Wim Wenders

Director · Born August 14, 1945 · Düsseldorf, Germany

Highest rated as cast or director

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.

Directed 68

2020s

2026
From Inside Out: The Architecture of Peter Zumthor
Director
2025
The Keys to Freedom
Director
2023
Perfect Days
Director
83
Some Body Comes Into the Light
Director
Anselm
Director
78
2020
Veränderung
Director
Two or Three Things I Know about Edward Hopper
Director

2010s

2018
Pope Francis: A Man of His Word
Director
Submergence
Director
44
2016
The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez
Director
39
2015
Every Thing Will Be Fine
Director
44
2014
The Salt of the Earth
Director
85
Henri Langlois vu par...
Director
Cathedrals of Culture
Director
2013
Invisible World
Director
2012
Der fremde Fotograf und die Einsamkeit
Script Supervisor
2011
Pina
Director
81
2010
Il Volo
Director

2000s

2008
Palermo Shooting
Director
8
Director
Person to Person
Director
2007
To Each His Own Cinema
Director
75
Invisibles
Director
Invisible Crimes
Director
2005
Don't Come Knocking
Director
2004
Land of Plenty
Director
2003
The Blues
Director
The Soul of a Man
Director
2002
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
Director
BAP - Ode to Cologne
Director
2000
The Million Dollar Hotel
Director
44

1990s

1999
Buena Vista Social Club
Director
80
1998
Willie Nelson at the Teatro
Director
1997
The End of Violence
Director
48
1995
Lumière & Company
Director
A Trick of the Light
Director
Beyond the Clouds
Co-Director
1994
Lisbon Story
Director
1993
Arisha, the Bear, and the Stone Ring
Director
Faraway, So Close!
Director
1991
Until the End of the World
Director
71
1990
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
Director

1980s

1989
Notebook on Cities and Clothes
Director
1987
Wings of Desire
Director
82
1985
Tokyo-Ga
Director
Room 666
Director
1984
Paris, Texas
Director
84
1982
The State of Things
Director
Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982
Director
Hammett
Director
65
1980
Lightning Over Water
Director

1970s

1977
The American Friend
Director
77
1976
Kings of the Road
Director
1975
The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
Director
Wrong Move
Director
68
1974
From the Family of Reptiles
Director
The Island
Director
Alice in the Cities
Director
82
Ein Haus für uns
Director
1973
The Scarlet Letter
Director
1972
Summer in the City
Director

1960s

1969
3 American LPs
Director
Polizeifilm
Director
Kaspar Hauser
Director
Silver City Revisited
Director
Alabama (2000 Light Years)
Director
1968
Same Player Shoots Again
Director
1967
Schauplätze
Director

Produced 70

2020s

2026
I'll Be Gone in June
Producer
2025
From Darkness to Light
Executive Producer
2023
Perfect Days
Producer
83
Some Body Comes Into the Light
Producer
Mutiny in Heaven: The Birthday Party
Producer
Anselm
Producer
78
An Endless Sunday
Co-Producer
Songs of Earth
Executive Producer
80
2022
Roving Woman
Executive Producer
2021
Karen Dalton: In My Own Time
Executive Producer
Souad
Co-Producer
Reality Winner
Executive Producer
2020
A Black Jesus
Producer
Two or Three Things I Know about Edward Hopper
Executive Producer, Producer

2010s

2019
Waiting for the Miracle to Come
Executive Producer
2018
It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story
Executive Producer
Pope Francis: A Man of His Word
Producer
Little Hands
Executive Producer
67
2017
Buena Vista Social Club: Adios
Executive Producer
2016
The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez
Producer
39
National Bird
Executive Producer
77
2015
Our Last Tango
Executive Producer
73
2014
The Salt of the Earth
Executive Producer
85
Cathedrals of Culture
Executive Producer
2013
Sing Me the Songs That Say I Love You: A Concert for Kate McGarrigle
Executive Producer
2011
Pina
Producer
81
2010
Au Revoir Taipei
Executive Producer

2000s

2009
The Open Road
Executive Producer
2008
Palermo Shooting
Producer
The Clone Returns Home
Executive Producer
63
2006
The House Is Burning
Executive Producer
The Way I Spent the End of the World
Associate Producer
2005
Don't Come Knocking
Executive Producer
Egoshooter
Producer
2004
Música Cubana
Producer
Half the Rent
Producer
2003
Fools
Producer
2002
June Moon
Producer
2000
The Million Dollar Hotel
Producer
44

1990s

1997
The End of Violence
Producer
48
1995
A Trick of the Light
Producer
1994
Lisbon Story
Producer
1993
Arisha, the Bear, and the Stone Ring
Producer
Faraway, So Close!
Producer
The Absence
Co-Producer
1991
Until the End of the World
Co-Producer
71

1980s

1989
Notebook on Cities and Clothes
Producer
1988
Chocolat
Co-Producer
The Passenger – Welcome to Germany
Consulting Producer
1987
Wings of Desire
Producer
82
Iron Earth, Copper Sky
Producer
1985
Tokyo-Ga
Producer
1984
Paris, Texas
Producer
84
1982
The State of Things
Producer
Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982
Producer
1980
Lightning Over Water
Producer

1970s

1979
Radio On
Associate Producer
...als Diesel geboren
Producer
1978
The Left-Handed Woman
Producer
1977
The American Friend
Producer
77
1976
Kings of the Road
Producer
1975
The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
Producer
Wrong Move
Producer
68
1974
Ein bißchen Liebe
Producer
Alice in the Cities
Producer
82
1973
The Scarlet Letter
Producer
1972
Summer in the City
Producer

1960s

1969
Silver City Revisited
Producer
1968
Same Player Shoots Again
Producer
1967
Schauplätze
Producer

Wrote 49

2020s

2025
The Keys to Freedom
Writer
2023
Perfect Days
Screenplay
83
Anselm
Writer
78
2020
Veränderung
Writer
Two or Three Things I Know about Edward Hopper
Writer

2010s

2018
Pope Francis: A Man of His Word
Writer
2016
The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez
Writer
39
2014
The Salt of the Earth
Writer
85
Cathedrals of Culture
Writer
2013
Invisible World
Writer
2011
Pina
Screenplay
81
2010
Il Volo
Writer

2000s

2008
Palermo Shooting
Writer
8
Writer
2007
Invisibles
Writer
2005
Don't Come Knocking
Writer
2004
Land of Plenty
Screenplay
2003
The Blues
Writer
The Soul of a Man
Writer
2002
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
Writer
BAP - Ode to Cologne
Writer

1990s

1999
Buena Vista Social Club
Screenplay
80
1998
City of Angels
Original Film Writer
64
Willie Nelson at the Teatro
Writer
1997
The End of Violence
Story
48
1995
A Trick of the Light
Writer
Beyond the Clouds
Screenplay
1994
Lisbon Story
Screenplay
1993
Arisha, the Bear, and the Stone Ring
Writer
Faraway, So Close!
Screenplay
1991
Until the End of the World
Story, Screenplay
71

1980s

1989
Notebook on Cities and Clothes
Writer
1987
Wings of Desire
Screenplay
82
1985
Tokyo-Ga
Writer
Room 666
Writer
1982
The State of Things
Writer
Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982
Writer
1980
Lightning Over Water
Writer

1970s

1977
The American Friend
Screenplay
77
1976
Kings of the Road
Screenplay
1975
The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
Writer
1974
Alice in the Cities
Screenplay
82
1973
The Scarlet Letter
Writer
1972
Summer in the City
Writer

1960s

1969
Polizeifilm
Writer
Silver City Revisited
Writer
Alabama (2000 Light Years)
Writer
1968
Same Player Shoots Again
Writer
1967
Schauplätze
Writer

Acted in 28

2020s

2025
La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione
Movie
The Keys to Freedom
Wim Wenders
2023
German Genius
Wim Wenders · 1 episode
55
2022
From Our Side
Movie
Die 2050er - Everything will change
Movie

2010s

2019
Zeroville
Larry
38
2015
Filmstudio, mon amour
Sé stesso
2011
Hitler in Hollywood
Wim Wenders
2010
Snowblind
Gray Fox
41

2000s

2002
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
Doctor #1 (segment "Twelve Miles to Trona")
2000
The Million Dollar Hotel
Movie · Drama · Thriller
44

1990s

1995
A Trick of the Light
Regisseur / Milchmann
1993
Arisha, the Bear, and the Stone Ring
Santa Claus

1980s

1987
Helsinki Napoli All Night Long
Gas Station Attendant
1985
King Kongs Faust
Regisseur
1984
Tausend Augen
Dieb im Videoladen
1982
The State of Things
Tram Passenger (uncredited)
Cinématon n°212 : Wim Wenders
Movie

1970s

1978
Cinématon
N°212
Long Shot
Another Director
1977
The American Friend
Figure Wrapped in Plaster Bandages in Ambulance (uncredited)
77
1976
Kings of the Road
Spectator at Pauline's Theater (uncredited)
1975
The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
Man Walking through Vienna Bus Station (uncredited)
Wrong Move
Man in Dining Car (uncredited)
68
1974
Alice in the Cities
Man by Jukebox in American Cafe (uncredited)
82
1972
Summer in the City
Billardspieler (uncredited)