Directing
Wim Wenders
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.
Filmography
Mein liebster Dokumentarfilm
Series · 2026
The Keys to Freedom
Film · 2025
The Ozu Diaries
Film · 2025
Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende
Film · 2025
La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione
Film · 2025
Films to Die For
Film · 2025
Now is Now: Wim Wenders on 'Perfect Days'
Film · 2024
Room 999
Film · 2023
Cannes Uncut
Film · 2023
Directors Talks
Series · 2023
German Genius
Series · 2023
Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
Film · 2022
Die 2050er - Everything will change
Film · 2022
From Our Side
Film · 2022
Come with Me to the Cinema – The Gregors
Film · 2022
CAN and Me
Film · 2022
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
Film · 2022
Bruno Ganz - The Longing Revolutionary
Film · 2022
Why Are We (Not) Creative?
Film · 2021
Now
Film · 2021
A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner
Film · 2021
Wim Wenders, Desperado
Film · 2020
Veränderung
Film · 2020
Good Morning, the Wind Blows
Film · 2020
High Maintenance
Film · 2020
Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen
Series · 2020
Zeroville
Film · 2019
Paul Auster: What If
Film · 2019
Living the Light: Robby Müller
Film · 2018
Beyond the Bolex
Film · 2018
Pope Francis: A Man of His Word
Film · 2018
Why Are We Creative?
Film · 2018
Leçon de cinéma avec Wim Wenders
Film · 2018
Was tut sich - im deutschen Film?
Series · 2018
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
Film · 2017
The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg Sentsov
Film · 2017
Plankton Salesmen
Film · 2017
Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider
Film · 2016
Along for the Ride
Film · 2016
Three for the Road
Film · 2016
Was heißt hier Ende? Der Filmkritiker Michael Althen
Film · 2015
Chris Marker: Never Explain, Never Complain
Film · 2015
French Cinema Mon Amour
Film · 2015
The Legend of the Palme d'Or
Film · 2015
Restoring Time
Film · 2015
Return to Beethoven Street: Sam Fuller in Germany
Film · 2015
A Weekend at the Beach
Film · 2015
Filmstudio, mon amour
Film · 2015
The Salt of the Earth
Film · 2014
Henri Langlois vu par...
Film · 2014
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction
Film · 2013
A Fuller Life
Film · 2013
Close Up
Film · 2012
BAM150
Film · 2012
Edward Hopper and the Blank Canvas
Film · 2012
Zwischen den Zeiten
Film · 2011
Hitler in Hollywood
Film · 2011
Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter
Film · 2011
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
Film · 2011
Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard
Film · 2011
Viaggio in Bergmania
Film · 2011
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Series · 2011
Schawinski
Series · 2011
Snowblind
Film · 2010
Cronología
Film · 2010
Westpol
Series · 2010
What Do You Know About Me
Film · 2009
Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte
Film · 2008
Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers
Film · 2008
One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years
Film · 2008
Back to Room 666
Film · 2008
Effedia - Sulla mia cattiva strada
Film · 2008
Wim Wenders' Story Of His Early Years
Film · 2008
Cannes: All Access
Film · 2007
Dickes B
Series · 2007
Still Alive: A Film About Krzysztof Kieslowski
Film · 2006
The Art of Football from A to Z
Film · 2006
La torcedura
Film · 2004
Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen
Film · 2004
Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments
Film · 2004
Leçon de Cinéma
Series · 2004
Kulturplatz
Series · 2004
Im Palais
Series · 2004
Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us
Film · 2003
Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)
Film · 2003
ZIBB
Series · 2003
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
Film · 2002
Fassbinder in Hollywood
Film · 2002
Heart of the Festival
Film · 2002
Window of the Soul
Film · 2001
The Million Dollar Hotel
Film · 2000
FreeDogme
Film · 2000
Volle Kanne
Series · 1999
Alekan le magnifique
Film · 1998
Millionär gesucht! - Die SKL Show
Series · 1998
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
Series · 1998
Sabine Christiansen
Series · 1998
Tango Berlin
Film · 1997
Nachtstudio
Series · 1997
Im Dialog
Series · 1997
Love in Hollywood
Film · 1996
The Night of the Filmmakers
Film · 1995
To Make a Film Is to Be Alive
Film · 1995
A Trick of the Light
Film · 1995
In Bildern leben - Die filmischen Reflexionen des Wim Wenders
Film · 1995
Die Harald Schmidt Show
Series · 1995
Kleiner Mann ganz groß
Film · 1994
Nick Cave: Straight To You - A Portrait
Film · 1994
Without Me
Film · 1993
Arisha, the Bear, and the Stone Ring
Film · 1993
Talking with Ozu
Film · 1993
Riverboat
Series · 1992
Morgenmagazin
Series · 1992
Dream Island
Film · 1991
Pictures of Europe
Film · 1990
Motion and Emotion: The Road to 'Paris, Texas'
Film · 1990
Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders
Film · 1990
Wim Wenders in Tokyo
Film · 1990
Notebook on Cities and Clothes
Film · 1989
The Heart and the Legs
Film · 1989
Alekan, la lumière
Film · 1988
Helsinki Napoli All Night Long
Film · 1987
Nachtcafé
Series · 1987
live - die ZDF-talkshow
Series · 1987
King Kongs Faust
Film · 1985
Report from Hollywood
Film · 1985
Room 666
Film · 1985
Tausend Augen
Film · 1984
De droomproducenten
Film · 1984
Goldene Kamera
Series · 1984
Dennis Hopper's Russian Dynamite Death Chair Act
Film · 1983
Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982
Film · 1982
The State of Things
Film · 1982
Cinématon XXII
Film · 1982
Cinématon n°212 : Wim Wenders
Film · 1982
Wortwechsel
Series · 1982
Menschen
Series · 1982
Lightning Over Water
Film · 1980
Bavarian Film Awards
Series · 1979
NDR Talk Show
Series · 1979
Cinématon
Film · 1978
Long Shot
Film · 1978
The American Friend
Film · 1977
Kings of the Road
Film · 1976
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
Film · 1976
Kölner Treff
Series · 1976
The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
Film · 1975
Wrong Move
Film · 1975
Midi Première
Series · 1975
Alice in the Cities
Film · 1974
Spécial cinéma
Series · 1974
Summer in the City
Film · 1972
3 American LPs
Film · 1969
Candy Man
Film · 1968
Love and So Forth
Film · 1968
German Film Award
Series · 1951
Bambi
Series · 1948