Wim Wenders
Born in Düsseldorf, Germany — Aug 14 1945
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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 tri…
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Wim Wenders's Credits
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Die Harald Schmidt Show
Self
Midi Première
Self
Bambi
Self
German Film Award
Self
Bavarian Film Awards
Self
Menschen
Self
Perfect Days
Production
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Self
The Blues
Writing
Paris, Texas
Directing
City of Angels
Writing
Millionär gesucht! - Die SKL Show
Self
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
Doctor #1 (segment "Twelve Miles to Trona")
German Genius
Wim Wenders
The Million Dollar Hotel
Wings of Desire
Directing
Until the End of the World
Directing
Close Up
Self (archive footage)
Don't Come Knocking
Directing
Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen
Self
Plankton Salesmen
Self (archive footage)
Zeroville
Larry
The End of Violence
Production
To Each His Own Cinema
Directing
Submergence
Directing
Lumière & Company
Directing
Au Revoir Taipei
Production
The Salt of the Earth
Self
The American Friend
Figure Wrapped in Plaster Bandages in Ambulance (uncredited)
Beyond the Clouds
Writing
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
Self
Stories We Tell
Crew
Every Thing Will Be Fine
Directing
Chocolat
Production
Pina
Writing
The Clone Returns Home
Production
The Open Road
Production
Cannes: All Access
Self
Buena Vista Social Club
Directing
Lisbon Story
Directing
Cinématon
N°212
Tokyo-Ga
Directing
Cannes Uncut
Self
Why Are We Creative?
Self
The House Is Burning
Production
Hammett
Directing
Die 2050er - Everything will change
From Darkness to Light
Production
Faraway, So Close!
Writing
A Fuller Life
Self - Reader (segment "A River of Tears")
Room 999
Self
Palermo Shooting
Directing
8
Directing
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction
Self
Alice in the Cities
Man by Jukebox in American Cafe (uncredited)
The State of Things
Tram Passenger (uncredited)
Land of Plenty
Writing
Talking with Ozu
Self
Room 666
Self
Henri Langlois vu par...
Self
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
Directing
The Art of Football from A to Z
Self
Long Shot
Another Director
Along for the Ride
Self
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
Self
Radio On
Production
Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende
Self
Speaking Parts
Crew
The Legend of the Palme d'Or
Self
What Do You Know About Me
Self
Pictures of Europe
Self
The Soul of a Man
Directing
Tausend Augen
Dieb im Videoladen
Wrong Move
Man in Dining Car (uncredited)
Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
Self
Reality Winner
Production
Paul Auster: What If
Self - Filmmaker
Love in Hollywood
Self
Pope Francis: A Man of His Word
Self - Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Passenger – Welcome to Germany
Production
Kings of the Road
Spectator at Pauline's Theater (uncredited)
The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
Man Walking through Vienna Bus Station (uncredited)
FreeDogme
himself
Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen
Self
Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter
Self
Ein Haus für uns
Directing
Snowblind
Gray Fox
To Make a Film Is to Be Alive
Self (uncredited)
Wim Wenders in Tokyo
Self
Now
Self
Souad
Production
Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte
Self
Anselm
Directing
King Kongs Faust
Regisseur
Back to Room 666
Self
Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us
Self
National Bird
Production
Songs of Earth
Production
French Cinema Mon Amour
Self
Filmstudio, mon amour
Sé stesso
Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments
Self
A Trick of the Light
Regisseur / Milchmann
One Morning All Over the World
Directing
Sansibar oder Der letzte Grund
Sound
Wim Wenders, Desperado
Self
Without Me
Himself
BAM150
Self
Willie Nelson at the Teatro
Writing
Why Are We (Not) Creative?
Self
Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders
Self
Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard
Self
Helsinki Napoli All Night Long
Gas Station Attendant
I'll Be Gone in June
Production
Three Days of Rain
Crew
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
Invisible World
Directing
The Left-Handed Woman
Production
Lightning Over Water
Self
Some Body Comes Into the Light
Directing
The Night of the Filmmakers
Self
One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years
Self
Janela da Alma
Self
It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story
Production
La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione
Hitler in Hollywood
Wim Wenders
Still Alive: A Film About Krzysztof Kieslowski
Self
Roving Woman
Production
Il Volo
Directing
June Moon
Production
The Heart and the Legs
Self
Half the Rent
Production
The Scarlet Letter
Directing
Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers
Self
Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider
Self
Adamski
Crew
Living the Light: Robby Müller
Self
Kleiner Mann ganz groß
Self
The Ozu Diaries
Self
A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner
Self
Leçon de cinéma avec Wim Wenders
Self - filmmaker
Effedia - Sulla mia cattiva strada
Self
La torcedura
Cinéma cinémas
Directing
Der Fall Lena Christ
Production
Waiting for the Miracle to Come
Production
Dennis Hopper's Russian Dynamite Death Chair Act
Himself
The Absence
Production
Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors
Self
Sing Me the Songs That Say I Love You: A Concert for Kate McGarrigle
Production
Bruno Ganz - The Longing Revolutionary
Lui-même
High Maintenance
Self
Cinématon XXII
N°212
Mein liebster Dokumentarfilm
Self
Alekan le magnifique
Self
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
Self
Fools
Production
Candy Man
Cathedrals of Culture
Directing
Films to Die For
Self - Interviewee
Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)
Self
CAN and Me
Self
Our Last Tango
Production
The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez
Directing
Buena Vista Social Club: Adios
Production
An Endless Sunday
Production
Passage
Crew
Good Morning, the Wind Blows
Himself
Klappenfilm
Production
The Way I Spent the End of the World
Production
Arisha, the Bear, and the Stone Ring
Santa Claus
Tango Berlin
Report from Hollywood
Egoshooter
Production
Sound of Ice
Production
Restoring Time
Self
A Black Jesus
Production
Invisibles
Writing
Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers
Camera
Was heißt hier Ende? Der Filmkritiker Michael Althen
Self
Edward Hopper and the Blank Canvas
Self
From the Family of Reptiles
Directing
Notebook on Cities and Clothes
Self
Fassbinder in Hollywood
Self
Little Hands
Production
Música Cubana
Production
In the Shadow of Hollywood
Editing
Nick Cave: Straight To You - A Portrait
Self
Cronología
Karen Dalton: In My Own Time
Production
Summer in the City
Billardspieler (uncredited)
The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg Sentsov
Self
The Island
Directing
BAP - Ode to Cologne
Directing
Mutiny in Heaven: The Birthday Party
Production
Beyond the Bolex
Self
Love and So Forth
Student
Alabama (2000 Light Years)
Writing
Am Spätnachmittag des folgenden Tages erwachte Joe in einem billigen Hotelzimmer - Andy schläft noch ...
Production
Same Player Shoots Again
Directing
Fools
Production
Iron Earth, Copper Sky
Production
Return to Beethoven Street: Sam Fuller in Germany
Self
Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982
Self
Présence
Directing
Veränderung
Self
Schauplätze
Directing
Motion and Emotion: The Road to 'Paris, Texas'
Self
Go for Gold!
Production
Chris Marker: Never Explain, Never Complain
Self
Viaggio in Bergmania
Self
Victor I.
Directing
3 American LPs
Nicholas Ray: Especially for Pierre
Camera
Wim Wenders' Story Of His Early Years
Self
A Weekend at the Beach
Self
Kaspar Hauser
Directing
Dream Island
Cathedrals of Culture: Halden Prison
Production
Amon Duul II: Plays Phallus Dei
Camera
Two or Three Things I Know about Edward Hopper
Writing
Three for the Road
Self
Ein bißchen Liebe
Production
...als Diesel geboren
Production
I Played It for You
Camera
Polizeifilm
Writing
From Our Side
Echoes of Light
Production
Cinématon n°212 : Wim Wenders
Return to Timbuktu
Production
Ver ou Não Ver
Directing
Das Geheimnis der Orte
Directing
Ten Years After
Camera
The Keys to Freedom
Wim Wenders
Alekan, la lumière
Self
In Bildern leben - Die filmischen Reflexionen des Wim Wenders
Self
Silver City Revisited
Directing
Über Gott, Alfi und Mexico
Production
The Berlin Philharmonic
Directing
If Buildings Could Talk
Writing
Invisible Crimes
Directing
Zwischen den Zeiten
Der fremde Fotograf und die Einsamkeit
Directing
Now is Now: Wim Wenders on 'Perfect Days'
Self