
Cast
Wim Wenders
Directing
Cast
Wim Wenders
Known for
Directing
Born
1945-08-14
From
Düsseldorf, Germany
Also known as Vimu Vendâsu, 文溫德斯, 빔 벤더스
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.

Wrong Move
as Man in Dining Car (uncredited)

Zeroville
as Larry

Plankton Salesmen
as Self (archive footage)

The Salt of the Earth
as Self

The American Friend
as Figure Wrapped in Plaster Bandages in Ambulance (uncredited)

The Million Dollar Hotel

Cinématon
as N°212

Alice in the Cities
as Man by Jukebox in American Cafe (uncredited)

Close Up
as Self (archive footage)

A Trick of the Light
as Regisseur / Milchmann

Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
as Self

FreeDogme
as himself

Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
as Self

Pope Francis: A Man of His Word
as Self - Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Now
as Self

Why Are We Creative?
as Self

Kings of the Road
as Spectator at Pauline's Theater (uncredited)

Room 666
as Self

Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
as Doctor #1 (segment "Twelve Miles to Trona")

Wim Wenders, Desperado
as Self

The State of Things
as Tram Passenger (uncredited)

Love and So Forth
as Student

Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
as Self

Hitler in Hollywood
as Wim Wenders

French Cinema Mon Amour
as Self

Helsinki Napoli All Night Long
as Gas Station Attendant

Long Shot
as Another Director

Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard
as Self

Cannes Uncut
as Self

Cannes: All Access
as Self

Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider
as Self

The Art of Football from A to Z
as Self

Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction
as Self

Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen
as Self

Wim Wenders in Tokyo
as Self

A Fuller Life
as Self - Reader (segment "A River of Tears")

Pictures of Europe
as Self

Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte
as Self

Along for the Ride
as Self

Room 999
as Self

The Keys to Freedom
as Wim Wenders

Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter
as Self

The Legend of the Palme d'Or
as Self

Still Alive: A Film About Krzysztof Kieslowski
as Self

Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors
as Self

Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers
as Self

Nick Cave: Straight To You - A Portrait
as Self

Love in Hollywood
as Self

Henri Langlois vu par...
as Self

La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione

Notebook on Cities and Clothes
as Self

A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner
as Self

Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
as Self

To Make a Film Is to Be Alive
as Self (uncredited)

The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg Sentsov
as Self

What Do You Know About Me
as Self

Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders
as Self

Bruno Ganz - The Longing Revolutionary
as Self

Films to Die For
as Self - Interviewee

The Ozu Diaries
as Self

Viaggio in Bergmania
as Self

Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us
as Self

The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
as Man Walking through Vienna Bus Station (uncredited)

Tausend Augen
as Dieb im Videoladen

Talking with Ozu
as Self

Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments
as Self

Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland

Die 2050er - Everything will change

BAM150
as Self

De droomproducenten
as Self

Was heißt hier Ende? Der Filmkritiker Michael Althen
as Self

King Kongs Faust
as Regisseur

Paul Auster: What If
as Self - Filmmaker

Why Are We (Not) Creative?
as Self

Effedia - Sulla mia cattiva strada
as Self

Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)
as Self

Back to Room 666
as Self

High Maintenance
as Self

Living the Light: Robby Müller
as Self

Dennis Hopper's Russian Dynamite Death Chair Act
as Himself

Three for the Road
as Self

Beyond the Bolex
as Self

Return to Beethoven Street: Sam Fuller in Germany
as Self

Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982
as Self

Janela da Alma
as Self

Lightning Over Water
as Self

Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende
as Self

La torcedura

Chris Marker: Never Explain, Never Complain
as Self

Motion and Emotion: The Road to 'Paris, Texas'
as Self

One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years
as Self

Without Me
as Himself

CAN and Me
as Self

Filmstudio, mon amour
as Sé stesso

Report from Hollywood

Good Morning, the Wind Blows
as Self

Arisha, the Bear, and the Stone Ring
as Santa Claus

The Heart and the Legs
as Self

The Night of the Filmmakers
as Self

Wim Wenders' Story Of His Early Years
as Self

Snowblind
as Gray Fox

3 American LPs

Dream Island

Summer in the City
as Billardspieler (uncredited)

Fassbinder in Hollywood
as Self

Edward Hopper and the Blank Canvas
as Self

Kleiner Mann ganz groß
as Self

Candy Man

Alekan le magnifique
as Self

Zwischen den Zeiten

Restoring Time
as Self

Veränderung
as Self

In Bildern leben - Die filmischen Reflexionen des Wim Wenders
as Self

Cronología

Tango Berlin

Alekan, la lumière
as Self

From Our Side

Now is Now: Wim Wenders on 'Perfect Days'
as Self

A Weekend at the Beach
as Self

Cinématon XXII
as N°212

Cinématon n°212 : Wim Wenders

Leçon de cinéma avec Wim Wenders
as Self - filmmaker