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