Wim Wenders
Known for: Directing
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.
Filmography
ZIBB
Self
2003
Series
Morgenmagazin
Self
1992
Volle Kanne
Self
1999
Series
Die Harald Schmidt Show
Self
1995
Series
Kölner Treff
Self
1976
Series
NDR Talk Show
Self
1979
Westpol
self
2010
Series
Nachtcafé
Self
1987
Series
Spécial cinéma
Self
1974
Series
Riverboat
Self
1992
Series
Midi Première
Self
1975
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
Self
1998
Series
Bambi
Self
1948
Series
Kulturplatz
Self
2004
Im Dialog
self
1997
German Film Award
Self
1951
Sabine Christiansen
Self
1998
Goldene Kamera
Self
1984
Nachtstudio
Self
1997
Wortwechsel
Self
1982
Series
Leçon de Cinéma
Self
2004
Schawinski
Self
2011
Series
Konbini Vidéo Club
2018
Bavarian Film Awards
Self
1979
Series
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Self
2011
Menschen
Self
1982
Film
The Salt of the Earth
Self
2014
Im Palais
Self
2004
Series
German Genius
Wim Wenders
2023
Film
The Million Dollar Hotel
2000
Film
The American Friend
Figure Wrapped in Plaster Bandages in Ambulance (uncredited)
1977
Film
Alice in the Cities
Man by Jukebox in American Cafe (uncredited)
1974
Millionär gesucht! - Die SKL Show
Self
1998
Film
Wrong Move
Man in Dining Car (uncredited)
1975
Mein liebster Dokumentarfilm
Self
2026
Film
Zeroville
Larry
2019
Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen
Self
2020
Film
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
Self
2022
Dickes B
Self
2007
Film
The State of Things
Tram Passenger (uncredited)
1982
Film
Cannes Uncut
Self
2023
Film
Kings of the Road
Spectator at Pauline's Theater (uncredited)
1976
Film
Why Are We Creative?
Self
2018
live - die ZDF-talkshow
Self
1987
Film
Hitler in Hollywood
Wim Wenders
2011
Film
Nick Cave: Straight To You - A Portrait
Self
1994
Film
Pope Francis: A Man of His Word
Self - Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
2018
Film
Room 666
Self
1985
Series
Directors Talks
Self
2023
Film
Kleiner Mann ganz groß
Self
1994
Film
Cannes: All Access
Self
2007
Film
Plankton Salesmen
Self (archive footage)
2017
Film
The Ozu Diaries
Self
2025
Film
Close Up
Self (archive footage)
2012
Was tut sich - im deutschen Film?
Self
2018
Film
Now
Self
2021
Film
Viaggio in Bergmania
Self
2011
Film
Snowblind
Gray Fox
2010
Film
A Fuller Life
Self - Reader (segment "A River of Tears")
2013
Film
Notebook on Cities and Clothes
Self
1989
Film
Henri Langlois vu par...
Self
2014
Film
French Cinema Mon Amour
Self
2015
Cronología
2010
Film
Lightning Over Water
Self
1980
Film
The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
Man Walking through Vienna Bus Station (uncredited)
1975
Film
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
Doctor #1 (segment "Twelve Miles to Trona")
2002
Film
Cinématon
N°212
1978
Film
Bruno Ganz - The Longing Revolutionary
Self
2022
Film
From Our Side
2022
Film
Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders
Self
1990
Film
Along for the Ride
Self
2016
Film
Paul Auster: What If
Self - Filmmaker
2019
Film
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
Self
2017
Film
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction
Self
2013
Film
Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
Self
2022
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
2011
Film
Room 999
Self
2023
Film
Restoring Time
Self
2015
Film
Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard
Self
2011
Film
The Legend of the Palme d'Or
Self
2015
Film
Come with Me to the Cinema – The Gregors
Self
2022
Film
Die 2050er - Everything will change
2022
Film
The Art of Football from A to Z
Self
2006
Film
Wim Wenders, Desperado
Self
2020
Film
Still Alive: A Film About Krzysztof Kieslowski
Self
2006
Film
High Maintenance
Self
2020
Film
Arisha, the Bear, and the Stone Ring
Santa Claus
1993
Film
Helsinki Napoli All Night Long
Gas Station Attendant
1987
Film
One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years
Self
2008
Film
Wim Wenders in Tokyo
Self
1990
Film
Motion and Emotion: The Road to 'Paris, Texas'
Self
1990
Film
Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers
Self
2008
Film
Tausend Augen
Dieb im Videoladen
1984
Film
Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments
Self
2004
Film
What Do You Know About Me
Self
2009
Film
Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us
Self
2003
Film
Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter
Self
2011
Film
King Kongs Faust
Regisseur
1985
Back to Room 666
Self
2008
Film
Pictures of Europe
Self
1990
Film
Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider
Self
2016
Film
Films to Die For
Self - Interviewee
2025
Film
La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione
2025
Film
Alekan le magnifique
Self
1998
Film
A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner
Self
2021
Film
Filmstudio, mon amour
Sé stesso
2015
Film
To Make a Film Is to Be Alive
Self (uncredited)
1995
Film
FreeDogme
himself
2000
Film
Love in Hollywood
Self
1996
Film
A Trick of the Light
Regisseur / Milchmann
1995
Film
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
Self
1976
Film
Long Shot
Another Director
1978
Film
Love and So Forth
Student
1968
Film
Summer in the City
Billardspieler (uncredited)
1972
Film
Chris Marker: Never Explain, Never Complain
Self
2015
Film
Three for the Road
Self
2016
Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte
Self
2008
Film
Why Are We (Not) Creative?
Self
2021
Film
Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen
Self
2004
Film
The Night of the Filmmakers
Self
1995
Film
Talking with Ozu
Self
1993
Without Me
Himself
1993
Tango Berlin
1997
Film
Effedia - Sulla mia cattiva strada
Self
2008
Film
Wim Wenders' Story Of His Early Years
Self
2008
Film
A Weekend at the Beach
Self
2015
Film
Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende
Self
2025
Film
Janela da Alma
Self
2001
Film
Living the Light: Robby Müller
Self
2018
Film
Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)
Self
2003
Now is Now: Wim Wenders on 'Perfect Days'
Self
2024
Film
Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982
Self
1982
Film
Good Morning, the Wind Blows
Self
2020
Film
Was heißt hier Ende? Der Filmkritiker Michael Althen
Self
2015
Film
BAM150
Self
2012
Film
Leçon de cinéma avec Wim Wenders
Self - filmmaker
2018
Film
Beyond the Bolex
Self
2018
Zwischen den Zeiten
2011
Film
Edward Hopper and the Blank Canvas
Self
2012
Film
De droomproducenten
Self
1984
Film
The Keys to Freedom
Wim Wenders
2025
Report from Hollywood
1985
Cinématon XXII
N°212
1982
Film
Dennis Hopper's Russian Dynamite Death Chair Act
Himself
1983
The Heart and the Legs
Self
1989
Film
Veränderung
Self
2020
Film
3 American LPs
1969
Film
Return to Beethoven Street: Sam Fuller in Germany
Self
2015
Film
Fassbinder in Hollywood
Self
2002
Film
CAN and Me
Self
2022
Film
Alekan, la lumière
Self
1988
Candy Man
1968
Dream Island
1991
La torcedura
2004
Film
Cinématon n°212 : Wim Wenders
1982
Film
In Bildern leben - Die filmischen Reflexionen des Wim Wenders
Self
1995
Film
The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg Sentsov
Self
2017