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Wim Wenders


Wim Wenders is an Oscar-nominated German filmmaker who was born Ernst Wilhelm Wenders on August 14, 1945 in Düsseldorf, which then was located in the British Occupation Zone of what became the Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Federal Republic of Germany, known colloquially as West Germany until reunification)... See full bio »

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Filmography

Hide HideDirector (55 titles)
2013 Cathedrals of Culture (TV series documentary) (2013) (filming)
 
2012 Mundo Invisível (segment "Ver ou Não Ver")
 
2011 Pina (documentary)
 
2010 If Buildings Could Talk (short)
 
2008 8 (segment "Person to Person")
 
2007 To Each His Own Cinema (segment "War in Peace")
 
2007 Invisibles (documentary) (segment "Invisible Crimes")
 
2004 Land of Plenty
 
2003 The Blues (TV series documentary)
The Soul of a Man (2003)
 
2003 The Soul of a Man (documentary)
 
2003 Other Side of the Road (short)
 
2002 U2: The Best of 1990-2000 (video documentary) (video "Stay Faraway, So Close!" / video "The Ground Beneath Her Feet")
 
2002 Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (segment "Twelve Miles to Trona")
 
2002 Ode to Cologne: A Rock 'N' Roll Film (documentary)
 
1999 Buena Vista Social Club (documentary)
 
1995 Lumière and Company (documentary)
 
1994 Lisbon Story
 
1990 Red Hot and Blue (TV movie) (segment "Night and Day")
 
1989 Notebook on Cities and Clothes (documentary)
 
1987 Wings of Desire
 
1985 Tokyo-Ga (documentary)
 
1984 Paris, Texas
 
1984 Docu Drama (documentary)
 
1982 Reverse Angle: Ein Brief aus New York (documentary short)
 
1982 Room 666 (TV documentary)
 
1982 Hammett
 
1980 Lightning Over Water (documentary)
 
1969 3 American LPs (TV short)
 
1969 Polizeifilm (TV short)
 
1969 Silver City (short)
 
1968 Same Player Shoots Again (short)
 
1968 Victor I. (short)
 
1968 Klappenfilm
 
1967 Schauplätze (short)
 
Show ShowProducer (41 titles)
???? The Boom Boom Room (executive producer) (in production)
 
2013 Cathedrals of Culture (TV series documentary) (executive producer - 2013) (filming)
 
2011 Pina (documentary) (producer)
 
2010 If Buildings Could Talk (short) (producer)
 
2010 Au revoir Taipei (executive producer)
 
2009 The Open Road (executive producer)
 
2008 The Clone Returns Home (executive producer)
 
2008 Palermo Shooting (producer)
 
2006 The House Is Burning (executive producer)
 
2005 Don't Come Knocking (executive producer - uncredited)
 
2004 Música cubana (documentary) (executive producer)
 
2004 Egoshooter (producer)
 
2004 La torcedura (short) (executive producer)
 
2003 Fools (producer)
 
2002 Junimond (producer)
 
2002 Half the Rent (producer)
 
2000 The Million Dollar Hotel (producer)
 
1997 The End of Violence (producer)
 
1997 Go for Gold! (producer)
 
1994 Lisbon Story (producer)
 
1993 Faraway, So Close! (producer)
 
1992 Arisha, der Bär und der steinerne Ring (short) (producer)
 
1992 The Absence (co-producer)
 
1991 Dream Island (producer)
 
1989 Notebook on Cities and Clothes (documentary) (producer)
 
1987 Yer demir gök bakir (producer)
 
1987 Wings of Desire (producer)
 
1985 Tokyo-Ga (documentary) (producer)
 
1980 Lightning Over Water (documentary) (producer)
 
1979 ...als Diesel geboren (documentary) (producer)
 
1979 Radio On (associate producer)
 
1978 Die linkshändige Frau (producer)
 
1977 The American Friend (producer)
 
1976 Kings of the Road (producer)
 
1974 Ein bißchen Liebe (producer)
 
1970 Summer in the City (producer)
 
1969 Silver City (short) (producer)
 
1968 Same Player Shoots Again (short) (producer)
 
1968 Klappenfilm (producer)
 
1967 Schauplätze (short) (producer)
 
Show ShowWriter (38 titles)
2012 Mundo Invisível (segment "Ver ou Não Ver")
 
2011 Pina (documentary) (written by)
 
2010 If Buildings Could Talk (short) (written by)
 
2008 8 (segment "Person to Person")
 
2008 Palermo Shooting (writer)
 
2007 Invisibles (documentary)
 
2005 Don't Come Knocking (story)
 
2004 Land of Plenty (story / written by)
 
2003 The Blues (TV series documentary)
The Soul of a Man (2003) (writer)
 
2003 The Soul of a Man (documentary) (writer)
 
2002 Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (segment Twelve Miles to Trona)
 
2002 Ode to Cologne: A Rock 'N' Roll Film (documentary)
 
1998 City of Angels (screenplay "Der Himmel über Berlin")
 
1998 Willie Nelson at the Teatro (writer)
 
1997 The End of Violence (story)
 
1994 Lisbon Story
 
1993 Faraway, So Close! (writer)
 
1991 Until the End of the World (screenplay / story)
 
1989 Notebook on Cities and Clothes (documentary) (writer)
 
1987 Wings of Desire
 
1985 Tokyo-Ga (documentary)
 
1982 Room 666 (TV documentary) (conception)
 
1980 Lightning Over Water (documentary)
 
1973 The Scarlet Letter (writer)
 
1969 Alabama: 2000 Light Years from Home (short) (writer)
 
1969 Polizeifilm (TV short)
 
1969 Silver City (short) (writer)
 
1968 Same Player Shoots Again (short) (writer)
 
1967 Schauplätze (short)
 
Show ShowActor (26 titles)
2011 Zwischen den Zeiten (short)
Bekannter
 
2010 Hitler in Hollywood
Wim Wenders
 
2010 Snowblind (video)
Gray Fox
 
2010 Cronología (short)
Narrator (voice)
 
2004 La torcedura (short)
Oilfield Worker
 
2002 Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
Doctor #1 (segment "Twelve Miles to Trona")
 
2000 The Million Dollar Hotel (uncredited)
 
1997 Tango Berlin
 
1995 Die Gebrüder Skladanowsky
Milkman/Coalman/Himself
 
1993 Neues Deutschland (TV movie)
(segment "Ohne Mich")
 
1993 Ohne mich (short)
 
1991 Dream Island
Watcher
 
1987 Helsinki-Naples 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)
 
1978 Long Shot
Another Director
 
1977 The American Friend
Figure Wrapped in Plaster Bandages in Ambulance (uncredited)
 
1977 Ein Haus für uns - Jugenderholungsheim (TV series)
Cinema visitor
Die Insel (1977) … Cinema visitor (uncredited)
 
1976 Kings of the Road
Spectator at Pauline's Theater
 
1974 Alice in the Cities
Man by Jukebox (uncredited)
 
1972 The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
Man Walking through Vienna Bus Station
 
1970 Summer in the City
Billardspieler (uncredited)
 
1968 Candy Man (short)
 
Show ShowEditor (8 titles)
1985 Tokyo-Ga (documentary)
 
1980 Lightning Over Water (documentary) (definitive version)
 
1969 3 American LPs (TV short)
 
1969 Polizeifilm (TV short)
 
1969 Silver City (short)
 
1968 Same Player Shoots Again (short)
 
1967 Schauplätze (short)
 
Show ShowCinematographer (7 titles)
1989 Notebook on Cities and Clothes (documentary)
 
1969 Amon Düül II spielt Phallus Dei (documentary short)
 
1969 Polizeifilm (TV short)
 
1969 Silver City (short)
 
1969 Ten Years After (documentary)
 
1968 Same Player Shoots Again (short)
 
1967 Schauplätze (short)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (5 titles)
2009/III Passage (short) (support)
 
2008 The 21st European Film Awards (TV special) (president: European Film Academy)
 
2002 Three Days of Rain (presenter)
 
2000 In the Shadow of Hollywood (documentary) (archive source)
 
1988 Welcome to Germany (consultant)
 
Show ShowCamera and Electrical Department (3 titles)
1995 Beyond the Clouds (still photographer)
 
1984 Docu Drama (documentary) (additional photographer)
 
1980 Garlic Is As Good As Ten Mothers (documentary) (additional camera operator)
 
Show ShowSound Department (3 titles)
1987 Sansibar oder Der letzte Grund (TV movie) (sound mixing advisor)
 
1980 Garlic Is As Good As Ten Mothers (documentary) (extra sound)
 
1969 Alabama: 2000 Light Years from Home (short) (sound)
 
Show ShowProduction Manager (1 title)
1970 Der Fall Lena Christ (TV movie) (unit manager)
 
Show ShowThanks (38 titles)
2012 Occupy Los Angeles (documentary) (special thanks)
 
2012 Bar25 (documentary) (special thanks)
 
2012 Das ist ja das Leben selbst! (thanks)
 
2011 Henrik (short) (thanks)
 
2011 Neujahr (short) (thanks)
 
2011 Kreisen (short) (thanks)
 
2011 Zwischen den Zeiten (short) (thanks)
 
2010 Am Draht (short) (thanks)
 
2010 Bis es wieder dunkel wird (short) (thanks)
 
2010 Problema (documentary) (very special thanks)
 
2010 Time(s) and Portrait(s) (short) (thanks)
 
2010 Between/Frames/Again (short) (thanks)
 
2010 Glebs Film (documentary short) (thanks)
 
2010 (Why does my Father sell his) Record Collection? (documentary short) (thanks)
 
2009 102 PS (short) (thanks)
 
2009 The Red Machine (special thanks)
 
2009 Onkel Dieter (short) (thanks)
 
2008 Dance for All (documentary) (special thanks)
 
2008 Gunnar: A Student Burns Out (short) (special thanks)
 
2007 Mikrofan (thanks)
 
2007 Helmut Goettl. Als Künstler im Theater des Lebens (documentary short) (thanks)
 
2006 Spare the Blood, Spoil the Child (short) (thanks - as Wim)
 
2006 Gabra2 (short) (thanks)
 
2006 Begleiter (short) (very special thanks)
 
2006 Hotel California (short) (thanks)
 
2006 Der 12. Tag der Woche (short) (thanks)
 
2005 Fahnenflucht (short) (special thanks)
 
2004 Egoshooter (thanks)
 
2004 Around the World in 80 Days (special thanks)
 
2003 Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin (documentary) (special thanks)
 
2003 Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us (video documentary short) (acknowledgment: still photographs provided by, special thanks)
 
2000 In the Shadow of Hollywood (documentary) (special thanks)
 
1998 La otra conquista (sincere thanks)
 
1993 Adamski (special thanks)
 
1993 Madregilda (thanks)
 
1988 A dokumentátor (thanks)
 
1986 The Rose King (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (102 titles)
???? Untitled Richard Brautigan Project (documentary) (in production)
Himself
 
2012 Doc Talk (TV series)
Himself
Unique Art (2012) … Himself
Dance to the Music (2012) … Himself
Doc Talk Oscar Special 2012 (2012) … Himself
 
2012 Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction (documentary)
Himself
 
2012 B.A.M.150 (documentary)
 
2012 The 84th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Documentary
 
1999-2012 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Himself - Guest
Episode dated 24 February 2012 (2012) … Himself - Guest
Episode dated 17 September 1999 (1999) … Himself - Guest
 
2012 Gottschalk Live (TV series)
Himself - per Liveschaltung
Folge 2 (2012) … Himself - per Liveschaltung
 
2012 Bayerische Filmpreis 2011 (TV movie)
Himself - Honoree
 
2012 Q with Jian Ghomeshi (TV series)
Himself - Guest
Wim Wenders on Q (2012) … Himself - Guest
 
2011 The Story of Film: An Odyssey (TV series documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
Episode #1.10 (2011) … Himself - Interviewee
 
2011 Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard (documentary)
Himself
 
1994-2011 Días de cine (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 29 September 2011 (2011) … Himself
Episode dated 17 February 2011 (2011) … Himself
Episode dated 25 April 1994 (1994) … Himself
 
1988-2011 Cinema 3 (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 29 September 2011 (2011) … Himself
Episode dated 19 February 2011 (2011) … Himself
Episode dated 20 January 1988 (1988) … Himself
 
2011 Heinz - Das Kurzfilmmagazin (TV series)
Himself
Road Movie (2011) … Himself
 
2011 The Fabulous Picture Show (TV series)
Himself
Viva Riva (2011) … Himself
 
2011 Viaggio in Bergmania (documentary)
 
2011 Lola - Der Deutsche Filmpreis 2011 (TV documentary)
Himself - Winner: Best Documentary & Presenter: Best Cinematography
 
2011 Metropolis (TV series)
Himself
Berlinale 2011: Part II (2011) … Himself
 
2011 Foyer - Das Theatermagazin (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 15 February 2011 (2011) … Himself
 
2010 Problema (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Michel Ciment, le cinéma en partage (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Sodankylä ikuisesti (TV series documentary)
Himself
Ensimmäisen elokuvamuiston kaiho (2010) … Himself
Ikuinen aika (2010) … Himself
 
2010 Gilles Jacob: CIitizen Cannes (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2009 The 2009 European Film Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
2009 Di me cosa ne sai (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Deutschland, deine Künstler (TV series documentary)
Himself
Campino (2009) … Himself
 
2009 Wim: An Afternoon with Wim Wenders (documentary short)
Himself
 
2009 Kinomacher (video documentary)
Himself
 
2008 The 21st European Film Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
2008 Nachtcafé (TV series)
Himself
Auf Leben und Tod (2008) … Himself
 
2008 Dickes B. (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.1 (2008) … Himself
 
2008 Effedià - Sulla mia cattiva strada (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Shooting Palermo (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Back to Room 666 (documentary short)
Himself (also archive footage)
 
2008 Dead On: The Life and Cinema of George A. Romero (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Gegenschuss - Aufbruch der Filmemacher (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Erika Rabau: Puck of Berlin (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 The 2007 European Film Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
2007 One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 The 2006 European Film Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
2006 Wanderlust (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 The Art of Football from A to Z (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Im Palais (TV series)
Himself
Themen, Träume, Erfolge 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 The 2005 European Film Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
2005 Riverboat - Die MDR-Talkshow aus Leipzig (TV series documentary)
Himself
Episode dated 9 September 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 Die Johannes B. Kerner Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 31 August 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 NDR Talk Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.512 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 Lettre à un jeune cinéaste (TV series documentary)
Himself
Wim Wenders (2005) … Himself
 
2005 B 360º (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 29 April 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 The Making of 'Land of Plenty' (short)
Himself
 
1998-2005 Lo + plus (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 7 April 2005 (2005) … Himself
Episode dated 29 September 1998 (1998) … Himself
 
2004 The 2004 European Film Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Film
 
2004 Sabine Christiansen (TV series)
Himself
 
2004 Edgar G. Ulmer - The Man Off-screen (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Je t'aime... moi non plus: Artistes et critiques (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Himmelfilm (documentary short)
Himself
 
2003 Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2003 Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die) (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Jonas at the Ocean (documentary)
Himself
 
2002 La mandrágora (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 17 September 2002 (2002) … Himself
 
2002 Fassbinder in Hollywood (documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Die Harald Schmidt Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 22 May 2002 (2002) … Himself (uncredited)
 
2002 Millionär gesucht! - Die SKL Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.21 (2002) … Himself
 
2002 Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Janela da Alma (documentary)
Himself
 
2001 The 10 Commandments of Creativity (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2001 The One Dollar Diary (documentary)
Narrator
 
2000 Nosolomúsica (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 11 June 2000 (2000) … Himself
 
2000 The Flux of Images (TV movie)
Himself
 
1999 Berlin-Cinema (documentary)
Himself
 
1999 Nina Hagen = Punk + Glory (documentary)
Himself
 
1998 The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1995 To Make a Film Is to Be Alive (documentary)
Himself
 
1995 In Bildern leben (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1995 Die Nacht der Regisseure (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1995 Különbözö helyek (documentary short)
Himself
 
1994 Kleiner Mann ganz groß (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1993 Peter Przygodda, Schnittmeister (documentary)
Himself
 
1992 Colonna sonora (documentary)
Himself
 
1991 Schneeweißrosenrot (documentary)
Himself
 
1990 Lunettes noires pour nuits blanches (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 6 January 1990 (1990) … Himself
 
1989 Notebook on Cities and Clothes (documentary)
Himself
 
1988 The European Film Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1988 The Media Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.9 (1988) … Himself
 
1988 Bains de minuit (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 22 January 1988 (1988) … Himself
 
1984 Cinématon (documentary)
Himself (1982)
 
1984 Korkörkép (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1984 Docu Drama (documentary)
Himself/'Howard'
 
1982 Reverse Angle: Ein Brief aus New York (documentary short)
Himself
 
1982 Room 666 (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1980 Lightning Over Water (documentary)
Himself
 
1969 3 American LPs (TV short)
Himself (voice)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (7 titles)
2009 Kyôiku terebi no gyakushû: Yomigaeru kyoshô no kotoba (TV movie)
Himself (as Vimu Vendâsu)
 
2007 Cannes, 60 ans d'histoires (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Penélope, camino a los Oscar (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2005 Cinema mil (TV series)
 
2004 Words in Progress (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1993 Cinefile: Made in the USA (TV documentary)
Himself
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Directed music video for the 'EELS' "Souljacker, partI", set in Berlin. See more »

Publicity Listings:

2 Print Biographies  | 9 Interviews  | 5 Articles  | 1 Magazine Cover Photo  | See more »

Official Sites:

Official Site | See more »

Alternate Names:

Vimu Vendâsu | Wim

Height:

6' 3" (1.91 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[on whether he will continue to film in 3-D] I will not do anything else. I'm completely hooked. I think 3-D is a still unexplored cinematographic story. In my books, it's the ideal medium for the documentary of the future. It's not invented to show us different planets. It's invented to show us our own planet. See more »

Trivia:

Considers Yasujirô Ozu his all time grandmaster. See more »

Trademark:

Glasses with thick, dark rims. See more »

Nickname:

Wim See more »

Star Sign:

Leo