Wim Wenders
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.
Known for
Directing75
movieThe Keys to Freedom
2025
Director
moviePerfect Days
2023
Director
movieAnselm
2023
Director
Présence
2022
Director
movieVeränderung
2020
Director
movieSubmergence
2018
Director
movieThe Salt of the Earth
2014
Director
movieCathedrals of Culture
2014
Director
movieInvisible World
2013
Director
movieDer fremde Fotograf und die Einsamkeit
2012
Script Supervisor
moviePina
2011
Director
movieIl Volo
2010
Director
moviePalermo Shooting
2008
Director
movie8
2008
Director
movieTo Each His Own Cinema
2007
Director
movieInvisibles
2007
Director
movieInvisible Crimes
2007
Director
movieDon't Come Knocking
2005
Director
movieLand of Plenty
2004
Director
tvThe Blues
2003
Director
movieThe Soul of a Man
2003
Director
movieBAP - Ode to Cologne
2002
Director
movieBuena Vista Social Club
1999
Director
movieThe End of Violence
1997
Director
movieLumière & Company
1995
Director
movieA Trick of the Light
1995
Director
movieBeyond the Clouds
1995
Co-Director
movieLisbon Story
1994
Director
movieFaraway, So Close!
1993
Director
movieWings of Desire
1987
Director
movieTokyo-Ga
1985
Director
movieRoom 666
1985
Director
movieParis, Texas
1984
Director
movieHammett
1982
Director
movieThe State of Things
1982
Director
movieLightning Over Water
1980
Director
movieThe American Friend
1977
Director
movieKings of the Road
1976
Director
movieWrong Move
1975
Director
movieThe Island
1974
Director
movieAlice in the Cities
1974
Director
tvEin Haus für uns
1974
Director
movieThe Scarlet Letter
1973
Director
movieSummer in the City
1972
Director
movie3 American LPs
1969
Director
moviePolizeifilm
1969
Director
movieKaspar Hauser
1969
Director
movieSilver City Revisited
1969
Director
Klappenfilm
1968
Director
Victor I.
1968
Director
movieSchauplätze
1967
Director
Acting156
movieFilms to Die For
2025
Self - Interviewee
movieThe Keys to Freedom
2025
Wim Wenders
tvGerman Genius
2023
Wim Wenders
movieNow
2021
Self
movieZeroville
2019
Larry
moviePaul Auster: What If
2019
Self - Filmmaker
moviePope Francis: A Man of His Word
2018
Self - Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
movieLeçon de cinéma avec Wim Wenders
2018
Self - filmmaker
moviePlankton Salesmen
2017
Self (archive footage)
movieFilmstudio, mon amour
2015
Sé stesso
movieA Fuller Life
2013
Self - Reader (segment "A River of Tears")
movieClose Up
2012
Self (archive footage)
movieBAM150
2012
Self
movieHitler in Hollywood
2011
Wim Wenders
movieSnowblind
2010
Gray Fox
ZIBB
2003
Self
movieTen Minutes Older: The Trumpet
2002
Doctor #1 (segment "Twelve Miles to Trona")
movieFreeDogme
2000
himself
movieA Trick of the Light
1995
Regisseur / Milchmann
movieTo Make a Film Is to Be Alive
1995
Self (uncredited)
tvRiverboat
1992
Self
movieHelsinki Napoli All Night Long
1987
Gas Station Attendant
tvNachtcafé
1987
Self
movieKing Kongs Faust
1985
Regisseur
movieTausend Augen
1984
Dieb im Videoladen
movieThe State of Things
1982
Tram Passenger (uncredited)
movieCinématon
1978
N°212
movieLong Shot
1978
Another Director
movieThe American Friend
1977
Figure Wrapped in Plaster Bandages in Ambulance (uncredited)
movieKings of the Road
1976
Spectator at Pauline's Theater (uncredited)
movieThe Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
1975
Man Walking through Vienna Bus Station (uncredited)
movieWrong Move
1975
Man in Dining Car (uncredited)
movieAlice in the Cities
1974
Man by Jukebox in American Cafe (uncredited)
movieSummer in the City
1972
Billardspieler (uncredited)
movieLove and So Forth
1968
Student
tvBambi
1948
Self
Production83
movieI'll Be Gone in June
2026
Producer
movieFrom Darkness to Light
2025
Executive Producer
moviePerfect Days
2023
Producer
movieAnselm
2023
Producer
movieAn Endless Sunday
2023
Co-Producer
movieSongs of Earth
2023
Executive Producer
movieRoving Woman
2022
Executive Producer
movieKaren Dalton: In My Own Time
2021
Executive Producer
movieSouad
2021
Co-Producer
movieReality Winner
2021
Executive Producer
movieA Black Jesus
2020
Producer
movieTwo or Three Things I Know about Edward Hopper
2020
Executive Producer, Producer
movieWaiting for the Miracle to Come
2019
Executive Producer
movieIt Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story
2018
Executive Producer
movieLittle Hands
2018
Executive Producer
movieBuena Vista Social Club: Adios
2017
Executive Producer
movieNational Bird
2016
Executive Producer
movieOur Last Tango
2015
Executive Producer
movieThe Salt of the Earth
2014
Executive Producer
movieCathedrals of Culture
2014
Executive Producer
moviePina
2011
Producer
movieAu Revoir Taipei
2010
Executive Producer
movieThe Open Road
2009
Executive Producer
moviePalermo Shooting
2008
Producer
movieThe Clone Returns Home
2008
Executive Producer
movieThe House Is Burning
2006
Executive Producer
movieThe Way I Spent the End of the World
2006
Associate Producer
movieDon't Come Knocking
2005
Executive Producer
movieEgoshooter
2005
Producer
movieMúsica Cubana
2004
Producer
movieHalf the Rent
2004
Producer
movieFools
2003
Producer
Fools
2003
Producer
movieJune Moon
2002
Producer
movieThe End of Violence
1997
Producer
movieA Trick of the Light
1995
Producer
movieLisbon Story
1994
Producer
movieFaraway, So Close!
1993
Producer
movieThe Absence
1993
Producer
movieUntil the End of the World
1991
Co-Producer
movieChocolat
1988
Co-Producer
movieThe Passenger – Welcome to Germany
1988
Consulting Producer
movieWings of Desire
1987
Producer
movieIron Earth, Copper Sky
1987
Producer
movieTokyo-Ga
1985
Producer
movieParis, Texas
1984
Producer
movieThe State of Things
1982
Producer
movieLightning Over Water
1980
Producer
movieRadio On
1979
Associate Producer
movie...als Diesel geboren
1979
Producer
movieThe Left-Handed Woman
1978
Producer
movieThe American Friend
1977
Producer
movieKings of the Road
1976
Producer
movieWrong Move
1975
Producer
movieEin bißchen Liebe
1974
Producer
movieAlice in the Cities
1974
Producer
movieThe Scarlet Letter
1973
Producer
movieSummer in the City
1972
Producer
movieSilver City Revisited
1969
Producer
Klappenfilm
1968
Producer
movieSchauplätze
1967
Producer
Sound of Ice
Executive Producer
Return to Timbuktu
Executive Producer
Echoes of Light
Executive Producer
Writing51
moviePerfect Days
2023
Screenplay
movieAnselm
2023
Writer
movieVeränderung
2020
Writer
movieInvisible World
2013
Writer
moviePina
2011
Screenplay
movieIl Volo
2010
Writer
movie8
2008
Writer
movieInvisibles
2007
Writer
movieLand of Plenty
2004
Screenplay
tvThe Blues
2003
Writer
movieBuena Vista Social Club
1999
Screenplay
movieCity of Angels
1998
Original Film Writer
movieBeyond the Clouds
1995
Screenplay
movieLisbon Story
1994
Screenplay
movieFaraway, So Close!
1993
Screenplay
movieUntil the End of the World
1991
Story, Screenplay
movieWings of Desire
1987
Screenplay
movieTokyo-Ga
1985
Writer
movieRoom 666
1985
Writer
movieThe American Friend
1977
Screenplay
movieKings of the Road
1976
Screenplay
movieAlice in the Cities
1974
Screenplay
moviePolizeifilm
1969
Writer
movieSchauplätze
1967
Writer
Camera13
movieThe Salt of the Earth
2014
Still Photographer
movieThe Soul of a Man
2003
Camera Operator
movieBeyond the Clouds
1995
Still Photographer
movieNotebook on Cities and Clothes
1989
Director of Photography
I Played It for You
1985
Additional Photography
movieGarlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers
1980
Additional Camera
Nicholas Ray: Especially for Pierre
1979
Camera Operator, Director of Photography
moviePolizeifilm
1969
Director of Photography
movieAmon Duul II: Plays Phallus Dei
1969
Director of Photography
Ten Years After
1969
Director of Photography
movieSilver City Revisited
1969
Director of Photography
movieSame Player Shoots Again
1968
Director of Photography
movieSchauplätze
1967
Director of Photography
Editing10
In the Shadow of Hollywood
2000
Archival Footage Research
movieTokyo-Ga
1985
Editor
movie3 American LPs
1969
Editor
moviePolizeifilm
1969
Editor
movieSchauplätze
1967
Editor
Crew5
movieStories We Tell
2012
Thanks
Passage
2009
Thanks
movieThree Days of Rain
2002
Presenter
Adamski
1993
Thanks
movieSpeaking Parts
1990
Thanks
