Wim Wenders
Known For: Directing
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: August 14, 1945 (80 years old)
Place of Birth: 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). 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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Actor Self
Room 999
Actor Self
Cannes Uncut
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Perfect Days
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Perfect Days
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An Endless Sunday
Director
some body comes into the light
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some body comes into the light
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Songs of Earth
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Anselm
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Perfect Days
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Anselm
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Mutiny in Heaven: The Birthday Party
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Wim Wenders, Desperado
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Veränderung
Actor Himself
Good Morning, the Wind Blows
Actor Self
High Maintenance
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A Black Jesus
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Two or Three Things I Know about Edward Hopper
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Two or Three Things I Know about Edward Hopper
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Two or Three Things I Know about Edward Hopper
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Two or Three Things I Know about Edward Hopper
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Veränderung
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Veränderung
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Living the Light: Robby Müller
Actor Self
Beyond the Bolex
Actor Self - Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Pope Francis: A Man of His Word
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Little Hands
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Pope Francis: A Man of His Word
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Pope Francis: A Man of His Word
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Pope Francis: A Man of His Word
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It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story
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Was heißt hier Ende? Der Filmkritiker Michael Althen
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Chris Marker: Never Explain, Never Complain
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French Cinema Mon Amour
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The Legend of the Palme d'Or
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Restoring Time
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Return to Beethoven Street: Sam Fuller in Germany
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Every Thing Will Be Fine
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Our Last Tango
2014
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The Salt of the Earth
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Henri Langlois vu par...
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Cathedrals of Culture
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The Salt of the Earth
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The Salt of the Earth
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The Salt of the Earth
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Cathedrals of Culture: Halden Prison
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The Berlin Philharmonic
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Magnum - Feiere den Moment
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Cathedrals of Culture
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Cathedrals of Culture
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The Salt of the Earth
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Magnum - Feiere den Moment
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Henri Langlois vu par...
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Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte
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Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers
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One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years
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Back to Room 666
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Effedia - Sulla mia cattiva strada
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Wim Wenders' Story Of His Early Years
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Palermo Shooting
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Palermo Shooting
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Person to Person
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Palermo Shooting
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The Clone Returns Home
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The Night of the Filmmakers
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To Make a Film Is to Be Alive
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A Trick of the Light
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Lumière & Company
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A Trick of the Light
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Beyond the Clouds
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A Trick of the Light
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Beyond the Clouds
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A Trick of the Light
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Beyond the Clouds
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1993
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Without Me
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Arisha, the Bear, and the Stone Ring
Actor Self
Talking with Ozu
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Faraway, So Close!
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Faraway, So Close!
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Faraway, So Close!
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Arisha, the Bear, and the Stone Ring
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Arisha, the Bear, and the Stone Ring
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The Absence
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Arisha, the Bear, and the Stone Ring
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Adamski
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Notebook on Cities and Clothes
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The Heart and the Legs
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100 Years of Adolf Hitler – The Last Hour in the Führerbunker
Director
Notebook on Cities and Clothes
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Notebook on Cities and Clothes
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Notebook on Cities and Clothes
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Notebook on Cities and Clothes
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Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982
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Room 666
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The State of Things
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Cinématon XXII
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The State of Things
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Hammett
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Room 666
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Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982
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Room 666
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Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982
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Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982
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The State of Things
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The State of Things
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Room 666
1980
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Actor Man Walking through Vienna Bus Station (uncredited)
The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
Actor Man in Dining Car (uncredited)
Wrong Move
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Wrong Move
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The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
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The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
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The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
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Wrong Move
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3 American LPs
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Alabama (2000 Light Years)
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Alabama (2000 Light Years)
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3 American LPs
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Alabama (2000 Light Years)
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Polizeifilm
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Polizeifilm
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Polizeifilm
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Silver City Revisited
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Silver City Revisited
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3 American LPs
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Silver City Revisited
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Am Spätnachmittag des folgenden Tages erwachte Joe in einem billigen Hotelzimmer - Andy schläft noch ...
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Ten Years After
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Silver City Revisited
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Polizeifilm
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Amon Duul II: Plays Phallus Dei
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Alabama (2000 Light Years)
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Der Fall Lena Christ
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Kaspar Hauser
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Silver City Revisited
