Wim Wenders
Directing
🎂 1945-08-14
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.
Cast credits(151)
Self
2003
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1998
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1951
Self
1979
Regisseur / Milchmann
1995
Self
1982
Self
1982
Self
1997
self
1997
Man by Jukebox in American Cafe (uncredited)
1974
Self
2021
2000
Self
2011
Larry
2019
Self
2022
Self (archive footage)
2017
Self
2012
Self
2004
Himself
1993
Self
2003
Figure Wrapped in Plaster Bandages in Ambulance (uncredited)
1977
Self
2004
Man Walking through Vienna Bus Station (uncredited)
1975
Self
2014
Self - Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
2018
Self
2004
Self
2007
Self
2011
Self
2013
Self - Reader (segment "A River of Tears")
2013
Spectator at Pauline's Theater (uncredited)
1976
Self
1998
Self
2016
Gas Station Attendant
1987
Wim Wenders
2023
Self
2015
Dieb im Videoladen
1984
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2018
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2007
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2023
Self (archive footage)
2012
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2021
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2022
Gray Fox
2010
self
2010
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1996
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2009
Man in Dining Car (uncredited)
1975
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2008
Tram Passenger (uncredited)
1982
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2005
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2001
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2011
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1990
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Self (uncredited)
1995
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1987
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1982
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1989
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2016
Doctor #1 (segment "Twelve Miles to Trona")
2002
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N°212
1978
Another Director
1978
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2015
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1994
Self - filmmaker
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Billardspieler (uncredited)
1972
Student
1968
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2011
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Wim Wenders
2011
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2018
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2004
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1983
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1982
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1980
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1990
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2008
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2003
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1990
Wim Wenders
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2011
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1995
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2016
Self - Filmmaker
2019
Regisseur
1985
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2015
2011
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1993
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2023
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2008
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1989
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2012
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2008
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2020
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1995
1969
2022
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1994
Himself
2020
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1998
himself
2000
N°212
1982
2011
Self
1976
Santa Claus
1993
2010
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2015
1982
Lui-même
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Production (83)
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1969
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2009
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2011
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1993
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1976
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2008
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2004
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1979
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1973
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1988
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1997
Executive Producer
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Consulting Producer
1988
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2005
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2021
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1975
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1982
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1994
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2002
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1974
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2003
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2014
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Associate Producer
2006
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2020
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2018
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2023
Executive Producer
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1993
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2014
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1993
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1967
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1969
Executive Producer
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1979
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1991
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1997
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1969
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2013
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1968
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2003
Directing (79)
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Script Supervisor
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1969
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2010
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Writing (53)
Screenplay
2023
Original Film Writer
1998
Writer
1995
Screenplay
1987
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1974
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2005
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2008
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1995
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1999
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1998
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Story
1991
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1969
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Crew (5)
Camera (14)
Still Photographer
1995
Still Photographer
2014
Camera Operator
2003
Additional Camera
1980
Director of Photography
1989
Director of Photography
1968
Director of Photography
1969
Director of Photography
1967
Director of Photography
1969
Director of Photography
1969
Additional Photography
1985
Director of Photography
1969
Camera Operator
1979
Director of Photography
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