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