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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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As director
Das Geheimnis der Orte
The Keys to Freedom
Perfect Days
Some Body Comes Into the Light
Anselm
Présence
Two or Three Things I Know about Edward Hopper
Veränderung
Submergence
Pope Francis: A Man of His Word
The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez
Every Thing Will Be Fine
Cathedrals of Culture
The Salt of the Earth
The Berlin Philharmonic
Henri Langlois vu par...
Invisible World
Ver ou Não Ver
Pina
Il Volo
If Buildings Could Talk
Palermo Shooting
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To Each His Own Cinema
Invisibles
Invisible Crimes
Don't Come Knocking
Land of Plenty
The Soul of a Man
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
As actor
The Keys to Freedom
The Ozu Diaries
Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende
La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione
Films to Die For
Now is Now: Wim Wenders on 'Perfect Days'
Room 999
Cannes Uncut
Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
Die 2050er - Everything will change
From Our Side
Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors
CAN and Me
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
Bruno Ganz - The Longing Revolutionary
Why Are We (Not) Creative?
Now
A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner
Wim Wenders, Desperado
Veränderung
Good Morning, the Wind Blows
High Maintenance
Zeroville
Paul Auster: What If
Living the Light: Robby Müller
Beyond the Bolex
Pope Francis: A Man of His Word
Why Are We Creative?
Leçon de cinéma avec Wim Wenders
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life