executive Producer
(2005)
Egoshooter
Producer
(2004)
Land of Plenty
Screenplay, Director
(2004)
Half the Rent
Producer
(2004)
Música Cubana
Producer
(2004)
La torcedura
Producer
(2003)
The Soul of a Man
Director, Writer, Camera Operator
(2003)
The Other Side of the Road
Director
(2003)
Narren
Producer
(2003)
Fools
Producer
(2002)
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
Director, Writer
(2002)
BAP - Ode to Cologne
Director, Writer
(2002)
June Moon
Producer
(2002)
Three Days of Rain
Presenter
(2000)
The Million Dollar Hotel
Director, Producer
(2000)
In the Shadow of Hollywood
Archival Footage Research
(2000)
One Morning All Over the World
Director
(1999)
Buena Vista Social Club
Director, Screenplay
(1998)
Willie Nelson at the Teatro
Director, Writer
(1998)
City of Angels
Original Film Writer
(1997)
The End of Violence
Producer, Story, Director
(1997)
Go for Gold!
Producer
(1995)
Lumière & Company
Director
(1995)
A Trick of the Light
Director, Writer, Producer
(1995)
Beyond the Clouds
Screenplay, Still Photographer, Co-Director
(1994)
Lisbon Story
Director, Producer, Screenplay
(1993)
Faraway, So Close!
Producer, Screenplay, Director
(1993)
Arisha, the Bear, and the Stone Ring
Director, Writer, Producer
(1993)
The Absence
Producer
(1993)
Adamski
Thanks
(1991)
Until the End of the World
Director, Screenplay, Co-Producer, Story
(1991)
Dream Island
Producer
(1990)
(1989)
Notebook on Cities and Clothes
Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
(1988)
The Passenger – Welcome to Germany
Consulting Producer
(1988)
Chocolat
Co-Producer
(1987)
Wings of Desire
Director, Producer, Screenplay
(1987)
Iron Earth, Copper Sky
Producer
(1987)
Sansibar oder Der letzte Grund
Sound Mix Technician
(1985)
Tokyo-Ga
Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
(1985)
I Played It for You
Additional Photography
(1984)
Paris, Texas
Director, Producer
(1982)
The State of Things
Director, Producer, Writer
(1982)
Hammett
Director
(1982)
Room 666
Director, Writer, Producer
(1982)
Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982
Director, Producer, Writer
(1980)
Lightning Over Water
Writer, Director, Editor, Producer
(1980)
Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers
Additional Camera
(1979)
...als Diesel geboren
Producer
(1979)
Nicholas Ray: Especially for Pierre
Camera Operator, Sound, Producer, Director of Photography
(1979)
Radio On
Associate Producer
(1978)
The Left-Handed Woman
Producer
(1977)
The American Friend
Director, Screenplay, Producer
(1976)
Kings of the Road
Screenplay, Director, Producer
(1975)
Wrong Move
Director, Producer
(1975)
The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
Director, Writer, Producer
(1974)
Alice in the Cities
Screenplay, Director, Producer
(1974)
The Island
Director
(1974)
From the Family of Reptiles
Director
(1974)
Ein bißchen Liebe
Producer
(1973)
The Scarlet Letter
Director, Writer, Producer
(1972)
Summer in the City
Director, Writer, Producer
(1969)
Alabama (2000 Light Years)
Director, Editor, Writer, Sound
(1969)
3 American LPs
Director, Editor
(1969)
Polizeifilm
Editor, Writer, Director, Director of Photography
(1969)
Silver City Revisited
Writer, Director, Editor, Director of Photography, Producer
(1969)
(1969)
Ten Years After
Director of Photography
(1969)
Amon Duul II: Plays Phallus Dei
Director of Photography
(1969)
Der Fall Lena Christ
Unit Manager
(1969)
Kaspar Hauser
Director
(1968)
Same Player Shoots Again
Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor, Writer
(1968)
Klappenfilm
Producer, Director
(1968)
Victor I.
Director
(1967)
Schauplätze
Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor