Directing · Düsseldorf, Germany · Born August 14, 1945
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.
Mein liebster Dokumentarfilm
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MovieFilms to Die For
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MovieLa nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione
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MovieThe Ozu Diaries
2025
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MovieWim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende
2025
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MovieThe Keys to Freedom
2025
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Now is Now: Wim Wenders on 'Perfect Days'
2024
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MovieRoom 999
2023
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TVDirectors Talks
2023
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MovieCannes Uncut
2023
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TVGerman Genius
2023
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MovieWerner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
2022
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MovieCAN and Me
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MovieBruno Ganz - The Longing Revolutionary
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MovieFrom Our Side
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MovieCome with Me to the Cinema – The Gregors
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MovieFilm: The Living Record of Our Memory
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MovieDie 2050er - Everything will change
2022
MovieWhy Are We (Not) Creative?
2021
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MovieNow
2021
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MovieA Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner
2021
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Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen
2020
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MovieHigh Maintenance
2020
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MovieGood Morning, the Wind Blows
2020
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MovieWim Wenders, Desperado
2020
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MovieVeränderung
2020
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MovieZeroville
2019
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MoviePaul Auster: What If
2019
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MovieBeyond the Bolex
2018
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MovieLiving the Light: Robby Müller
2018
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MovieWhy Are We Creative?
2018
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Was tut sich - im deutschen Film?
2018
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MoviePope Francis: A Man of His Word
2018
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MovieLeçon de cinéma avec Wim Wenders
2018
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MoviePlankton Salesmen
2017
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MovieWater and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
2017
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MovieThe Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg Sentsov
2017
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MovieAlong for the Ride
2016
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MovieDennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider
2016
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MovieThree for the Road
2016
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MovieA Weekend at the Beach
2015
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MovieFilmstudio, mon amour
2015
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MovieChris Marker: Never Explain, Never Complain
2015
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MovieFrench Cinema Mon Amour
2015
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MovieReturn to Beethoven Street: Sam Fuller in Germany
2015
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MovieThe Legend of the Palme d'Or
2015
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MovieWas heißt hier Ende? Der Filmkritiker Michael Althen
2015
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MovieRestoring Time
2015
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MovieThe Salt of the Earth
2014
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MovieHenri Langlois vu par...
2014
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MovieHarry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction
2013
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MovieA Fuller Life
2013
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MovieEdward Hopper and the Blank Canvas
2012
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MovieClose Up
2012
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MovieBAM150
2012
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MovieAutoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard
2011
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TVThe Story of Film: An Odyssey
2011
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Schawinski
2011
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MovieHitler in Hollywood
2011
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Zwischen den Zeiten
2011
MovieViaggio in Bergmania
2011
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MovieMondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter
2011
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Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
2011
MovieSnowblind
2010
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Cronología
2010
Westpol
2010
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MovieWhat Do You Know About Me
2009
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MovieEffedia - Sulla mia cattiva strada
2008
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Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte
2008
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MovieWim Wenders' Story Of His Early Years
2008
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MovieCounter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers
2008
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Back to Room 666
2008
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MovieOne Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years
2008
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Dickes B
2007
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MovieCannes: All Access
2007
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MovieThe Art of Football from A to Z
2006
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MovieStill Alive: A Film About Krzysztof Kieslowski
2006
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MovieEdgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen
2004
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TVKulturplatz
2004
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Im Palais
2004
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MovieDennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments
2004
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TVLeçon de Cinéma
2004
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La torcedura
2004
ZIBB
2003
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MovieWings of Desire: The Angels Among Us
2003
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MovieDennis Hopper: Create (or Die)
2003
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MovieFassbinder in Hollywood
2002
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MovieTen Minutes Older: The Trumpet
2002
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MovieJanela da Alma
2001
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MovieThe Million Dollar Hotel
2000
MovieFreeDogme
2000
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Volle Kanne
1999
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MovieAlekan le magnifique
1998
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Millionär gesucht! - Die SKL Show
1998
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The Johannes B. Kerner Show
1998
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Sabine Christiansen
1998
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Nachtstudio
1997
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Im Dialog
1997
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Tango Berlin
1997
MovieLove in Hollywood
1996
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TVDie Harald Schmidt Show
1995
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MovieA Trick of the Light
1995
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MovieTo Make a Film Is to Be Alive
1995
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MovieThe Night of the Filmmakers
1995
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MovieIn Bildern leben - Die filmischen Reflexionen des Wim Wenders
1995
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MovieKleiner Mann ganz groß
1994
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MovieNick Cave: Straight To You - A Portrait
1994
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MovieArisha, the Bear, and the Stone Ring
1993
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MovieTalking with Ozu
1993
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Without Me
1993
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TVMorgenmagazin
1992
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TVRiverboat
1992
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Dream Island
1991
MovieWim Wenders in Tokyo
1990
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MoviePictures of Europe
1990
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MovieMotion and Emotion: The Road to 'Paris, Texas'
1990
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MovieMotion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders
1990
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MovieNotebook on Cities and Clothes
1989
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The Heart and the Legs
1989
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MovieAlekan, la lumière
1988
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MovieHelsinki Napoli All Night Long
1987
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live - die ZDF-talkshow
1987
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TVNachtcafé
1987
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MovieKing Kongs Faust
1985
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MovieRoom 666
1985
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Report from Hollywood
1985
MovieTausend Augen
1984
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Goldene Kamera
1984
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MovieDe droomproducenten
1984
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MovieDennis Hopper's Russian Dynamite Death Chair Act
1983
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MovieReverse Angle: New York, March 1982
1982
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Cinématon XXII
1982
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MovieCinématon n°212 : Wim Wenders
1982
MovieThe State of Things
1982
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Menschen
1982
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Wortwechsel
1982
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MovieLightning Over Water
1980
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Bavarian Film Awards
1979
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TVNDR Talk Show
1979
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MovieCinématon
1978
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MovieLong Shot
1978
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MovieThe American Friend
1977
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MovieSigns of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
1976
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MovieKings of the Road
1976
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TVKölner Treff
1976
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MovieThe Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
1975
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MovieWrong Move
1975
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TVMidi Première
1975
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TVSpécial cinéma
1974
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MovieAlice in the Cities
1974
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MovieSummer in the City
1972
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Movie3 American LPs
1969
MovieLove and So Forth
1968
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Candy Man
1968
German Film Award
1951
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TVBambi
1948
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