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.
King Kongs Faust
(Regisseur)
Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte
(Self)
Kings of the Road
(Spectator at Pauline's Theater (uncredited))
Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers
(Self)
Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
(Self)
Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us
(Self)
Lightning Over Water
(Self)
Janela da Alma
(Self)
Close Up
(Self (archive footage))
Everything Will Change
Snowblind
(Gray Fox)
Room 999
(Self)
Candy Man
Without Me
(Himself)
The Million Dollar Hotel
Hitler in Hollywood
(Wim Wenders)
La torcedura
Dream Island
Tango Berlin
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
(Doctor #1 (segment "Twelve Miles to Trona"))
Cronología
Zwischen den Zeiten
Cannes Uncut
(Self)
Notebook on Cities and Clothes
(Self)
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction
(Self)
Report from Hollywood
Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter
(Self)
Arisha, the Bear, and the Stone Ring
(Santa Claus)
Pictures of Europe
(Self)
The Night of the Filmmakers
(Self)
Why Are We (Not) Creative?
(Self)
One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years
(Self)
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
Fassbinder in Hollywood
(Self)
Cinématon
(N°212)
From Our Side
Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen
(Self)
Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors
(Wim Wenders)
CAN and Me
(Self)
The Salt of the Earth
(Self)
BAM150
(Self)
Zeroville
(Larry)
Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)
(Self)
Was heißt hier Ende? Der Filmkritiker Michael Althen
(Self)
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
(Self)
The Heart and the Legs
(Self)
Dennis Hopper's Russian Dynamite Death Chair Act
(Himself)
Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982
(Self)
Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments
(Self)
Back to Room 666
(Self)
Bruno Ganz - The Longing Revolutionary
(Lui-même)
Plankton Salesmen
(Self (archive footage))
Still Alive: A Film About Krzysztof Kieslowski
(Self)
Kleiner Mann ganz groß
(Self)
Chris Marker: Never Explain, Never Complain
(Self)
Edward Hopper and the Blank Canvas
(Self)
French Cinema Mon Amour
(Self)
Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard
(Self)
Room 666
(Self)
To Make a Film Is to Be Alive
(Self (uncredited))
Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider
(Self)
The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
(Man Walking through Vienna Bus Station (uncredited))
3 American LPs
A Fuller Life
(Self - Reader (segment "A River of Tears"))
Talking with Ozu
(Self)
Water and Sugar: Carlo Di Palma, the Colours of Life
(Self)
The Legend of the Palme d'Or
(Self)
Summer in the City
(Billardspieler (uncredited))
Motion and Emotion: The Road to 'Paris, Texas'
(Self)
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
(Self)
Effedia - Sulla mia cattiva strada
(Self)
Long Shot
(Another Director)
Along for the Ride
(Self)
Wim Wenders' Story Of His Early Years
(Self)
The State of Things
(Tram Passenger (uncredited))
Nick Cave: Straight To You - A Portrait
(Self)
The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg Sentsov
(Self)
Living the Light: Robby Müller
(Self)
Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders
(Self)
Alekan, la lumière
(Self)
Love and So Forth
(Student)
Viaggio in Bergmania
(Self)
Cannes: All Access
(Self)
FreeDogme
(himself)
Restoring Time
(Self)
Paul Auster: What If
(Self - Filmmaker)
Tausend Augen
(Dieb im Videoladen)
Wim Wenders in Tokyo
(Self)
Return to Beethoven Street: Sam Fuller in Germany
(Self)
Beyond the Bolex
(Self)
Alekan le magnifique
(Self)
Henri Langlois vu par...
(Self)
The Art of Football from A to Z
(Self)
Now
(Self)
Three for the Road
(Self)
A Trick of the Light
(Regisseur / Milchmann)
Wim Wenders, Desperado
(Self)
Veränderung
(Self)
Pope Francis: A Man of His Word
(Self - Narrator (voice) (uncredited))
Cinématon XXII
(N°212)
Love in Hollywood
(Self)
Alice in the Cities
(Man by Jukebox in American Cafe (uncredited))
Wrong Move
(Man in Dining Car (uncredited))
Helsinki Napoli All Night Long
(Gas Station Attendant)
The American Friend
(Figure Wrapped in Plaster Bandages in Ambulance (uncredited))
A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner
(Self)
Good Morning, the Wind Blows
(Himself)
Cinématon n°212 : Wim Wenders
What Do You Know About Me
(Self)
High Maintenance
(Self)
Now is Now: Wim Wenders on 'Perfect Days'
(Self)
100 Years of Adolf Hitler – The Last Hour in the Führerbunker
(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))
Millionär gesucht! - Die SKL Show
(Self)
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
(Self)
Die Harald Schmidt Show
(Self)
Leçon de Cinéma
(Self)
Spécial cinéma
(Self)
Deutscher Filmpreis
(Self)
Goldene Kamera Verleihung
(Self)
Bambi Awards
(Self)
Schawinski
(Self)
Was tut sich - im deutschen Film?
(Self)
Bayerischer Filmpreis
(Self)
Volle Kanne
(Self)
Riverboat
(Self)
Die Johannes B. Kerner Show
(Self)
Kölner Treff
(Self)
Midi Première
(Self)
Nachtcafé
(Self)
Sabine Christiansen
(Self)
NDR Talk Show
(Self)
Wortwechsel
(Self)
Kulturplatz
(Self)
live - die ZDF-talkshow
(Self)
Nachtstudio
(Self)
Directors Talks
(Self)
Menschen
(Self)
Im Palais
(Self)
Dickes B
(Self)
Im Dialog
(self)
Westpol: Eins zu eins
(self)
ZIBB
(Self)
German Genius
(Wim Wenders)
Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen
(Self)
Morgenmagazin
(Self)
Wings of Desire
(Director)
Wings of Desire
(Producer)
Lisbon Story
(Director)
Lisbon Story
(Producer)
The Million Dollar Hotel
(Director)
Lisbon Story
(Screenplay)
The Million Dollar Hotel
(Producer)
Land of Plenty
(Screenplay)
Land of Plenty
(Director)
Paris, Texas
(Director)
Until the End of the World
(Screenplay)
Until the End of the World
(Director)
Faraway, So Close!
(Screenplay)
Faraway, So Close!
(Producer)
Faraway, So Close!
(Director)
Kings of the Road
(Director)
Kings of the Road
(Producer)
Kings of the Road
(Screenplay)
Alice in the Cities
(Screenplay)
Alice in the Cities
(Director)
Reality Winner
(Executive Producer)
Wrong Move
(Director)
The State of Things
(Director)
Don't Come Knocking
(Director)
The American Friend
(Screenplay)
The American Friend
(Director)
The End of Violence
(Producer)
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
(Director)
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
(Writer)
Buena Vista Social Club
(Director)
Buena Vista Social Club
(Screenplay)
Palermo Shooting
(Director)
The House Is Burning
(Executive Producer)
Hammett
(Director)
To Each His Own Cinema
(Director)
Lightning Over Water
(Writer)
Lightning Over Water
(Director)
The Scarlet Letter
(Director)
The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
(Director)
The End of Violence
(Director)
The End of Violence
(Story)
Palermo Shooting
(Writer)
Egoshooter
(Producer)
Lumière & Company
(Director)
A Trick of the Light
(Director)
8
(Director)
Invisibles
(Writer)
Invisibles
(Director)
Roving Woman
(Executive Producer)
Pina
(Screenplay)
Pina
(Director)
Tokyo-Ga
(Director)
Au Revoir Taipei
(Executive Producer)
Notebook on Cities and Clothes
(Director)
The Soul of a Man
(Director)
Half the Rent
(Producer)
Until the End of the World
(Co-Producer)
Perfect Days
(Producer)
Room 666
(Director)
Arisha, the Bear, and the Stone Ring
(Director)
Alabama (2000 Light Years)
(Writer)
3 American LPs
(Director)
Alabama (2000 Light Years)
(Editor)
Alabama (2000 Light Years)
(Director)
Perfect Days
(Director)
Invisible World
(Director)
Cathedrals of Culture
(Director)
Every Thing Will Be Fine
(Director)
An Endless Sunday
(Co-Producer)
The Salt of the Earth
(Director)
some body comes into the light
(Director)
The Soul of a Man
(Writer)
Schauplätze
(Director)
Same Player Shoots Again
(Director)
Summer in the City
(Director)
BAP - Ode to Cologne
(Director)
The Salt of the Earth
(Writer)
Beyond the Clouds
(Screenplay)
Until the End of the World
(Story)
The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez
(Director)
Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982
(Director)
Person to Person
(Director)
Polizeifilm
(Writer)
Polizeifilm
(Director)
Polizeifilm
(Editor)
Our Last Tango
(Executive Producer)
Submergence
(Director)
Same Player Shoots Again
(Editor)
Same Player Shoots Again
(Producer)
Same Player Shoots Again
(Director of Photography)
Same Player Shoots Again
(Writer)
some body comes into the light
(Producer)
The Salt of the Earth
(Still Photographer)
Silver City Revisited
(Director)
Silver City Revisited
(Writer)
Cathedrals of Culture: Halden Prison
(Executive Producer)
National Bird
(Executive Producer)
A Black Jesus
(Producer)
Sound of Ice
(Executive Producer)
From the Family of Reptiles
(Director)
The Island
(Director)
Room 666
(Writer)
The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
(Writer)
3 American LPs
(Editor)
The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez
(Writer)
Arisha, the Bear, and the Stone Ring
(Writer)
Schauplätze
(Writer)
June Moon
(Producer)
The Other Side of the Road
(Director)
Il Volo
(Director)
Invisible Crimes
(Director)
Ver ou Não Ver
(Director)
A Future Together
(Director)
The Berlin Philharmonic
(Director)
Jil Sander: Spring/Summer 2018 Campaign
(Director)
Summer in the City
(Producer)
Summer in the City
(Writer)
The Scarlet Letter
(Writer)
Notebook on Cities and Clothes
(Writer)
Silver City Revisited
(Editor)
A Trick of the Light
(Writer)
The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez
(Producer)
Songs of Earth
(Executive Producer)
The American Friend
(Producer)
Anselm
(Director)
Palermo Shooting
(Producer)
BAP - Ode to Cologne
(Writer)
The Scarlet Letter
(Producer)
Perfect Days
(Screenplay)
Willie Nelson at the Teatro
(Writer)
Willie Nelson at the Teatro
(Director)
Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982
(Producer)
Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982
(Writer)
Il Volo
(Writer)
Invisible World
(Writer)
Schauplätze
(Producer)
Cathedrals of Culture
(Writer)
Klappenfilm
(Producer)
Magnum - Feiere den Moment
(Writer)
Anselm
(Writer)
8
(Writer)
The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
(Producer)
Música Cubana
(Producer)
Two or Three Things I Know about Edward Hopper
(Writer)
Arisha, the Bear, and the Stone Ring
(Producer)
Am Spätnachmittag des folgenden Tages erwachte Joe in einem billigen Hotelzimmer - Andy schläft noch ...
(Producer)
The Salt of the Earth
(Executive Producer)
Ein bißchen Liebe
(Producer)
Iron Earth, Copper Sky
(Producer)
Go for Gold!
(Producer)
Two or Three Things I Know about Edward Hopper
(Executive Producer)
The State of Things
(Producer)
Schauplätze
(Editor)
Silver City Revisited
(Director of Photography)
The Open Road
(Executive Producer)
The Absence
(Producer)
...als Diesel geboren
(Producer)
Sing Me the Songs That Say I Love You: A Concert for Kate McGarrigle
(Executive Producer)
Dream Island
(Producer)
La torcedura
(Producer)
Little Hands
(Executive Producer)
Über Gott, Alfi und Mexico
(Producer)
Cathedrals of Culture
(Executive Producer)
Souad
(Co-Producer)
Beyond the Clouds
(Still Photographer)
Schauplätze
(Director of Photography)
Alabama (2000 Light Years)
(Sound)
I Played It for You
(Additional Photography)
Nicholas Ray: Especially for Pierre
(Camera Operator)
Passage
(Thanks)
Der Fall Lena Christ
(Unit Manager)
Nicholas Ray: Especially for Pierre
(Director of Photography)
Der fremde Fotograf und die Einsamkeit
(Script Supervisor)
In the Shadow of Hollywood
(Archival Footage Research)
Polizeifilm
(Director of Photography)
Return to Timbuktu
(Executive Producer)
Amon Duul II: Plays Phallus Dei
(Director of Photography)
Ten Years After
(Director of Photography)
Sansibar oder Der letzte Grund
(Sound Mix Technician)
Three Days of Rain
(Presenter)
Nicholas Ray: Especially for Pierre
(Producer)
The Soul of a Man
(Camera Operator)
Nicholas Ray: Especially for Pierre
(Sound)
The Passenger – Welcome to Germany
(Consulting Producer)
Klappenfilm
(Director)
Victor I.
(Director)
Kaspar Hauser
(Director)
If Buildings Could Talk
(Writer)
One Morning All Over the World
(Director)
If Buildings Could Talk
(Director)
Magnum - Feiere den Moment
(Director)
Narren
(Producer)
Pope Francis: A Man of His Word
(Writer)
Pope Francis: A Man of His Word
(Director)
Pope Francis: A Man of His Word
(Producer)
Fools
(Producer)
The State of Things
(Writer)
Don't Come Knocking
(Executive Producer)
Don't Come Knocking
(Writer)
Adamski
(Thanks)
Lightning Over Water
(Producer)
Lightning Over Water
(Editor)
Mutiny in Heaven: The Birthday Party
(Producer)
Chocolat
(Co-Producer)
Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers
(Additional Camera)
The Clone Returns Home
(Executive Producer)
Waiting for the Miracle to Come
(Executive Producer)
Stories We Tell
(Thanks)
Radio On
(Associate Producer)
It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story
(Executive Producer)
Two or Three Things I Know about Edward Hopper
(Producer)
Two or Three Things I Know about Edward Hopper
(Director)
Pina
(Producer)
Buena Vista Social Club: Adios
(Executive Producer)
Henri Langlois vu par...
(Director)
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
(Director)
A Trick of the Light
(Producer)
Veränderung
(Director)
Veränderung
(Writer)
The Left-Handed Woman
(Producer)
Karen Dalton: In My Own Time
(Executive Producer)
Notebook on Cities and Clothes
(Producer)
Notebook on Cities and Clothes
(Director of Photography)
Silver City Revisited
(Producer)
Paris, Texas
(Producer)
Tokyo-Ga
(Editor)
Tokyo-Ga
(Writer)
Tokyo-Ga
(Producer)
Alice in the Cities
(Producer)
Wrong Move
(Producer)
Room 666
(Producer)
Wings of Desire
(Screenplay)
Das Geheimnis der Orte
(Director)
Das Geheimnis der Orte
(Writer)
City of Angels
(Original Film Writer)
Beyond the Clouds
(Co-Director)
The Blues
(Writer)
The Blues
(Director)
Ein Haus für uns
(Director)
Cinéma cinémas
(Director)