Wim Wenders

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1945-08-14 (80 years old)

Place of Birth

Düsseldorf, Germany

Wim Wenders

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 (...

Acting

1985

King Kongs Faust

as Regisseur

1976

Kings of the Road

as Spectator at Pauline's Theater (uncredited)

2001

2012

Close Up

as Self (archive footage)

2010

Snowblind

as Gray Fox

2023

Room 999

as Self

1993

Without Me

as Himself

2011

Hitler in Hollywood

as Wim Wenders

2002

Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet

as Doctor #1 (segment "Twelve Miles to Trona")

2023

1978

Cinématon

as N°212

2022

CAN and Me

as Self

2012

BAM150

as Self

2019

Zeroville

as Larry

2008

2017

Plankton Salesmen

as Self (archive footage)

1982

Room 666

as Self

1995

To Make a Film Is to Be Alive

as Self (uncredited)

1975

The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick

as Man Walking through Vienna Bus Station (uncredited)

2013

A Fuller Life

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

1993

1972

Summer in the City

as Billardspieler (uncredited)

1978

Long Shot

as Another Director

1982

The State of Things

as Tram Passenger (uncredited)

1968

2000

FreeDogme

as himself

2015

2019

Paul Auster: What If

as Self - Filmmaker

1984

Tausend Augen

as Dieb im Videoladen

2018

2021

Now

as Self

1995

A Trick of the Light

as Regisseur / Milchmann

2020

2018

Pope Francis: A Man of His Word

as Self - Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1982

1974

Alice in the Cities

as Man by Jukebox in American Cafe (uncredited)

1975

Wrong Move

as Man in Dining Car (uncredited)

1987

Helsinki Napoli All Night Long

as Gas Station Attendant

1977

The American Friend

as Figure Wrapped in Plaster Bandages in Ambulance (uncredited)

2020

2025

The Keys to Freedom

as Wim Wenders

Production

1987

Wings of Desire

as Director

1987

Wings of Desire

as Producer

1994

Lisbon Story

as Director

1994

Lisbon Story

as Producer

1994

Lisbon Story

as Screenplay

2004

Land of Plenty

as Screenplay

2004

Land of Plenty

as Director

1984

Paris, Texas

as Director

1993

Faraway, So Close!

as Screenplay

1993

1993

1976

1976

1976

Kings of the Road

as Screenplay

1974

Alice in the Cities

as Screenplay

1974

2021

Reality Winner

as Executive Producer

1975

Wrong Move

as Director

1982

2005

1977

The American Friend

as Screenplay

1977

1997

1999

2008

Palermo Shooting

as Director

2006

The House Is Burning

as Executive Producer

1982

Hammett

as Director

2007

1980

1973

1997

2008

2005

Egoshooter

as Producer

1995

1995

2008

8

as Director

2007

Invisibles

as Writer

2007

Invisibles

as Director

2022

Roving Woman

as Executive Producer

2011

Pina

as Screenplay

2011

Pina

as Director

1985

Tokyo-Ga

as Director

2010

Au Revoir Taipei

as Executive Producer

2003

2004

Half the Rent

as Producer

1991

2023

Perfect Days

as Producer

1982

Room 666

as Director

1969

3 American LPs

as Director

2023

Perfect Days

as Director

2012

Invisible World

as Director

2014

2023

An Endless Sunday

as Co-Producer

2014

2003

1967

Schauplätze

as Director

1972

2002

1995

Beyond the Clouds

as Screenplay

1969

Polizeifilm

as Writer

1969

Polizeifilm

as Director

1969

Polizeifilm

as Editor

2015

Our Last Tango

as Executive Producer

2017

Submergence

as Director

1968

Same Player Shoots Again

as Director of Photography

2014

The Salt of the Earth

as Still Photographer

1969

2014

2016

National Bird

as Executive Producer

2020

A Black Jesus

as Producer

-

Sound of Ice

as Executive Producer

1974

The Island

as Director

1982

Room 666

as Writer

1969

1967

Schauplätze

as Writer

2002

June Moon

as Producer

2010

Il Volo

as Director

2007

Invisible Crimes

as Director

2012

Ver ou Não Ver

as Director

2021

1972

1972

1973

2023

Songs of Earth

as Executive Producer

1977

2023

Anselm

as Director

2008

Palermo Shooting

as Producer

1973

2023

Perfect Days

as Screenplay

2010

Il Volo

as Writer

2012

1967

Schauplätze

as Producer

1968

Klappenfilm

as Producer

2023

Anselm

as Writer

2008

8

as Writer

2004

Música Cubana

as Producer

2014

The Salt of the Earth

as Executive Producer

1974

1987

1997

Go for Gold!

as Producer

1982

1967

Schauplätze

as Editor

1969

Silver City Revisited

as Director of Photography

2009

The Open Road

as Executive Producer

1993

The Absence

as Producer

1979

1991

Dream Island

as Producer

2004

La torcedura

as Producer

2018

Little Hands

as Executive Producer

2014

Cathedrals of Culture

as Executive Producer

2021

Souad

as Co-Producer

1995

Beyond the Clouds

as Still Photographer

1967

Schauplätze

as Director of Photography

1985

I Played It for You

as Additional Photography

2009

Passage

as Thanks

1969

Der Fall Lena Christ

as Unit Manager

1979

Nicholas Ray: Especially for Pierre

as Director of Photography

2000

In the Shadow of Hollywood

as Archival Footage Research

1969

Polizeifilm

as Director of Photography

-

Return to Timbuktu

as Executive Producer

1969

Amon Duul II: Plays Phallus Dei

as Director of Photography

1969

Ten Years After

as Director of Photography

1987

Sansibar oder Der letzte Grund

as Sound Mix Technician

2002

Three Days of Rain

as Presenter

2003

The Soul of a Man

as Camera Operator

1988

1968

Klappenfilm

as Director

1968

Victor I.

as Director

1969

Kaspar Hauser

as Director

2003

Narren

as Producer

2003

Fools

as Producer

1982

2005

Don't Come Knocking

as Executive Producer

2005

1993

Adamski

as Thanks

1980

1988

Chocolat

as Co-Producer

1980

2008

The Clone Returns Home

as Executive Producer

2019

Waiting for the Miracle to Come

as Executive Producer

2012

1979

Radio On

as Associate Producer

2018

2011

Pina

as Producer

2017

Buena Vista Social Club: Adios

as Executive Producer

1995

2020

Veränderung

as Director

2020

Veränderung

as Writer

1978

2021

Karen Dalton: In My Own Time

as Executive Producer

1989

Notebook on Cities and Clothes

as Director of Photography

1969

1984

Paris, Texas

as Producer

1985

Tokyo-Ga

as Editor

1985

Tokyo-Ga

as Writer

1985

Tokyo-Ga

as Producer

1974

1975

Wrong Move

as Producer

1982

Room 666

as Producer

1987

Wings of Desire

as Screenplay

1998

City of Angels

as Original Film Writer

1995

Beyond the Clouds

as Co-Director

2007

War in Peace

as Director

2025

2025

2025

From Darkness to Light

as Executive Producer

1990

2006

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