The Salt of the Earth2014
As Self
TMDb 8.1 / 10
Wim Wenders
Born
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.
Filmography (122)
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer2022
As Self
TMDb 7.6 / 10
The Million Dollar Hotel2000
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Alice in the Cities1974
As Man by Jukebox in American Cafe (uncredited)
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Wrong Move1975
As Man in Dining Car (uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The American Friend1977
As Figure Wrapped in Plaster Bandages in Ambulance (uncredited)
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Zeroville2019
As Larry
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Pope Francis: A Man of His Word2018
As Self - Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Cannes Uncut2023
As Self
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Hitler in Hollywood2011
As Wim Wenders
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Kings of the Road1976
As Spectator at Pauline's Theater (uncredited)
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Snowblind2010
As Gray Fox
TMDb 4.4 / 10
Close Up2012
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 9.5 / 10
Nick Cave: Straight To You - A Portrait1994
As Self
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Now2021
As Self
TMDb 8.8 / 10
The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick1975
As Man Walking through Vienna Bus Station (uncredited)
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Legend of the Palme d'Or2015
As Self
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Plankton Salesmen2017
As Self (archive footage)
Film: The Living Record of Our Memory2022
As Self
TMDb 7.8 / 10
Why Are We Creative?2018
As Self
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Room 6661985
As Self
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Room 9992023
As Self
TMDb 5.8 / 10
A Fuller Life2013
As Self - Reader (segment "A River of Tears")
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet2002
As Doctor #1 (segment "Twelve Miles to Trona")
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life2017
As Self
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Helsinki Napoli All Night Long1987
As Gas Station Attendant
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The State of Things1982
As Tram Passenger (uncredited)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
French Cinema Mon Amour2015
As Self
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Viaggio in Bergmania2011
As Self
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Restoring Time2015
As Self
Why Are We (Not) Creative?2021
As Self
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Cannes: All Access2007
As Self
TMDb 3.2 / 10
The Art of Football from A to Z2006
As Self
TMDb 4.8 / 10
A Trick of the Light1995
As Regisseur / Milchmann
TMDb 6.2 / 10
What Do You Know About Me2009
As Self
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Pictures of Europe1990
As Self
FreeDogme2000
As himself
TMDb 4.0 / 10
Henri Langlois vu par...2014
As Self
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Long Shot1978
As Another Director
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction2013
As Self
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Kleiner Mann ganz groß1994
As Self
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Along for the Ride2016
As Self
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Cinématon1978
As N°212
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Arisha, the Bear, and the Stone Ring1993
As Santa Claus
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments2004
As Self
TMDb 8.3 / 10
Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider2016
As Self
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard2011
As Self
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Wim Wenders, Desperado2020
As Self
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen2004
As Self
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Janela da Alma2001
As Self
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Reverse Angle: New York, March 19821982
As Self
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Paul Auster: What If2019
As Self - Filmmaker
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Films to Die For2025
As Self - Interviewee
Tango Berlin
Tango Berlin1997
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Die 2050er - Everything will change2022
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Bruno Ganz - The Longing Revolutionary2022
As Self
Love in Hollywood1996
As Self
TMDb 10.0 / 10
La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione2025
TMDb 7.0 / 10
A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner2021
As Self
TMDb 8.5 / 10
The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg Sentsov2017
As Self
TMDb 3.4 / 10
Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)2003
As Self
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Ozu Diaries2025
As Self
Cronología
Cronología2010
Still Alive: A Film About Krzysztof Kieslowski2006
As Self
TMDb 8.5 / 10
Wim Wenders in Tokyo1990
As Self
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Back to Room 666
Back to Room 6662008
As Self
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Beyond the Bolex2018
As Self
TMDb 7.0 / 10
One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years2008
As Self
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Come with Me to the Cinema – The Gregors2022
As Self
Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter2011
As Self
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Love and So Forth1968
As Student
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders1990
As Self
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland2011
From Our Side2022
TMDb 5.7 / 10
To Make a Film Is to Be Alive1995
As Self (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Lightning Over Water1980
As Self
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Talking with Ozu1993
As Self
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Good Morning, the Wind Blows2020
As Self
Tausend Augen1984
As Dieb im Videoladen
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Return to Beethoven Street: Sam Fuller in Germany2015
As Self
Dennis Hopper's Russian Dynamite Death Chair Act1983
As Himself
Summer in the City1972
As Billardspieler (uncredited)
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Notebook on Cities and Clothes1989
As Self
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us2003
As Self
TMDb 8.3 / 10
Filmstudio, mon amour2015
As Sé stesso
TMDb 10.0 / 10
High Maintenance2020
As Self
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Keys to Freedom2025
As Wim Wenders
TMDb 6.0 / 10
De droomproducenten1984
As Self
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Three for the Road2016
As Self
Alekan, la lumière1988
As Self
Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende2025
As Self
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Motion and Emotion: The Road to 'Paris, Texas'1990
As Self
A Weekend at the Beach2015
As Self
Edward Hopper and the Blank Canvas2012
As Self
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Was heißt hier Ende? Der Filmkritiker Michael Althen2015
As Self
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Night of the Filmmakers1995
As Self
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte
Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte2008
As Self
TMDb 6.3 / 10
King Kongs Faust1985
As Regisseur
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Living the Light: Robby Müller2018
As Self
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Alekan le magnifique1998
As Self
3 American LPs1969
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Fassbinder in Hollywood2002
As Self
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Veränderung2020
As Self
CAN and Me2022
As Self
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema1976
As Self
Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers2008
As Self
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Leçon de cinéma avec Wim Wenders2018
As Self - filmmaker
Effedia - Sulla mia cattiva strada2008
As Self
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Heart and the Legs
The Heart and the Legs1989
As Self
BAM1502012
As Self
Without Me
Without Me1993
As Himself
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Report from Hollywood
Report from Hollywood1985
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Cinématon XXII
Cinématon XXII1982
As N°212
Wim Wenders' Story Of His Early Years2008
As Self
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Now is Now: Wim Wenders on 'Perfect Days'
Now is Now: Wim Wenders on 'Perfect Days'2024
As Self
Candy Man
Candy Man1968
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Zwischen den Zeiten
Zwischen den Zeiten2011
La torcedura
La torcedura2004
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Cinématon n°212 : Wim Wenders1982
In Bildern leben - Die filmischen Reflexionen des Wim Wenders1995
As Self
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Dream Island
Dream Island1991
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Chris Marker: Never Explain, Never Complain2015
As Self
Filmography and biography: TMDb