Wim Wenders

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Wim Wenders at Cannes, 2002.
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Wim Wenders at Cannes, 2002.

Ernst Wilhelm ("Wim") Wenders (born August 14, 1945) is a German film director, photographer, author and producer. He was born in Düsseldorf.

Wenders received the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1984 for his movie Paris, Texas. He was awarded honorary doctorates at the Sorbonne in Paris in 1989 and at the Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium in 2005. He was awarded the Leopard of Honour at the Locarno International Film Festival in 2005.

Much of the cinematography in his movies was as a result of a highly productive collaboration with cinematographer Robby Muller. He also worked with the famous writer Peter Handke, adapting his book The Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty Kick for his first movie and then collaborating in one of his most famous movies, Wings of Desire.

Wenders has also directed many music videos for U2, such as "Stay (Faraway, So Close!)"

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[edit] Filmography

Year Title German title Summary
1970 Summer in the City
1972 The Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty (UK) or The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (USA) Die Angst des Tormanns beim Elfmeter Adaptation of a novel by Peter Handke
1973 The Scarlet Letter Der Scharlachrote Buchstabe Adapted from the novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne
1974 Alice in the Cities Alice in den Städten First part of Wenders' Road Movie Trilogy
1975 Wrong Movement Falsche Bewegung Second part of Wenders' Road Movie Trilogy edu
1976 Kings of the Road Im Lauf der Zeit Third part of Wenders' Road Movie Trilogy
1977 The American Friend Der Amerikanische Freund Adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novel Ripley's Game
1980 Lightning Over Water Documentary about the last days of Nicholas Ray
1982 Room 666 Chambre 666
1982 Reverse Angle Documents his disputes with Coppola during Hammett
1982 Hammett Fictional story about Dashiell Hammett, American writer; based on a novel by Joe Gores
1982 The State of Things Stand der Dinge
1984 Paris, Texas
1985 Tokyo-Ga
1987 Wings of Desire Der Himmel über Berlin Written with Peter Handke
1989 Notebook on Cities and Clothes Aufzeichnungen zu Kleidern und Städten
1990 Red Hot and Blue Music video for "Night and Day" performed by U2
1991 Until the End of the World Bis ans Ende der Welt
1992 Arisha, the Bear and the Stone Ring Arisha, der Bär und der steinerne Ring
1993 Faraway, So Close! In weiter Ferne, so nah! Partially a sequel to Wings of Desire
1994 Lisbon Story Partially a sequel to The State of Things.
1995 The Brothers Skladanowsky Die Gebrüder Skladanowsky Also known as A Trick of the Light
1997 The End of Violence
1998 Willie Nelson at the Teatro
1999 Buena Vista Social Club Documentary about Cuban musicians; made with Ry Cooder
2000 The Million Dollar Hotel
2002 Ode to Cologne: A Rock 'N' Roll Film Viel passiert - Der BAP-Film
2002 Ten Minutes Older Contributed segment "Twelve Miles to Trona"
2003 The Soul of a Man
2004 Land of Plenty
2005 Don't Come Knocking

[edit] Quotes

  • "Sex and violence was never really my cup of tea; I was always more into sax and violins."
  • "I consider Ozu my all time grand master."

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NAME Wenders, Wim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wenders, Ernst Wilhelm
SHORT DESCRIPTION film director
DATE OF BIRTH August 14, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
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