Cast & creator
Wim Wenders
Best known for Volle Kanne, ZIBB, Morgenmagazin
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. Wenders won the BAFTA Award for Best Direction and the Palme d'Or for Paris, Texas (1984) and the Cannes Film Festival Best Director Award for Wings of Desire (1987). His other notable films include The American Friend (1977), Faraway, So Close! (1993), and Perfect Days (2023). Wenders has received three nominations for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature: for Buena Vista Social Club (1999), Pina (2011), and The Salt of the Earth (2014). He received a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video for Willie Nelson at the Teatro (1998). He is also known for directing the documentaries Tokyo-Ga (1985), The Soul of a Man (2003), and Pope Francis: A Man of His Word (2018). Wenders has been the president of the European Film Academy since 1996 and won an Honorary Golden Bear in 2015. He is an active photographer, emphasizing images of desolate landscapes. He is considered an auteur director. Description above from the Wikipedia article Wim Wenders, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also known as: Vimu Vendâsu, 文溫德斯, 빔 벤더스, Вим Вендерс, Вім Вендерс
362
film credits
38
television credits
157
1948–2026 · acting roles
6.7
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Known for
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Filmography (400)
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Volle Kanne
Self
1999ZIBB
Self
2003
Morgenmagazin
Self
1992
Die Harald Schmidt Show
Self
1995
NDR Talk Show
Self
1979The Johannes B. Kerner Show
Self
1998
Kölner Treff
Self
1976
Riverboat
Self
1992
Midi Première
Self
1975
Spécial cinéma
Self
1974
Nachtcafé
Self
1987
Bambi
Self
1948German Film Award
Self
1951Sabine Christiansen
Self
1998
Perfect Days
Producer
2023Perfect Days
Director
2023Perfect Days
Screenplay
2023
Kulturplatz
Self
2004Westpol
self
2010Goldene Kamera
Self
1984Im Dialog
self
1997Wortwechsel
Self
1982Nachtstudio
Self
1997Bavarian Film Awards
Self
1979
Paris, Texas
Director
1984Paris, Texas
Producer
1984Menschen
Self
1982
City of Angels
Original Film Writer
1998
Wings of Desire
Director
1987Wings of Desire
Producer
1987Wings of Desire
Screenplay
1987
Leçon de Cinéma
Self
2004Schawinski
Self
2011Im Palais
Self
2004
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Self
2011
Every Thing Will Be Fine
Director
2015Millionär gesucht! - Die SKL Show
Self
1998
The Blues
Writer
2003The Blues
Director
2003
German Genius
Wim Wenders
2023Dickes B
Self
2007
Until the End of the World
Director
1991Until the End of the World
Co-Producer
1991Until the End of the World
Story
1991Until the End of the World
Screenplay
1991
The Salt of the Earth
Self
2014The Salt of the Earth
Director
2014The Salt of the Earth
Writer
2014The Salt of the Earth
Still Photographer
2014The Salt of the Earth
Executive Producer
2014
The Million Dollar Hotel
2000The Million Dollar Hotel
Director
2000The Million Dollar Hotel
Producer
2000Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen
Self
2020
Alice in the Cities
Man by Jukebox in American Cafe (uncredited)
1974Alice in the Cities
Screenplay
1974Alice in the Cities
Director
1974Alice in the Cities
Producer
1974live - die ZDF-talkshow
Self
1987
Zeroville
Larry
2019
The End of Violence
Producer
1997The End of Violence
Director
1997The End of Violence
Story
1997
To Each His Own Cinema
Director
2007
Beyond the Clouds
Screenplay
1995Beyond the Clouds
Still Photographer
1995Beyond the Clouds
Co-Director
1995
Land of Plenty
Screenplay
2004Land of Plenty
Director
2004
Faraway, So Close!
Screenplay
1993Faraway, So Close!
Producer
1993Faraway, So Close!
Director
1993
Why Are We Creative?
Self
2018
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
Self
2022
Cannes Uncut
Self
2023
The American Friend
Figure Wrapped in Plaster Bandages in Ambulance (uncredited)
1977The American Friend
Screenplay
1977The American Friend
Director
1977The American Friend
Producer
1977
Cannes: All Access
Self
2007
Buena Vista Social Club
Director
1999Buena Vista Social Club
Screenplay
1999
Anselm
Director
2023Anselm
Writer
2023Anselm
Producer
2023
Pope Francis: A Man of His Word
Self - Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
2018Pope Francis: A Man of His Word
Writer
2018Pope Francis: A Man of His Word
Director
2018Pope Francis: A Man of His Word
Producer
2018
Don't Come Knocking
Director
2005Don't Come Knocking
Executive Producer
2005Don't Come Knocking
Writer
2005
Submergence
Director
2018
Plankton Salesmen
Self (archive footage)
2017
Kings of the Road
Spectator at Pauline's Theater (uncredited)
1976Kings of the Road
Director
1976Kings of the Road
Producer
1976Kings of the Road
Screenplay
1976
Wrong Move
Man in Dining Car (uncredited)
1975Wrong Move
Director
1975Wrong Move
Producer
1975
Chocolat
Co-Producer
1988Mein liebster Dokumentarfilm
Self
2026Was tut sich - im deutschen Film?
Self
2018
Ein Haus für uns
Director
1974
Hammett
Director
1982
The Absence
Producer
1993
Stories We Tell
Thanks
2012
The State of Things
Tram Passenger (uncredited)
1982The State of Things
Director
1982The State of Things
Producer
1982The State of Things
Writer
1982
Our Last Tango
Executive Producer
2015
Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
Self
2022
Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments
Self
2004
Nick Cave: Straight To You - A Portrait
Self
1994
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
Doctor #1 (segment "Twelve Miles to Trona")
2002Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
Director
2002Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
Writer
2002
The Island
Director
1974
Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider
Self
2016
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction
Self
2013
Lisbon Story
Director
1994Lisbon Story
Producer
1994Lisbon Story
Screenplay
1994
Cinématon
N°212
1978
Room 999
Self
2023
Hitler in Hollywood
Wim Wenders
2011
Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen
Self
2004
From Inside Out - The Architecture of Peter Zumthor
Director
2026
From Darkness to Light
Executive Producer
2025
National Bird
Executive Producer
2016
A Fuller Life
Self - Reader (segment "A River of Tears")
2013
Room 666
Self
1985Room 666
Director
1985Room 666
Writer
1985
Three Days of Rain
Presenter
2002
Along for the Ride
Self
2016
Films to Die For
Self - Interviewee
2025
Henri Langlois vu par...
Self
2014Henri Langlois vu par...
Director
2014
The Soul of a Man
Director
2003The Soul of a Man
Writer
2003The Soul of a Man
Camera Operator
2003
French Cinema Mon Amour
Self
2015
The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez
Director
2016The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez
Writer
2016The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez
Producer
2016
Palermo Shooting
Director
2008Palermo Shooting
Writer
2008Palermo Shooting
Producer
2008
Pina
Screenplay
2011Pina
Director
2011Pina
Producer
2011
Kleiner Mann ganz groß
Self
1994
Lumière & Company
Director
1995
The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
Man Walking through Vienna Bus Station (uncredited)
1975The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
Director
1975The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
Writer
1975The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
Producer
1975
Now
Self
2021
Helsinki Napoli All Night Long
Gas Station Attendant
1987
Die 2050er - Everything will change
2022
I'll Be Gone in June
Producer
2026
The Open Road
Executive Producer
2009
Waiting for the Miracle to Come
Executive Producer
2019
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
Director
1990
Wim Wenders, Desperado
Self
2020
Iron Earth, Copper Sky
Producer
1987
Sansibar oder Der letzte Grund
Sound Mix Technician
1987
Why Are We (Not) Creative?
Self
2021
Half the Rent
Producer
2004
Heart of the Festival
Self (archive footage)
2002
The Way I Spent the End of the World
Associate Producer
2006
Paul Auster: What If
Self - Filmmaker
2019
FreeDogme
himself
2000
Pictures of Europe
Self
1990
The Left-Handed Woman
Producer
1978Fools
Producer
2003
The Legend of the Palme d'Or
Self
2015
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
Self
2017
The Art of Football from A to Z
Self
2006
Directors Talks
Self
2023
Was heißt hier Ende? Der Filmkritiker Michael Althen
Self
2015
La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione
2025
One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years
Self
2008
Songs of Earth
Executive Producer
2023
Arisha, the Bear, and the Stone Ring
Santa Claus
1993Arisha, the Bear, and the Stone Ring
Director
1993Arisha, the Bear, and the Stone Ring
Writer
1993Arisha, the Bear, and the Stone Ring
Producer
1993Arisha, the Bear, and the Stone Ring
Editor
1993
What Do You Know About Me
Self
2009
The House Is Burning
Executive Producer
2006
Close Up
Self (archive footage)
2012
Motion and Emotion: The Road to 'Paris, Texas'
Self
1990
It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story
Executive Producer
2018
Bruno Ganz - The Longing Revolutionary
Self
2022
Snowblind
Gray Fox
2010
Still Alive: A Film About Krzysztof Kieslowski
Self
2006
A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner
Self
2021
The Passenger – Welcome to Germany
Consulting Producer
1988
Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende
Self
2025
Speaking Parts
Thanks
1990
Buena Vista Social Club: Adios
Executive Producer
2017
Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers
Additional Camera
1980
Mutiny in Heaven: The Birthday Party
Producer
2023From the Family of Reptiles
Director
1974
Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard
Self
2011
Two or Three Things I Know about Edward Hopper
Writer
2020Two or Three Things I Know about Edward Hopper
Executive Producer
2020Two or Three Things I Know about Edward Hopper
Producer
2020Two or Three Things I Know about Edward Hopper
Director
2020
8
Director
20088
Writer
2008
Love and So Forth
Student
1968
To Make a Film Is to Be Alive
Self (uncredited)
1995
Come with Me to the Cinema – The Gregors
Self
2022
BAP - Ode to Cologne
Director
2002BAP - Ode to Cologne
Writer
2002Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
2011
Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter
Self
2011
A Weekend at the Beach
Self
2015
A Trick of the Light
Regisseur / Milchmann
1995A Trick of the Light
Director
1995A Trick of the Light
Writer
1995A Trick of the Light
Producer
1995
Notebook on Cities and Clothes
Self
1989Notebook on Cities and Clothes
Director
1989Notebook on Cities and Clothes
Writer
1989Notebook on Cities and Clothes
Producer
1989Notebook on Cities and Clothes
Director of Photography
1989
Willie Nelson at the Teatro
Writer
1998Willie Nelson at the Teatro
Director
1998
Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us
Self
2003
Sing Me the Songs That Say I Love You: A Concert for Kate McGarrigle
Executive Producer
2013
The Keys to Freedom
Wim Wenders
2025The Keys to Freedom
Director
2025The Keys to Freedom
Writer
2025
Radio On
Associate Producer
1979
Tokyo-Ga
Director
1985Tokyo-Ga
Editor
1985Tokyo-Ga
Writer
1985Tokyo-Ga
Producer
1985
Love in Hollywood
Self
1996
Wim Wenders in Tokyo
Self
1990
Karen Dalton: In My Own Time
Executive Producer
2021Echoes of Light
Executive Producer
Fools
Producer
2003Cinéma cinémas
Director
1982
The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg Sentsov
Self
2017
Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)
Self
2003
Dennis Hopper's Russian Dynamite Death Chair Act
Himself
1983
Lightning Over Water
Self
1980Lightning Over Water
Writer
1980Lightning Over Water
Director
1980Lightning Over Water
Producer
1980Lightning Over Water
Editor
1980
Kaspar Hauser
Director
1969
Summer in the City
Billardspieler (uncredited)
1972Summer in the City
Director
1972Summer in the City
Producer
1972Summer in the City
Writer
1972
Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders
Self
1990Tango Berlin
1997
Cathedrals of Culture
Director
2014Cathedrals of Culture
Writer
2014Cathedrals of Culture
Executive Producer
2014
Long Shot
Another Director
1978
Three for the Road
Self
2016
Egoshooter
Producer
2005
Window of the Soul
Self
2001
The Scarlet Letter
Director
1973The Scarlet Letter
Writer
1973The Scarlet Letter
Producer
1973
Living the Light: Robby Müller
Self
2018
Roving Woman
Executive Producer
2022
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
Self
1976
Good Morning, the Wind Blows
Self
2020
The Night of the Filmmakers
Self
1995
Amon Duul II: Plays Phallus Dei
Director of Photography
1969
Some Body Comes Into the Light
Director
2023Some Body Comes Into the Light
Producer
2023
Viaggio in Bergmania
Self
2011Back to Room 666
Self
2008
Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers
Self
2008The Heart and the Legs
Self
1989
Polizeifilm
Writer
1969Polizeifilm
Director
1969Polizeifilm
Editor
1969Polizeifilm
Director of Photography
1969
Au Revoir Taipei
Executive Producer
2010
Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982
Self
1982Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982
Director
1982Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982
Producer
1982Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982
Writer
1982
3 American LPs
19693 American LPs
Director
19693 American LPs
Editor
1969Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte
Self
2008In the Shadow of Hollywood
Archival Footage Research
2000Am Spätnachmittag des folgenden Tages erwachte Joe in einem billigen Hotelzimmer - Andy schläft noch ...
Producer
1969
Reality Winner
Executive Producer
2021
Il Volo
Director
2010Il Volo
Writer
2010
Restoring Time
Self
2015
From Our Side
2022
King Kongs Faust
Regisseur
1985Report from Hollywood
1985Cronología
2010
Ein bißchen Liebe
Producer
1974
Same Player Shoots Again
Director
1968Same Player Shoots Again
Editor
1968Same Player Shoots Again
Producer
1968Same Player Shoots Again
Director of Photography
1968Same Player Shoots Again
Writer
1968
Leçon de cinéma avec Wim Wenders
Self - filmmaker
2018
In Bildern leben - Die filmischen Reflexionen des Wim Wenders
Self
1995
Return to Beethoven Street: Sam Fuller in Germany
Self
2015
Effedia - Sulla mia cattiva strada
Self
2008
High Maintenance
Self
2020
Edward Hopper and the Blank Canvas
Self
2012Der Fall Lena Christ
Unit Manager
1969
The Ozu Diaries
Self
2025I Played It for You
Additional Photography
1985
Música Cubana
Producer
2004Über Gott, Alfi und Mexico
Producer
2013
Invisibles
Writer
2007Invisibles
Director
2007
Filmstudio, mon amour
Sé stesso
2015
De droomproducenten
Self
1984
Chris Marker: Never Explain, Never Complain
Self
2015
The Clone Returns Home
Executive Producer
2008
Veränderung
Self
2020Veränderung
Director
2020Veränderung
Writer
2020Now is Now: Wim Wenders on 'Perfect Days'
Self
2024
Der fremde Fotograf und die Einsamkeit
Script Supervisor
2012
BAM150
Self
2012
Souad
Co-Producer
2021
Beyond the Bolex
Self
2018
Tausend Augen
Dieb im Videoladen
1984
Alabama (2000 Light Years)
Writer
1969Alabama (2000 Light Years)
Editor
1969Alabama (2000 Light Years)
Director
1969Alabama (2000 Light Years)
Sound
1969
Invisible Crimes
Director
2007Nicholas Ray: Especially for Pierre
Camera Operator
1979Nicholas Ray: Especially for Pierre
Director of Photography
1979Nicholas Ray: Especially for Pierre
Producer
1979Nicholas Ray: Especially for Pierre
Sound
1979
Invisible World
Director
2013Invisible World
Writer
2013
Talking with Ozu
Self
1993
Alekan le magnifique
Self
1998Sound of Ice
Executive Producer
Cathedrals of Culture: Halden Prison
Executive Producer
2014
June Moon
Producer
2002
Wim Wenders' Story Of His Early Years
Self
2008
An Endless Sunday
Co-Producer
2023
Little Hands
Executive Producer
2018If Buildings Could Talk
Writer
2010If Buildings Could Talk
Director
2010Go for Gold!
Producer
1997
Cinématon n°212 : Wim Wenders
1982
Alekan, la lumière
Self
1988Cinématon XXII
N°212
1982
Fassbinder in Hollywood
Self
2002
Silver City Revisited
Director
1969Silver City Revisited
Writer
1969Silver City Revisited
Editor
1969Silver City Revisited
Director of Photography
1969Silver City Revisited
Producer
1969Klappenfilm
Producer
1968Klappenfilm
Director
1968Adamski
Thanks
1993
A Black Jesus
Producer
2020Ten Years After
Director of Photography
1969Without Me
Himself
1993Zwischen den Zeiten
2011
...als Diesel geboren
Producer
1979Victor I.
Director
1968The Berlin Philharmonic
Director
2014
CAN and Me
Self
2022Ver ou Não Ver
Director
2012
Schauplätze
Director
1967Schauplätze
Writer
1967Schauplätze
Producer
1967Schauplätze
Editor
1967Schauplätze
Director of Photography
1967Return to Timbuktu
Executive Producer
Dream Island
1991Dream Island
Producer
1991Candy Man
1968La torcedura
2004La torcedura
Producer
2004Présence
Director
2022Passage
Thanks
2009
Person to Person
Director
2008Untitled Wim Wenders Science Fiction Film
Director