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.
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Fotos
Filmes (236)
From Inside Out: The Architecture of Peter Zumthor
2026 · Director
L'Image originelle – Wim Wenders
2026 · Self
Vou Embora em Junho
2026 · Producer
Films to Die For
2025 · Self - Interviewee
La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione
2025
The Ozu Diaries
2025 · Self
Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende
2025 · Self
The Keys to Freedom
2025 · Wim Wenders, Director, Writer
From Darkness to Light
2025 · Executive Producer
Now is Now: Wim Wenders on 'Perfect Days'
2024 · Self
Dias Perfeitos
2023 · Producer, Director, Screenplay
Some Body Comes Into the Light
2023 · Director, Producer
Mutiny in Heaven: The Birthday Party
2023 · Producer
Anselm
2023 · Director, Writer, Producer
Quarto 999
2023 · Self
An Endless Sunday
2023 · Co-Producer
Songs of Earth
2023 · Executive Producer
Cannes Uncut
2023 · Self
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
2022 · Self
CAN and Me
2022 · Self
Bruno Ganz - The Longing Revolutionary
2022 · Self
From Our Side
2022
Vem Comigo ao Cinema – Os Gregors
2022 · Self
Filme, o Registro Vivo de Nossa Memória
2022 · Self
Die 2050er - Everything will change
2022
Roving Woman
2022 · Executive Producer
Présence
2022 · Director
Why Are We (Not) Creative?
2021 · Self
Karen Dalton: In My Own Time
2021 · Executive Producer
Souad
2021 · Co-Producer
Now
2021 · Self
Reality Winner
2021 · Executive Producer
A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner
2021 · Self
High Maintenance
2020 · Self
Good Morning, the Wind Blows
2020 · Self
A Black Jesus
2020 · Producer
Wim Wenders, Desperado
2020 · Self
Veränderung
2020 · Self, Director, Writer
Two or Three Things I Know about Edward Hopper
2020 · Writer, Executive Producer, Producer, Director
Zeroville: A Vida em Hollywood
2019 · Larry
Waiting for the Miracle to Come
2019 · Executive Producer
Paul Auster: What If
2019 · Self - Filmmaker
Beyond the Bolex
2018 · Self
Living the Light: Robby Müller
2018 · Self
Why Are We Creative?
2018 · Self
It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story
2018 · Executive Producer
Papa Francisco: Um Homem de Palavra
2018 · Self - Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Writer, Director, Producer
Leçon de cinéma avec Wim Wenders
2018 · Self - filmmaker
Little Hands
2018 · Executive Producer
Submersão
2018 · Director
Plankton Salesmen
2017 · Self (archive footage)
Buena Vista Social Club: Adios
2017 · Executive Producer
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
2017 · Self
The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg Sentsov
2017 · Self
Along for the Ride
2016 · Self
Os Belos Dias de Aranjuez
2016 · Director, Writer, Producer
National Bird
2016 · Executive Producer
Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider
2016 · Self
Three for the Road
2016 · Self
O Último Tango
2015 · Executive Producer
A Weekend at the Beach
2015 · Self
Filmstudio, mon amour
2015 · Sé stesso
Chris Marker: Never Explain, Never Complain
2015 · Self
French Cinema Mon Amour
2015 · Self
Return to Beethoven Street: Sam Fuller in Germany
2015 · Self
The Legend of the Palme d'Or
2015 · Self
Tudo Vai Ficar Bem
2015 · Director
Was heißt hier Ende? Der Filmkritiker Michael Althen
2015 · Self
Restoring Time
2015 · Self
O Sal da Terra
2014 · Self, Director, Writer, Still Photographer, Executive Producer
Henri Langlois vu par...
2014 · Self, Director
Cathedrals of Culture
2014 · Director, Writer, Executive Producer
Cathedrals of Culture: Halden Prison
2014 · Executive Producer
The Berlin Philharmonic
2014 · Director
Harry Dean Stanton: Em Parte Ficção
2013 · Self
A Fuller Life
2013 · Self - Reader (segment "A River of Tears")
Sing Me the Songs That Say I Love You: A Concert for Kate McGarrigle
2013 · Executive Producer
Invisible World
2013 · Director, Writer
Über Gott, Alfi und Mexico
2013 · Producer
Ver ou Não Ver
2012 · Director
Histórias Que Contamos
2012 · Thanks
Edward Hopper and the Blank Canvas
2012 · Self
Close Up
2012 · Self (archive footage)
Der fremde Fotograf und die Einsamkeit
2012 · Script Supervisor
BAM150
2012 · Self
Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard
2011 · Self
Hitler in Hollywood
2011 · Wim Wenders
Zwischen den Zeiten
2011
Viaggio in Bergmania
2011 · Self
Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter
2011 · Self
Pina
2011 · Screenplay, Director, Producer
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
2011
Snowblind
2010 · Gray Fox
If Buildings Could Talk
2010 · Writer, Director
Cronología
2010
Au Revoir Taipei
2010 · Executive Producer
Il Volo
2010 · Director, Writer
What Do You Know About Me
2009 · Self
Passage
2009 · Thanks
Um Caminho Para Recomeçar
2009 · Executive Producer
Palermo Shooting
2008 · Director, Writer, Producer
Effedia - Sulla mia cattiva strada
2008 · Self
8
2008 · Director, Writer
Person to Person
2008 · Director
The Clone Returns Home
2008 · Executive Producer
Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte
2008 · Self
Wim Wenders' Story Of His Early Years
2008 · Self
Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers
2008 · Self
Back to Room 666
2008 · Self
One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years
2008 · Self
Cada Um Com Seu Cinema
2007 · Director
Cannes: All Access
2007 · Self
Invisibles
2007 · Writer, Director
The House Is Burning
2006 · Executive Producer
The Way I Spent the End of the World
2006 · Associate Producer
The Art of Football from A to Z
2006 · Self
Still Alive: A Film About Krzysztof Kieslowski
2006 · Self
Estrela Solitária
2005 · Director, Executive Producer, Writer
Egoshooter
2005 · Producer
Medo e Obsessão
2004 · Screenplay, Director
Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen
2004 · Self
Música Cubana
2004 · Producer
Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments
2004 · Self
Half the Rent
2004 · Producer
La torcedura
2004 · Producer
Fools
2003 · Producer
Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us
2003 · Self
The Soul of a Man
2003 · Director, Writer, Camera Operator
Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)
2003 · Self
Fools
2003 · Producer
June Moon
2002 · Producer
Fassbinder in Hollywood
2002 · Self
Dez Minutos Mais Velho: O Trompete
2002 · Doctor #1 (segment "Twelve Miles to Trona"), Director, Writer
Three Days of Rain
2002 · Presenter
Heart of the Festival
2002 · Self (archive footage)
BAP - Ode to Cologne
2002 · Director, Writer
Window of the Soul
2001 · Self
The One Dollar Diary
2001 · Self
O Hotel de um Milhão de Dólares
2000 · Director, Producer
FreeDogme
2000 · himself
In the Shadow of Hollywood
2000 · Archival Footage Research
Buena Vista Social Club
1999 · Director, Screenplay
Alekan le magnifique
1998 · Self
Cidade dos Anjos
1998 · Original Film Writer
Willie Nelson at the Teatro
1998 · Writer, Director
O Fim da Violência
1997 · Producer, Director, Story
Go for Gold!
1997 · Producer
Tango Berlin
1997
Love in Hollywood
1996 · Self
Lumière e Companhia
1995 · Director
Um Truque de Luz
1995 · Regisseur / Milchmann, Director, Writer, Producer
Além das Nuvens
1995 · Screenplay, Still Photographer, Co-Director
To Make a Film Is to Be Alive
1995 · Self (uncredited)
The Night of the Filmmakers
1995 · Self
In Bildern leben - Die filmischen Reflexionen des Wim Wenders
1995 · Self
Lisbon Story - Viagem a Lisboa
1994 · Director, Producer, Screenplay
Kleiner Mann ganz groß
1994 · Self
Nick Cave: Straight To You - A Portrait
1994 · Self
Arisha, the Bear, and the Stone Ring
1993 · Santa Claus, Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
Talking with Ozu
1993 · Self
Adamski
1993 · Thanks
Tão Longe, Tão Perto
1993 · Screenplay, Producer, Director
Without Me
1993 · Himself
The Absence
1993 · Co-Producer
SnowwhiteRosered
1991 · Self
Até o Fim do Mundo
1991 · Director, Co-Producer, Story, Screenplay
Dream Island
1991 · Producer
Wim Wenders in Tokyo
1990 · Self
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
1990 · Director
Pictures of Europe
1990 · Self
Motion and Emotion: The Road to 'Paris, Texas'
1990 · Self
Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders
1990 · Self
Speaking Parts
1990 · Thanks
Notebook on Cities and Clothes
1989 · Self, Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
The Heart and the Legs
1989 · Self
Alekan, la lumière
1988 · Self
Chocolat
1988 · Co-Producer
The Passenger – Welcome to Germany
1988 · Consulting Producer
Sansibar oder Der letzte Grund
1987 · Sound Mix Technician
Helsinki Napoli All Night Long
1987 · Gas Station Attendant
Wings of Desire
1987 · Director, Producer, Screenplay
Iron Earth, Copper Sky
1987 · Producer
The Rose King
1986 · Thanks
I Played It for You
1985 · Additional Photography
King Kongs Faust
1985 · Regisseur
Tokyo-Ga
1985 · Director, Editor, Writer, Producer
Room 666
1985 · Self, Director, Writer
Report from Hollywood
1985
Paris, Texas
1984 · Director, Producer
Tausend Augen
1984 · Dieb im Videoladen
De droomproducenten
1984 · Self
Dennis Hopper's Russian Dynamite Death Chair Act
1983 · Himself
The State of Things
1982 · Tram Passenger (uncredited), Director, Producer, Writer
Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982
1982 · Self, Director, Producer, Writer
Hammett
1982 · Director
Cinématon XXII
1982 · N°212
Cinématon n°212 : Wim Wenders
1982
Lightning Over Water
1980 · Self, Writer, Director, Producer, Editor
Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers
1980 · Additional Camera
Radio On
1979 · Associate Producer
...als Diesel geboren
1979 · Producer
Nicholas Ray: Especially for Pierre
1979 · Camera Operator, Director of Photography, Producer, Sound
Cinématon
1978 · N°212
Long Shot
1978 · Another Director
The Left-Handed Woman
1978 · Producer
The American Friend
1977 · Figure Wrapped in Plaster Bandages in Ambulance (uncredited), Screenplay, Director, Producer
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
1976 · Self
Kings of the Road
1976 · Spectator at Pauline's Theater (uncredited), Director, Producer, Screenplay
The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
1975 · Man Walking through Vienna Bus Station (uncredited), Director, Writer, Producer
Wrong Move
1975 · Man in Dining Car (uncredited), Director, Producer
Ein bißchen Liebe
1974 · Producer
From the Family of Reptiles
1974 · Director
The Island
1974 · Director
Alice in the Cities
1974 · Man by Jukebox in American Cafe (uncredited), Screenplay, Director, Producer
The Scarlet Letter
1973 · Director, Writer, Producer
Summer in the City
1972 · Billardspieler (uncredited), Director, Producer, Writer
3 American LPs
1969 · Director, Editor
Polizeifilm
1969 · Writer, Director, Editor, Director of Photography
Am Spätnachmittag des folgenden Tages erwachte Joe in einem billigen Hotelzimmer - Andy schläft noch ...
1969 · Producer
Amon Duul II: Plays Phallus Dei
1969 · Director of Photography
Ten Years After
1969 · Director of Photography
Kaspar Hauser
1969 · Director
Der Fall Lena Christ
1969 · Unit Manager
Silver City Revisited
1969 · Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography, Producer
Alabama (2000 Light Years)
1969 · Writer, Editor, Director, Sound
Same Player Shoots Again
1968 · Director, Editor, Producer, Director of Photography, Writer
Love and So Forth
1968 · Student
Candy Man
1968
Klappenfilm
1968 · Producer, Director
Victor I.
1968 · Director
Schauplätze
1967 · Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography
Sound of Ice
· Executive Producer
Return to Timbuktu
· Executive Producer
Echoes of Light
· Executive Producer
Untitled Wim Wenders Science Fiction Film
· Director, Writer
Truth:Beauty
· Executive Producer
Séries (37)
Mein liebster Dokumentarfilm
2026 · Self
Directors Talks
2023 · Self
German Genius
2023 · Wim Wenders
Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen
2020 · Self
Was tut sich - im deutschen Film?
2018 · Self
La Historia del Cine
2011 · Self
Schawinski
2011 · Self
Westpol
2010 · self
Dickes B
2007 · Self
Kulturplatz
2004 · Self
Im Palais
2004 · Self
Leçon de Cinéma
2004 · Self
ZIBB
2003 · Self
The Blues
2003 · Writer, Director
Volle Kanne
1999 · Self
Millionär gesucht! - Die SKL Show
1998 · Self
Die Johannes B. Kerner Show
1998 · Self
Sabine Christiansen
1998 · Self
Nachtstudio
1997 · Self
Im Dialog
1997 · self
Die Harald Schmidt Show
1995 · Self
Morgenmagazin
1992 · Self
Riverboat
1992 · Self
live - die ZDF-talkshow
1987 · Self
Nachtcafé
1987 · Self
Goldene Kamera
1984 · Self
Cinéma cinémas
1982 · Director
Menschen
1982 · Self
Wortwechsel
1982 · Self
Bavarian Film Awards
1979 · Self
NDR Talk Show
1979 · Self
Kölner Treff
1976 · Self
Midi Première
1975 · Self
Spécial cinéma
1974 · Self
Ein Haus für uns
1974 · Director
German Film Award
1951 · Self
Bambi
1948 · Self