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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Films to Die For
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Release Date:23/10/2025
La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione
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Release Date:11/09/2025
The Ozu Diaries
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Release Date:02/09/2025
Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende
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Release Date:11/08/2025
The Keys to Freedom
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Release Date:05/05/2025
Now is Now: Wim Wenders on 'Perfect Days'
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Release Date:16/07/2024
Room 999
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Release Date:05/10/2023
Cannes Uncut
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Release Date:12/06/2023
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
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Release Date:27/10/2022
CAN and Me
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Release Date:28/09/2022
Bruno Ganz - The Longing Revolutionary
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Release Date:25/09/2022
From Our Side
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Release Date:03/09/2022
Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors
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Release Date:01/09/2022
Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
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Release Date:12/08/2022
Die 2050er - Everything will change
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Release Date:14/07/2022
Why Are We (Not) Creative?
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Release Date:20/10/2021
Now
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Release Date:26/08/2021
A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner
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Release Date:24/02/2021
High Maintenance
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Release Date:12/12/2020
Good Morning, the Wind Blows
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Release Date:10/12/2020
Wim Wenders, Desperado
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Release Date:16/07/2020
Veränderung
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Release Date:30/04/2020
Zeroville
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Release Date:19/09/2019
Paul Auster: What If
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Release Date:12/02/2019
Beyond the Bolex
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Release Date:08/11/2018
Living the Light: Robby Müller
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Release Date:20/09/2018
Why Are We Creative?
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Release Date:07/09/2018
Pope Francis: A Man of His Word
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Release Date:18/05/2018
Leçon de cinéma avec Wim Wenders
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Release Date:17/04/2018
Plankton Salesmen
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Release Date:29/10/2017
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
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Release Date:27/04/2017
The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg Sentsov
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Release Date:06/04/2017
Along for the Ride
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Release Date:03/11/2016
Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider
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Release Date:29/06/2016
Three for the Road
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Release Date:31/05/2016
A Weekend at the Beach
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Release Date:01/12/2015
Filmstudio, mon amour
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Release Date:21/10/2015
Chris Marker: Never Explain, Never Complain
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Release Date:25/08/2015
French Cinema Mon Amour
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Release Date:06/07/2015
Return to Beethoven Street: Sam Fuller in Germany
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Release Date:03/07/2015
The Legend of the Palme d'Or
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Release Date:20/05/2015
Was heißt hier Ende? Der Filmkritiker Michael Althen
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Release Date:13/02/2015
Restoring Time
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Release Date:03/02/2015
The Salt of the Earth
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Release Date:29/08/2014
Henri Langlois vu par...
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Release Date:27/07/2014
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction
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Release Date:11/09/2013
A Fuller Life
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Release Date:28/08/2013
Edward Hopper and the Blank Canvas
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Release Date:10/10/2012
Close Up
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Release Date:30/09/2012
BAM150
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Release Date:27/04/2012
Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard
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Release Date:27/10/2011
Hitler in Hollywood
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Release Date:04/05/2011
Zwischen den Zeiten
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Release Date:01/05/2011
Viaggio in Bergmania
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Release Date:16/04/2011
Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter
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Release Date:07/04/2011
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
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Release Date:11/02/2011
Snowblind
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Release Date:11/11/2010
Cronología
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Release Date:01/05/2010
What Do You Know About Me
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Release Date:16/10/2009
Effedia - Sulla mia cattiva strada
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Release Date:29/10/2008
Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte
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Release Date:03/07/2008
Wim Wenders' Story Of His Early Years
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Release Date:01/03/2008
Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers
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Release Date:14/02/2008
Back to Room 666
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Release Date:02/02/2008
One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years
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Release Date:24/01/2008
Cannes: All Access
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Release Date:27/10/2007
The Art of Football from A to Z
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Release Date:25/05/2006
Still Alive: A Film About Krzysztof Kieslowski
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Release Date:27/02/2005
Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen
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Release Date:04/09/2004
Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments
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Release Date:01/05/2004
La torcedura
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Release Date:01/01/2004
Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us
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Release Date:01/07/2003
Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)
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Release Date:10/02/2003
Fassbinder in Hollywood
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Release Date:02/07/2002
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
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Release Date:18/05/2002
Janela da Alma
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Release Date:20/10/2001
The Million Dollar Hotel
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Release Date:09/02/2000
FreeDogme
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Release Date:01/01/2000
Alekan le magnifique
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Release Date:31/12/1998
Tango Berlin
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Release Date:01/01/1997
Love in Hollywood
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Release Date:08/12/1996
A Trick of the Light
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Release Date:28/11/1995
To Make a Film Is to Be Alive
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Release Date:02/09/1995
The Night of the Filmmakers
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Release Date:12/02/1995
In Bildern leben - Die filmischen Reflexionen des Wim Wenders
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Release Date:01/01/1995
Kleiner Mann ganz groß
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Release Date:11/11/1994
Nick Cave: Straight To You - A Portrait
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Release Date:01/01/1994
Arisha, the Bear, and the Stone Ring
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Release Date:30/12/1993
Talking with Ozu
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Release Date:27/11/1993
Without Me
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Release Date:10/08/1993
Dream Island
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Release Date:01/05/1991
Wim Wenders in Tokyo
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Release Date:31/12/1990
Pictures of Europe
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Release Date:25/04/1990
Motion and Emotion: The Road to 'Paris, Texas'
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Release Date:25/04/1990
Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders
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Release Date:25/04/1990
Notebook on Cities and Clothes
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Release Date:20/12/1989
The Heart and the Legs
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Release Date:01/03/1989
Alekan, la lumière
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Release Date:04/08/1988
Helsinki Napoli All Night Long
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Release Date:13/11/1987
King Kongs Faust
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Release Date:26/04/1985
Report from Hollywood
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Release Date:01/01/1985
Tausend Augen
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Release Date:13/05/1984
Dennis Hopper's Russian Dynamite Death Chair Act
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Release Date:01/01/1983
Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982
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Release Date:15/09/1982
Cinématon XXII
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Release Date:07/06/1982
Cinématon n°212 : Wim Wenders
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Release Date:07/06/1982
Room 666
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Release Date:02/06/1982
The State of Things
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Release Date:22/03/1982
Lightning Over Water
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Release Date:01/10/1980
Cinématon
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Release Date:20/12/1978
Long Shot
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Release Date:17/11/1978
The American Friend
Character:Figure Wrapped in Plaster Bandages in Ambulance (uncredited)
Release Date:24/06/1977
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
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Release Date:02/12/1976
Kings of the Road
Character:Spectator at Pauline's Theater (uncredited)
Release Date:04/03/1976
The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
Character:Man Walking through Vienna Bus Station (uncredited)
Release Date:05/11/1975
Wrong Move
Character:Man in Dining Car (uncredited)
Release Date:14/03/1975
Alice in the Cities
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Release Date:17/05/1974
Summer in the City
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Release Date:02/06/1972
3 American LPs
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Release Date:17/11/1969
Love and So Forth
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Release Date:29/09/1968
Candy Man
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Release Date:01/05/1968
Television Appearances
Directors Talks
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German Genius
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Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen
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Was tut sich - im deutschen Film?
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The Story of Film: An Odyssey
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Schawinski
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Westpol: Eins zu eins
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Dickes B
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Kulturplatz
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Im Palais
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Leçon de Cinéma
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ZIBB
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Volle Kanne
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Millionär gesucht! - Die SKL Show
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The Johannes B. Kerner Show
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Sabine Christiansen
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Nachtstudio
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Im Dialog
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Die Harald Schmidt Show
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Morgenmagazin
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Riverboat
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live - die ZDF-talkshow
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Nachtcafé
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Goldene Kamera
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Menschen
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Wortwechsel
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Bavarian Film Awards
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NDR Talk Show
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Kölner Treff
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Midi Première
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Spécial cinéma
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German Film Award
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Bambi
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Images
