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