Wim Wenders


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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). At university, Wenders originally studied ... See full bio »

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Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 91 wins & 73 nominations. See more awards »

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Wings of Desire Director
(1987)
Paris, Texas Director
(1984)
(1993)

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 2021 A Future Together (Short)
 2020 Asaf Avidan: Anagnorisis (Music Video)
 2020 4 Wände Berlin (TV Series short) (1 episode)
- Veränderung (2020)
 2018 Pope Francis: A Man of His Word (Documentary)
 2017 Submergence
 2014 Magnum - Feiere den Moment (TV Special short)
 2014 The Salt of the Earth (Documentary)
 2014 Cathedrals of Culture (Documentary) (segment "The Berlin Philharmonic")
 2012 Invisible World (segment "Ver ou Não Ver")
 2011 Pina (Documentary)
 2010 If Buildings Could Talk (Documentary short)
 2010 Il volo (Documentary short)
 2009 Die Toten Hosen: Auflösen (Music Video)
 2008 8 (segment "Person to Person")
 2007 To Each His Own Cinema (segment "War in Peace")
 2007 Invisibles (Documentary) (segment "Invisible Crimes")
 2003 Other Side of the Road (Short)
 2003 The Blues (TV Mini Series documentary) (1 episode)
 2003 The Soul of a Man (Documentary)
 2002 U2: The Best of 1990-2000 (Video documentary) (videos "Stay (Faraway, So Close!)", "The Ground Beneath Her Feet")
 2002 Idlewild: Live in a Hiding Place (Music Video)
 2002 Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (segment "Twelve Miles to Trona")
 2002 Eels: Souljacker Part I (Music Video)
 2002 Viel passiert - Der BAP-Film (Documentary)
 2000 U2: The Ground Beneath Her Feet (Music Video)
 2000 Un matin partout dans le monde (TV Short)
 1999 Buena Vista Social Club (Documentary)
 1998 Willie Nelson: My Own Peculiar Way (Music Video)
 1998 Willie Nelson at the Teatro (Documentary)
 1997 Spain: Everytime I Try (Music Video)
 1995 Lumière and Company (Documentary)
 1995 Beyond the Clouds (prologue, intermissions & epilogue)
 1994 Lisbon Story
 1993 U2: Stay (Faraway, So Close!) (Music Video)
 1992 Talking Heads: Sax and Violins (Music Video)
 1990 U2: Night and Day (Music Video)
 1990 Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter (TV Movie) (segment "Night and Day")
 1985 Tokyo-Ga (Documentary)
 1984 Paris, Texas
 1982 Reverse Angle: Ein Brief aus New York (Documentary short)
 1982 Chambre 666 (TV Movie documentary)
 1982 Hammett
 1982 Cinéma cinémas (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)
- Episode dated 16 March 1982 (1982) ... (segment "quand je m'éveille'")
 1980 Lightning Over Water (Documentary)
 1977 Ein Haus für uns (TV Series) (2 episodes)
- Die Insel (1977)
 1975 Wrong Move
 1969 Kaspar Hauser (TV Movie)
 1969 3 amerikanische LP's (TV Short)
 1969 Police Film (TV Short)
 1969 Silver City Revisited (Short)
 1968 Klappenfilm (Short)
 1968 Victor I. (Short)
 1968 Same Player Shoots Again (Short)
 1967 Schauplätze (Short)
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Co-founder with 14 other filmmakers of Filmverlag Der Aotoren to produce and distribute their films. See more »

Publicity Listings:

2 Print Biographies | 9 Interviews | 7 Articles | 1 Pictorial | 1 Magazine Cover Photo | See more »


Alternate Names:

Vimu Vendâsu | Wim

Height:

6' 3" (1.91 m)

Spouse:

Donata Wenders | See more »

Parents:

Heinrich Wenders

Relatives:

Klaus Wenders (sibling)
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Personal Quote:

My first impressions of beauty [were] not in life but strictly in paintings because I was born right after the war. My hometown of Düsseldorf was flattened, 90 percent of the city was in ruins, and as a kid that's what you take for granted. That's what the world looks like. But there was a better world and that was all these cheap art prints my parents had on their walls. And there were some old ... See more »

Trivia:

Uncle of Hella Wenders. See more »

Trademark:

Glasses with thick, dark rims. See more »

Nickname:

Wim

Star Sign:

Leo

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