Wim Wenders
Directing
156
Acting Credits
73
Directed
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...
Known For
Filmography
Mein liebster Dokumentarfilm
2026
as Self
The Keys to Freedom
2025
as Wim Wenders
The Ozu Diaries
2025
as Self
Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende
2025
as Self
La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione
2025
Films to Die For
2025
as Self - Interviewee
Now is Now: Wim Wenders on 'Perfect Days'
2024
as Self
Room 999
2023
as Self
Cannes Uncut
2023
as Self
Directors Talks
2023
as Self
German Genius
2023
as Wim Wenders
Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
2022
as Self
Die 2050er - Everything will change
2022
From Our Side
2022
Come with Me to the Cinema – The Gregors
2022
as Self
CAN and Me
2022
as Self
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
2022
as Self
Bruno Ganz - The Longing Revolutionary
2022
as Self
Why Are We (Not) Creative?
2021
as Self
Now
2021
as Self
A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner
2021
as Self
Wim Wenders, Desperado
2020
as Self
Veränderung
2020
as Self
Good Morning, the Wind Blows
2020
as Self
High Maintenance
2020
as Self
Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen
2020
as Self
Zeroville
2019
as Larry
Paul Auster: What If
2019
as Self - Filmmaker
Living the Light: Robby Müller
2018
as Self
Beyond the Bolex
2018
as Self
Pope Francis: A Man of His Word
2018
as Self - Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Why Are We Creative?
2018
as Self
Leçon de cinéma avec Wim Wenders
2018
as Self - filmmaker
Was tut sich - im deutschen Film?
2018
as Self
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
2017
as Self
The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg Sentsov
2017
as Self
Plankton Salesmen
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider
2016
as Self
Along for the Ride
2016
as Self
Three for the Road
2016
as Self
Was heißt hier Ende? Der Filmkritiker Michael Althen
2015
as Self
Chris Marker: Never Explain, Never Complain
2015
as Self
French Cinema Mon Amour
2015
as Self
The Legend of the Palme d'Or
2015
as Self
Restoring Time
2015
as Self
Return to Beethoven Street: Sam Fuller in Germany
2015
as Self
A Weekend at the Beach
2015
as Self
Filmstudio, mon amour
2015
as Sé stesso
The Salt of the Earth
2014
as Self
Henri Langlois vu par...
2014
as Self
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction
2013
as Self
A Fuller Life
2013
as Self - Reader (segment "A River of Tears")
Close Up
2012
as Self (archive footage)
BAM150
2012
as Self
Edward Hopper and the Blank Canvas
2012
as Self
Hitler in Hollywood
2011
as Wim Wenders
Zwischen den Zeiten
2011
Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter
2011
as Self
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
2011
Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard
2011
as Self
Viaggio in Bergmania
2011
as Self
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
2011
as Self
Schawinski
2011
as Self
Snowblind
2010
as Gray Fox
Cronología
2010
Westpol
2010
as self
What Do You Know About Me
2009
as Self
Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte
2008
as Self
Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers
2008
as Self
One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years
2008
as Self
Back to Room 666
2008
as Self
Effedia - Sulla mia cattiva strada
2008
as Self
Wim Wenders' Story Of His Early Years
2008
as Self
Cannes: All Access
2007
as Self
Dickes B
2007
as Self
Still Alive: A Film About Krzysztof Kieslowski
2006
as Self
The Art of Football from A to Z
2006
as Self
La torcedura
2004
Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen
2004
as Self
Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments
2004
as Self
Leçon de Cinéma
2004
as Self
Kulturplatz
2004
as Self
Im Palais
2004
as Self
Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us
2003
as Self
Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)
2003
as Self
ZIBB
2003
as Self
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
2002
as Doctor #1 (segment "Twelve Miles to Trona")
Fassbinder in Hollywood
2002
as Self
Window of the Soul
2001
as Self
The Million Dollar Hotel
2000
FreeDogme
2000
as himself
Volle Kanne
1999
as Self
Alekan le magnifique
1998
as Self
Millionär gesucht! - Die SKL Show
1998
as Self
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
1998
as Self
Sabine Christiansen
1998
as Self
Tango Berlin
1997
Nachtstudio
1997
as Self
Im Dialog
1997
as self
Love in Hollywood
1996
as Self
The Night of the Filmmakers
1995
as Self
To Make a Film Is to Be Alive
1995
as Self (uncredited)
A Trick of the Light
1995
as Regisseur / Milchmann
In Bildern leben - Die filmischen Reflexionen des Wim Wenders
1995
as Self
Die Harald Schmidt Show
1995
as Self
Kleiner Mann ganz groß
1994
as Self
Nick Cave: Straight To You - A Portrait
1994
as Self
Without Me
1993
as Himself
Arisha, the Bear, and the Stone Ring
1993
as Santa Claus
Talking with Ozu
1993
as Self
Riverboat
1992
as Self
Morgenmagazin
1992
as Self
Dream Island
1991
Pictures of Europe
1990
as Self
Motion and Emotion: The Road to 'Paris, Texas'
1990
as Self
Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders
1990
as Self
Wim Wenders in Tokyo
1990
as Self
Notebook on Cities and Clothes
1989
as Self
The Heart and the Legs
1989
as Self
Alekan, la lumière
1988
as Self
Helsinki Napoli All Night Long
1987
as Gas Station Attendant
Nachtcafé
1987
as Self
live - die ZDF-talkshow
1987
as Self
King Kongs Faust
1985
as Regisseur
Report from Hollywood
1985
Room 666
1985
as Self
Tausend Augen
1984
as Dieb im Videoladen
De droomproducenten
1984
as Self
Goldene Kamera
1984
as Self
Dennis Hopper's Russian Dynamite Death Chair Act
1983
as Himself
Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982
1982
as Self
The State of Things
1982
as Tram Passenger (uncredited)
Cinématon XXII
1982
as N°212
Cinématon n°212 : Wim Wenders
1982
Wortwechsel
1982
as Self
Menschen
1982
as Self
Lightning Over Water
1980
as Self
Bavarian Film Awards
1979
as Self
NDR Talk Show
1979
as Self
Cinématon
1978
as N°212
Long Shot
1978
as Another Director
The American Friend
1977
as Figure Wrapped in Plaster Bandages in Ambulance (uncredited)
Kings of the Road
1976
as Spectator at Pauline's Theater (uncredited)
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
1976
as Self
Kölner Treff
1976
as Self
The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
1975
as Man Walking through Vienna Bus Station (uncredited)
Wrong Move
1975
as Man in Dining Car (uncredited)
Midi Première
1975
as Self
Alice in the Cities
1974
as Man by Jukebox in American Cafe (uncredited)
Spécial cinéma
1974
as Self
Summer in the City
1972
as Billardspieler (uncredited)
3 American LPs
1969
Candy Man
1968
Love and So Forth
1968
as Student
German Film Award
1951
as Self
Bambi
1948
as Self