Wim Wenders

Personal Info

Birthday

August 14, 1945

(79 years old)

Place of Birth

Düsseldorf, Germany

Also Known As

Vimu Vendâsu

文溫德斯

빔 벤더스

Вим Вендерс

Вім Вендерс

ویم وندرس

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.

Known For

Alice in the Cities

Kings of the Road

The American Friend

German Genius

Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet

Zeroville

Wrong Move

Cinématon

Filmography

2025
Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende
as Self - Film-maker
The Keys to Freedom
as Wim Wenders
2024
Now is Now: Wim Wenders on 'Perfect Days'
as Self
2023
Room 999
as Self
Cannes Uncut
as Self
2022
Werner Herzog - Radikaler Träumer
as Self
CAN and Me
as Self
Bruno Ganz - The Longing Revolutionary
as Lui-même
Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors
as Self
Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
as Self
2021
Why Are We (Not) Creative?
as Self
Now
as Self
A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner
as Self
2020
High Maintenance
as Self
Good Morning, the Wind Blows
as Himself
Wim Wenders, Desperado
as Self
Veränderung
as Self
2019
Zeroville
as Larry
Paul Auster: What If
as Self - Filmmaker
2018
Beyond the Bolex
as Self
Living the Light: Robby Müller
as Self
Why Are We Creative?
as Self
Pope Francis: A Man of His Word
as Self - Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
2017
Plankton Salesmen
as Self (archive footage)
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
as Self
The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg Sentsov
as Self
2016
Along for the Ride
as Self
Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider
as Self
Three for the Road
as Self
2015
A Weekend at the Beach
as Himself
Chris Marker: Never Explain, Never Complain
as Self
French Cinema Mon Amour
as Self
Return to Beethoven Street: Sam Fuller in Germany
as Self
The Legend of the Palme d'Or
as Self
Was heißt hier Ende? Der Filmkritiker Michael Althen
as Self
Restoring Time
as Self
2014
The Salt of the Earth
as Self
Henri Langlois vu par...
as Self
2013
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction
as Self
A Fuller Life
as Self - Reader (segment "A River of Tears")
2012
Edward Hopper and the Blank Canvas
as Self
Close Up
as Self (archive footage)
BAM150
as Self
2011
Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard
as Self
Hitler in Hollywood
as Wim Wenders
Viaggio in Bergmania
as Self
Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter
as Self
2010
Snowblind
as Gray Fox
2009
What Do You Know About Me
as Self
2008
Effedia - Sulla mia cattiva strada
as Self
Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte
as Self
Wim Wenders' Story Of His Early Years
as Self
Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers
as Self
Back to Room 666
as Self
One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years
as Self
2007
Cannes: All Access
as Self
2006
The Art of Football from A to Z
as Self
2005
Still Alive: A Film About Krzysztof Kieslowski
as Self
2004
Edgar G. Ulmer – Der Mann im Off
as Self
Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments
as Self
2003
Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us
as Self
Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)
as Self
2002
Fassbinder in Hollywood
as Self
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
as Doctor #1 (segment "Twelve Miles to Trona")
2001
Janela da Alma
as Self
2000
FreeDogme
as himself
1998
Alekan le magnifique
as Self
1996
Love in Hollywood
as Self
1995
A Trick of the Light
as Regisseur / Milchmann
To Make a Film Is to Be Alive
as Self (uncredited)
The Night of the Filmmakers
as Self
1994
Kleiner Mann ganz groß
as Self
Nick Cave: Straight To You - A Portrait
as Self
1993
Arisha, the Bear, and the Stone Ring
as Santa Claus
Talking with Ozu
as Self
Without Me
as Himself
1990
Wim Wenders in Tokyo
as Self
Pictures of Europe
as Self
Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders
as Self
Motion and Emotion: The Road to 'Paris, Texas'
as Self
1989
Notebook on Cities and Clothes
as Self
The Heart and the Legs
as Self
1988
Alekan, la lumière
as Self
1987
Helsinki Napoli All Night Long
as Gas Station Attendant
1985
King Kongs Faust
as Regisseur
1984
Tausend Augen
as Dieb im Videoladen
1983
Dennis Hopper's Russian Dynamite Death Chair Act
as Himself
1982
Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982
as Self
Cinématon XXII
as N°212
Room 666
as Self
The State of Things
as Tram Passenger (uncredited)
1980
Lightning Over Water
as Self
1978
Cinématon
as N°212
Long Shot
as Another Director
1977
The American Friend
as Figure Wrapped in Plaster Bandages in Ambulance (uncredited)
1976
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
as Self
Kings of the Road
as Spectator at Pauline's Theater (uncredited)
1975
The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
as Man Walking through Vienna Bus Station (uncredited)
Wrong Move
as Man in Dining Car (uncredited)
1974
Alice in the Cities
as Man by Jukebox in American Cafe (uncredited)
1972
Summer in the City
as Billardspieler (uncredited)
1968
Love and So Forth
as Student