Wim Wenders
Born August 14, 1945
Place of birth: Düsseldorf, Germany
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 e...
Filmography
Actor (146 credits)
Movies
Was Ist Kino ?Self (Archive Footage)
2025Now is Now: Wim Wenders on 'Perfect Days'Self
2024Room 999Self
2023Cannes UncutSelf
2023Film: The Living Record of Our MemorySelf
2022Die 2050er - Everything will change
2022From Our Side
2022Come With Me to the Cinema – The GregorsWim Wenders
2022CAN and MeSelf
2022Werner Herzog: Radical DreamerSelf
2022Bruno Ganz - The Longing RevolutionaryLui-même
2022Why Are We (Not) Creative?Self
2021NowSelf
2021A Life for Movies: Lotte EisnerSelf
2021Wim Wenders, DesperadoSelf
2020VeränderungSelf
2020Good Morning, the Wind BlowsHimself
2020High MaintenanceSelf
2020ZerovilleLarry
2019Paul Auster: What IfSelf - Filmmaker
2019Living the Light: Robby MüllerSelf
2018Beyond the BolexSelf
2018Pope Francis: A Man of His WordSelf - Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
2018Plankton SalesmenSelf (archive footage)
2017The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg SentsovSelf
2017Dennis Hopper: Uneasy RiderSelf
2016Water and Sugar: Carlo Di Palma, the Colours of LifeSelf
2016Along for the RideSelf
2016Three for the RoadSelf
2016Was heißt hier Ende? Der Filmkritiker Michael AlthenSelf
2015Chris Marker: Never Explain, Never ComplainSelf
2015French Cinema Mon AmourSelf
2015The Legend of the Palme d'OrSelf
2015Restoring TimeSelf
2015Return to Beethoven Street: Sam Fuller in GermanySelf
2015The Salt of the EarthSelf
2014Henri Langlois vu par...Self
2014Harry Dean Stanton: Partly FictionSelf
2013A Fuller LifeSelf - Reader (segment "A River of Tears")
2013Close UpSelf (archive footage)
2012BAM150Self
2012Edward Hopper and the Blank CanvasSelf
2012Hitler in HollywoodWim Wenders
2011Zwischen den Zeiten
2011Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner SchroeterSelf
2011Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
2011Autoluminescent: Rowland S. HowardSelf
2011Viaggio in BergmaniaSelf
2011SnowblindGray Fox
2010Cronología
2010What Do You Know About MeSelf
2009Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche FilmgeschichteSelf
2008Counter Shot: Departure of the FilmmakersSelf
2008One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early YearsSelf
2008Back to Room 666Self
2008Effedia - Sulla mia cattiva stradaSelf
2008Wim Wenders' Story Of His Early YearsSelf
2008Cannes: All AccessSelf
2007The Art of Football from A to ZSelf
2006Still Alive: A Film About Krzysztof KieslowskiSelf
2005La torcedura
2004Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-ScreenSelf
2004Dennis Hopper: The Decisive MomentsSelf
2004Wings of Desire: The Angels Among UsSelf
2003Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)Self
2003Ten Minutes Older: The TrumpetDoctor #1 (segment "Twelve Miles to Trona")
2002Fassbinder in HollywoodSelf
2002Janela da AlmaSelf
2001The Million Dollar Hotel
2000FreeDogmehimself
2000Alekan le magnifiqueSelf
1998Tango Berlin
1997Love in HollywoodSelf
1996The Night of the FilmmakersSelf
1995To Make a Film Is to Be AliveSelf (uncredited)
1995A Trick of the LightRegisseur / Milchmann
1995Kleiner Mann ganz großSelf
1994Nick Cave: Straight To You - A PortraitSelf
1994Without MeHimself
1993Arisha, the Bear, and the Stone RingSanta Claus
1993Talking with OzuSelf
1993Dream Island
1991Pictures of EuropeSelf
1990Motion and Emotion: The Road to 'Paris, Texas'Self
1990Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim WendersSelf
1990Wim Wenders in TokyoSelf
1990Notebook on Cities and ClothesSelf
1989The Heart and the LegsSelf
1989100 Years of Adolf Hitler – The Last Hour in the FührerbunkerSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
1989Alekan, la lumièreSelf
1988Helsinki Napoli All Night LongGas Station Attendant
1987King Kongs FaustRegisseur
1985Report from Hollywood
1985Tausend AugenDieb im Videoladen
1984Dennis Hopper's Russian Dynamite Death Chair ActHimself
1983Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982Self
1982Room 666Self
1982The State of ThingsTram Passenger (uncredited)
1982Cinématon XXIIN°212
1982Lightning Over WaterSelf
1980CinématonN°212
1978Long ShotAnother Director
1978The American FriendFigure Wrapped in Plaster Bandages in Ambulance (uncredited)
1977Kings of the RoadSpectator at Pauline's Theater (uncredited)
1976Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German CinemaSelf
1976The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty KickMan Walking through Vienna Bus Station (uncredited)
1975Wrong MoveMan in Dining Car (uncredited)
1975Alice in the CitiesMan by Jukebox in American Cafe (uncredited)
1974Summer in the CityBillardspieler (uncredited)
19723 American LPs
1969Candy Man
1968Love and So ForthStudent
1968Cinématon n°212 : Wim Wenders
Tv
Directors TalksSelf
2023German GeniusWim Wenders
2023Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und TräumenSelf
2020Was tut sich - im deutschen Film?Self
2018The Story of Film: An OdysseySelf
2011SchawinskiSelf
2011Westpol: Eins zu einsself
2010Dickes BSelf
2007Leçon de CinémaSelf
2004KulturplatzSelf
2004Im PalaisSelf
2004ZIBBSelf
2003Volle KanneSelf
1999Millionär gesucht! - Die SKL ShowSelf
1998The Johannes B. Kerner ShowSelf
1998Sabine ChristiansenSelf
1998NachtstudioSelf
1997Im Dialogself
1997Die Harald Schmidt ShowSelf
1995RiverboatSelf
1992MorgenmagazinSelf
1992NachtcaféSelf
1987live - die ZDF-talkshowSelf
1987Goldene Kamera VerleihungSelf
1984WortwechselSelf
1982MenschenSelf
1982Bavarian Film AwardSelf
1979NDR Talk ShowSelf
1979Kölner TreffSelf
1976Midi PremièreSelf
1975Spécial cinémaSelf
1974Deutscher FilmpreisSelf
1951BAMBI AwardsSelf
1948Director (78 credits)
Movie
Perfect DaysDirector
2023some body comes into the lightDirector
2023AnselmDirector
2023A Future TogetherDirector
2021Two or Three Things I Know about Edward HopperDirector
2020VeränderungDirector
2020Pope Francis: A Man of His WordDirector
2018SubmergenceDirector
2017Jil Sander: Spring/Summer 2018 CampaignDirector
2017The Beautiful Days of AranjuezDirector
2016Every Thing Will Be FineDirector
2015Cathedrals of CultureDirector
2014The Salt of the EarthDirector
2014The Berlin PhilharmonicDirector
2014Magnum - Feiere den MomentDirector
2014Henri Langlois vu par...Director
2014Invisible WorldDirector
2012Ver ou Não VerDirector
2012Der fremde Fotograf und die EinsamkeitScript Supervisor
2012PinaDirector
2011Il VoloDirector
2010If Buildings Could TalkDirector
2010Palermo ShootingDirector
20088Director
2008Person to PersonDirector
2008To Each His Own CinemaDirector
2007InvisiblesDirector
2007Invisible CrimesDirector
2007Don't Come KnockingDirector
2005Land of PlentyDirector
2004The Soul of a ManDirector
2003The Other Side of the RoadDirector
2003Ten Minutes Older: The TrumpetDirector
2002BAP - Ode to CologneDirector
2002The Million Dollar HotelDirector
2000One Morning All Over the WorldDirector
2000Buena Vista Social ClubDirector
1999Willie Nelson at the TeatroDirector
1998The End of ViolenceDirector
1997Lumière & CompanyDirector
1995A Trick of the LightDirector
1995Beyond the CloudsCo-Director
1995Lisbon StoryDirector
1994Faraway, So Close!Director
1993Arisha, the Bear, and the Stone RingDirector
1993Until the End of the WorldDirector
1991Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole PorterDirector
1990Notebook on Cities and ClothesDirector
1989Wings of DesireDirector
1987Tokyo-GaDirector
1985Paris, TexasDirector
1984The State of ThingsDirector
1982HammettDirector
1982Room 666Director
1982Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982Director
1982Lightning Over WaterDirector
1980The American FriendDirector
1977Kings of the RoadDirector
1976Wrong MoveDirector
1975The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty KickDirector
1975Alice in the CitiesDirector
1974The IslandDirector
1974From the Family of ReptilesDirector
1974The Scarlet LetterDirector
1973Summer in the CityDirector
1972Alabama (2000 Light Years)Director
19693 American LPsDirector
1969PolizeifilmDirector
1969Silver City RevisitedDirector
1969Kaspar HauserDirector
1969Same Player Shoots AgainDirector
1968KlappenfilmDirector
1968Victor I.Director
1968SchauplätzeDirector
1967Das Geheimnis der OrteDirector
Writer (52 credits)
Movie
Perfect DaysScreenplay
2023AnselmWriter
2023Two or Three Things I Know about Edward HopperWriter
2020VeränderungWriter
2020Pope Francis: A Man of His WordWriter
2018The Beautiful Days of AranjuezWriter
2016The Salt of the EarthWriter
2014Magnum - Feiere den MomentWriter
2014Cathedrals of CultureWriter
2014Invisible WorldWriter
2012PinaScreenplay
2011Il VoloWriter
2010If Buildings Could TalkWriter
2010Palermo ShootingWriter
20088Writer
2008InvisiblesWriter
2007Don't Come KnockingWriter
2005Land of PlentyScreenplay
2004The Soul of a ManWriter
2003Ten Minutes Older: The TrumpetWriter
2002BAP - Ode to CologneWriter
2002Buena Vista Social ClubScreenplay
1999Willie Nelson at the TeatroWriter
1998City of AngelsOriginal Film Writer
1998The End of ViolenceStory
1997Beyond the CloudsScreenplay
1995A Trick of the LightWriter
1995Lisbon StoryScreenplay
1994Faraway, So Close!Screenplay
1993Arisha, the Bear, and the Stone RingWriter
1993Until the End of the WorldScreenplay
1991Until the End of the WorldStory
1991Notebook on Cities and ClothesWriter
1989Wings of DesireScreenplay
1987Tokyo-GaWriter
1985Room 666Writer
1982Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982Writer
1982The State of ThingsWriter
1982Lightning Over WaterWriter
1980The American FriendScreenplay
1977Kings of the RoadScreenplay
1976The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty KickWriter
1975Alice in the CitiesScreenplay
1974The Scarlet LetterWriter
1973Summer in the CityWriter
1972Alabama (2000 Light Years)Writer
1969PolizeifilmWriter
1969Silver City RevisitedWriter
1969Same Player Shoots AgainWriter
1968SchauplätzeWriter
1967Das Geheimnis der OrteWriter
Producer (81 credits)
Movie
Perfect DaysProducer
2023An Endless SundayCo-Producer
2023some body comes into the lightProducer
2023Songs of EarthExecutive Producer
2023Mutiny in Heaven: The Birthday PartyProducer
2023Roving WomanExecutive Producer
2022Reality WinnerExecutive Producer
2021SouadCo-Producer
2021Karen Dalton: In My Own TimeExecutive Producer
2021A Black JesusProducer
2020Two or Three Things I Know about Edward HopperExecutive Producer
2020Two or Three Things I Know about Edward HopperProducer
2020Waiting for the Miracle to ComeExecutive Producer
2019Little HandsExecutive Producer
2018Pope Francis: A Man of His WordProducer
2018It Must Schwing: The Blue Note StoryExecutive Producer
2018Buena Vista Social Club: AdiosExecutive Producer
2017National BirdExecutive Producer
2016The Beautiful Days of AranjuezProducer
2016Our Last TangoExecutive Producer
2015Cathedrals of Culture: Halden PrisonExecutive Producer
2014Cathedrals of CultureExecutive Producer
2014The Salt of the EarthExecutive Producer
2014Sing Me the Songs That Say I Love You: A Concert for Kate McGarrigleExecutive Producer
2013Über Gott, Alfi und MexicoProducer
2013PinaProducer
2011Au Revoir TaipeiExecutive Producer
2010The Open RoadExecutive Producer
2009Palermo ShootingProducer
2008The Clone Returns HomeExecutive Producer
2008The House Is BurningExecutive Producer
2006EgoshooterProducer
2005Don't Come KnockingExecutive Producer
2005Half the RentProducer
2004Música CubanaProducer
2004La torceduraProducer
2004NarrenProducer
2003FoolsProducer
2003June MoonProducer
2002The Million Dollar HotelProducer
2000The End of ViolenceProducer
1997Go for Gold!Producer
1997A Trick of the LightProducer
1995Lisbon StoryProducer
1994Faraway, So Close!Producer
1993The AbsenceProducer
1993Arisha, the Bear, and the Stone RingProducer
1993Until the End of the WorldCo-Producer
1991Dream IslandProducer
1991Notebook on Cities and ClothesProducer
1989The Passenger – Welcome to GermanyConsulting Producer
1988ChocolatCo-Producer
1988Wings of DesireProducer
1987Iron Earth, Copper SkyProducer
1987Tokyo-GaProducer
1985Paris, TexasProducer
1984Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982Producer
1982The State of ThingsProducer
1982Room 666Producer
1982...als Diesel geborenProducer
1979Nicholas Ray: Especially for PierreProducer
1979The American FriendProducer
1977Kings of the RoadProducer
1976The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty KickProducer
1975Ein bißchen LiebeProducer
1974The Scarlet LetterProducer
1973Same Player Shoots AgainProducer
1968Sound of IceExecutive Producer
Summer in the CityProducer
1972Am Spätnachmittag des folgenden Tages erwachte Joe in einem billigen Hotelzimmer - Andy schläft noch ...Producer
1969KlappenfilmProducer
1968Return to TimbuktuExecutive Producer
Lightning Over WaterProducer
1980Radio OnAssociate Producer
1979The Left-Handed WomanProducer
1977Wrong MoveProducer
1975Alice in the CitiesProducer
1974Der Fall Lena ChristUnit Manager
1969Silver City RevisitedProducer
1969SchauplätzeProducer
1967I'll Be Gone in JuneProducer
Misc. (30 credits)
Movie
The Salt of the EarthStill Photographer
2014Stories We TellThanks
2012PassageThanks
2009The Soul of a ManCamera Operator
2003Three Days of RainPresenter
2002In the Shadow of HollywoodArchival Footage Research
2000Beyond the CloudsStill Photographer
1995AdamskiThanks
1993Notebook on Cities and ClothesDirector of Photography
1989Sansibar oder Der letzte GrundSound Mix Technician
1987I Played It for YouAdditional Photography
1985Tokyo-GaEditor
1985Lightning Over WaterEditor
1980Garlic Is as Good as Ten MothersAdditional Camera
1980Nicholas Ray: Especially for PierreCamera Operator
1979Nicholas Ray: Especially for PierreSound
1979Nicholas Ray: Especially for PierreDirector of Photography
1979Alabama (2000 Light Years)Editor
1969PolizeifilmEditor
19693 American LPsEditor
1969Silver City RevisitedEditor
1969Ten Years AfterDirector of Photography
1969Silver City RevisitedDirector of Photography
1969PolizeifilmDirector of Photography
1969Amon Duul II: Plays Phallus DeiDirector of Photography
1969Alabama (2000 Light Years)Sound
1969Same Player Shoots AgainDirector of Photography
1968Same Player Shoots AgainEditor
1968SchauplätzeDirector of Photography
1967SchauplätzeEditor
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