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Wim Wenders
Düsseldorf, Germany
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 fro…
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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.
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2026
From Inside Out - The Architecture of Peter Zumthor
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2026
I'll Be Gone in June
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2026
Mein liebster Dokumentarfilm
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2025
Films to Die For
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2025
The Ozu Diaries
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2025
Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende
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2025
The Keys to Freedom
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2025
From Darkness to Light
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2024
Now is Now: Wim Wenders on 'Perfect Days'
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2023
Perfect Days
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2023
Mutiny in Heaven: The Birthday Party
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2023
Some Body Comes Into the Light
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2023
Anselm
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2023
Room 999
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2023
Directors Talks
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2023
An Endless Sunday
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2023
Songs of Earth
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2023
Cannes Uncut
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2023
German Genius
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2022
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
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2022
CAN and Me
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2022
Bruno Ganz - The Longing Revolutionary
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2022
From Our Side
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2022
Come with Me to the Cinema – The Gregors
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2022
Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
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2022
Roving Woman
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2022
Présence
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2021
Why Are We (Not) Creative?
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2021
Karen Dalton: In My Own Time
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2021
Souad
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2021
Now
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2021
Reality Winner
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2021
A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner
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2020
Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen
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2020
High Maintenance
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2020
Good Morning, the Wind Blows
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2020
A Black Jesus
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2020
Wim Wenders, Desperado
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