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Known For
Directing
Birthday
August 14, 1945
Place of Birth
Düsseldorf, Germany
Also Known As
- Vimu Vendâsu
- 文溫德斯
- 빔 벤더스
- Вим Вендерс
- Вім Вендерс
- ویم وندرس
Wim Wenders
1.3 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
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Self - Interviewee
Films to Die For
2025
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La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione
2025
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Self
The Ozu Diaries
2025
8.0
Self
Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende
2025
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Wim Wenders
The Keys to Freedom
2025
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Self
Now is Now: Wim Wenders on 'Perfect Days'
2024
5.6
Self
Room 999
2023
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Self
Directors Talks
2023
6.2
Self
Cannes Uncut
2023
5.5
Wim Wenders
German Genius
2023
Credits
Films to Die For
as Self - Interviewee
2025
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La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione
2025
8.0
The Ozu Diaries
as Self
2025
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Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende
as Self
2025
8.0
The Keys to Freedom
as Wim Wenders
2025
0.0
🎬
Now is Now: Wim Wenders on 'Perfect Days'
as Self
2024
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Room 999
as Self
2023
5.6
Directors Talks
as Self
2023
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Cannes Uncut
as Self
2023
6.2
German Genius
as Wim Wenders
2023
5.5
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
as Self
2022
7.7
CAN and Me
as Self
2022
6.0
Bruno Ganz - The Longing Revolutionary
as Lui-même
2022
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From Our Side
2022
5.5
Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors
as Self
2022
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Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
as Self
2022
8.1
Die 2050er - Everything will change
2022
6.4
Why Are We (Not) Creative?
as Self
2021
6.0
Now
as Self
2021
8.8
A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner
as Self
2021
8.5
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Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen
as Self
2020
10.0
High Maintenance
as Self
2020
6.4
Good Morning, the Wind Blows
as Himself
2020
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Wim Wenders, Desperado
as Self
2020
7.7
Veränderung
as Self
2020
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Zeroville
as Larry
2019
5.1
Paul Auster: What If
as Self - Filmmaker
2019
6.0
Beyond the Bolex
as Self
2018
7.0
Living the Light: Robby Müller
as Self
2018
6.7
Why Are We Creative?
as Self
2018
7.6
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Black Baby
as Self (archive footage)
2018
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Was tut sich - im deutschen Film?
as Self
2018
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Pope Francis: A Man of His Word
as Self - Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
2018
7.2
Leçon de cinéma avec Wim Wenders
as Self - filmmaker
2018
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Plankton Salesmen
as Self (archive footage)
2017
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Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
as Self
2017
5.2
The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg Sentsov
as Self
2017
3.4
Along for the Ride
as Self
2016
7.0
Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider
as Self
2016
5.8
Three for the Road
as Self
2016
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A Weekend at the Beach
as Self
2015
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Filmstudio, mon amour
as Sé stesso
2015
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Chris Marker: Never Explain, Never Complain
as Self
2015
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French Cinema Mon Amour
as Self
2015
0.5
Return to Beethoven Street: Sam Fuller in Germany
as Self
2015
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The Legend of the Palme d'Or
as Self
2015
6.0
Was heißt hier Ende? Der Filmkritiker Michael Althen
as Self
2015
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Restoring Time
as Self
2015
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The Salt of the Earth
as Self
2014
8.1
Henri Langlois vu par...
as Self
2014
4.0
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction
as Self
2013
6.9
A Fuller Life
as Self - Reader (segment "A River of Tears")
2013
6.6
Edward Hopper and the Blank Canvas
as Self
2012
7.0
Close Up
as Self (archive footage)
2012
9.5
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BAM150
as Self
2012
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Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard
as Self
2011
7.5
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
as Self
2011
7.7
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Schawinski
as Self
2011
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Hitler in Hollywood
as Wim Wenders
2011
6.2
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Zwischen den Zeiten
2011
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Viaggio in Bergmania
as Self
2011
7.0
Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter
as Self
2011
5.5
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Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
2011
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Snowblind
as Gray Fox
2010
4.0
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Cronología
2010
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Westpol: Eins zu eins
as self
2010
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What Do You Know About Me
as Self
2009
7.0
Effedia - Sulla mia cattiva strada
as Self
2008
6.0
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Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte
as Self
2008
6.3
Wim Wenders' Story Of His Early Years
as Self
2008
6.0
Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers
as Self
2008
6.7
🎬
Back to Room 666
as Self
2008
5.5
One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years
as Self
2008
7.0
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Dickes B
as Self
2007
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Cannes: All Access
as Self
2007
3.8
The Art of Football from A to Z
as Self
2006
4.8
Still Alive: A Film About Krzysztof Kieslowski
as Self
2005
8.5
Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen
as Self
2004
6.0
Kulturplatz
as Self
2004
6.0
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Im Palais
as Self
2004
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Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments
as Self
2004
7.5
Leçon de Cinéma
as Self
2004
7.0
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La torcedura
2004
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ZIBB
as Self
2003
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Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us
as Self
2003
8.3
Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)
as Self
2003
5.0
Fassbinder in Hollywood
as Self
2002
5.9
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
as Doctor #1 (segment "Twelve Miles to Trona")
2002
6.7
Janela da Alma
as Self
2001
6.9
The Million Dollar Hotel
2000
5.9
FreeDogme
as himself
2000
4.0
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Volle Kanne
as Self
1999
3.8
Alekan le magnifique
as Self
1998
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Millionär gesucht! - Die SKL Show
as Self
1998
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The Johannes B. Kerner Show
as Self
1998
4.0
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Sabine Christiansen
as Self
1998
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Nachtstudio
as Self
1997
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Im Dialog
as self
1997
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Tango Berlin
1997
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Love in Hollywood
as Self
1996
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Die Harald Schmidt Show
as Self
1995
7.1
A Trick of the Light
as Regisseur / Milchmann
1995
5.8
To Make a Film Is to Be Alive
as Self (uncredited)
1995
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The Night of the Filmmakers
as Self
1995
5.0
In Bildern leben - Die filmischen Reflexionen des Wim Wenders
as Self
1995
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Kleiner Mann ganz groß
as Self
1994
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Nick Cave: Straight To You - A Portrait
as Self
1994
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Arisha, the Bear, and the Stone Ring
as Santa Claus
1993
6.2
Talking with Ozu
as Self
1993
6.5
🎬
Without Me
as Himself
1993
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Morgenmagazin
as Self
1992
3.5
Riverboat
as Self
1992
4.0
🎬
Dream Island
1991
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Wim Wenders in Tokyo
as Self
1990
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Pictures of Europe
as Self
1990
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Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders
as Self
1990
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Motion and Emotion: The Road to 'Paris, Texas'
as Self
1990
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Notebook on Cities and Clothes
as Self
1989
6.4
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The Heart and the Legs
as Self
1989
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Alekan, la lumière
as Self
1988
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Helsinki Napoli All Night Long
as Gas Station Attendant
1987
5.7
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live - die ZDF-talkshow
as Self
1987
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Nachtcafé
as Self
1987
4.7
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King Kongs Faust
as Regisseur
1985
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Report from Hollywood
1985
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Tausend Augen
as Dieb im Videoladen
1984
5.0
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Goldene Kamera
as Self
1984
5.7
Dennis Hopper's Russian Dynamite Death Chair Act
as Himself
1983
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Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982
as Self
1982
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🎬
Cinématon XXII
as N°212
1982
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Cinématon n°212 : Wim Wenders
1982
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Room 666
as Self
1982
6.5
The State of Things
as Tram Passenger (uncredited)
1982
6.4
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Menschen
as Self
1982
4.0
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Wortwechsel
as Self
1982
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Lightning Over Water
as Self
1980
6.6
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Bavarian Film Awards
as Self
1979
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NDR Talk Show
as Self
1979
6.5
Cinématon
as N°212
1978
4.3
Long Shot
as Another Director
1978
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The American Friend
as Figure Wrapped in Plaster Bandages in Ambulance (uncredited)
1977
7.1
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
as Self
1976
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Kings of the Road
as Spectator at Pauline's Theater (uncredited)
1976
7.4
Kölner Treff
as Self
1976
6.0
The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
as Man Walking through Vienna Bus Station (uncredited)
1975
5.9
Wrong Move
as Man in Dining Car (uncredited)
1975
6.7
Midi Première
as Self
1975
10.0
Spécial cinéma
as Self
1974
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Alice in the Cities
as Man by Jukebox in American Cafe (uncredited)
1974
7.7
Summer in the City
as Billardspieler (uncredited)
1972
5.9
3 American LPs
1969
3.5
Love and So Forth
as Student
1968
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Candy Man
1968
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German Film Award
as Self
1951
6.0
Bambi
as Self
1948
9.0