Wim Wenders

Highest Rated: 100% Alice in the Cities (1974)

Lowest Rated: 23% Submergence (2017)

Birthday: Aug 14, 1945

Birthplace: Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

One of the more successful and prolific filmmakers to emerge from the New German Cinema movement, iconoclastic director Wim Wenders continually walked the line between art house aesthetic and commercial appeal with his vast body of work. Stark early efforts, such as the nihilistic "The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick" (1972) and road movies like "Alice in the Cities" (1974), led to more focused works along the lines of "The American Friend" (1977). Having gained international notoriety, Wenders indulged his fascination with Americana in the acclaimed "Paris, Texas" (1984) then returned to Berlin for his beloved fantasy-drama "Wings of Desire" (1987). He also broadened the scope of his artistic pursuits with forays into music video and television commercial directing, photographic exhibitions, authoring several essay collections and more. "Until the End of the World" (1991) was accompanied by one of the most acclaimed movie soundtracks of the 1990s, with a line-up of talent ranging from Neneh Cherry to Nick Cave. Wenders also displayed his remarkable acumen with music documentaries like "Buena Vista Social Club" (1999). With "Don't Come Knocking" (2005) he returned to the well for another American road movie with "Paris, Texas" collaborator Sam Shepard, while the audacious 3-D dance documentary "Pina" (2011) proved the director still capable of pushing boundaries. Boasting a career that spanned more than 40 years and included over 50 highly personal, yet largely accessible films, Wenders was easily one of his generation's most appreciated independent filmmakers.

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

Movies

			Credit
No Score Yet	No Score Yet	In My Own Time: A Portrait of Karen Dalton	Executive Producer	-	2020
82%	75%	Pope Francis -- A Man of His Word	Director, Writer, Producer	$2M	2018
No Score Yet	No Score Yet	Waiting for the Miracle to Come	Executive Producer	-	2018
70%	73%	Buena Vista Social Club: Adiós	Executive Producer	$118.3K	2017
23%	33%	Submergence	Director	-	2017
70%	No Score Yet	Water and Sugar: Carlo Di Palma, the Colours of Life	Himself (Character)	-	2017
30%	20%	The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez	Director, Screenwriter, Producer	-	2016
100%	60%	National Bird	Executive Producer	$8.8K	2016
28%	24%	Every Thing Will Be Fine	Director	-	2015
90%	57%	Our Last Tango	Executive Producer	$99.9K	2015
95%	90%	The Salt of the Earth	Narrator, Director, Screenwriter, Executive Producer, Writer	$1.1M	2014
No Score Yet	62%	Cathedrals of Culture	Director	-	2014
43%	67%	Sing Me the Songs That Say I Love You: A Concert for Kate McGarrigle	Executive Producer	-	2012
92%	76%	Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction	Unknown (Character)	-	2012
80%	90%	The Story Of Film: An Odyssey	Unknown (Character)	-	2011
95%	81%	Pina	Director, Screenwriter, Producer	$3.5M	2011
No Score Yet	60%	Au Revoir Taipei	Executive Producer	-	2010
No Score Yet	No Score Yet	Dead On: The Life and Cinema of George A. Romero	Unknown (Character)	-	2008
No Score Yet	62%	Palermo Shooting	Director, Writer, Producer	-	2008
No Score Yet	90%	Invisibles	Director	-	2007
No Score Yet	No Score Yet	Invisible Crimes	Director	-	2007
No Score Yet	No Score Yet	One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years	Unknown (Character)	-	2007
43%	60%	Don't Come Knocking	Director, Executive Producer	$438.7K	2005
No Score Yet	59%	The Sons of Buena Vista	Executive Producer	-	2004
62%	62%	Land of Plenty	Director, Writer	-	2004
No Score Yet	No Score Yet	La Torcedura	Unknown (Character), Executive Producer	-	2004
No Score Yet	86%	The Soul of a Man	Director, Writer	-	2003
86%	78%	Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet	Director	-	2002
No Score Yet	No Score Yet	Fassbinder in Hollywood	Unknown (Character)	-	2002
No Score Yet	No Score Yet	Ode to Cologne: A Rock 'n' Roll Film	Director, Writer (Screenplay)	-	2002
25%	67%	The Million Dollar Hotel	Director, Producer	$52.5K	2000
92%	90%	Buena Vista Social Club	Director, Writer	$7M	1999
58%	82%	City of Angels	Writer (Screenplay)	$78.7M	1998
29%	44%	The End of Violence	Director, Writer, Producer	$283K	1997
No Score Yet	53%	A Trick of the Light	Director, Producer	-	1995
67%	67%	Beyond the Clouds	Director, Writer	$30.9K	1995
No Score Yet	86%	Lisbon Story	Director, Producer	-	1994
58%	88%	Faraway, So Close!	Director, Writer (Screenplay), Producer	-	1993
88%	89%	Until the End of the World	Director, Writer (Story)	$662.2K	1991
80%	70%	Notebook on Cities and Clothes	Unknown (Character), Director, Screenwriter, Producer	-	1989
98%	93%	Wings of Desire	Director, Writer, Producer	$120.8K	1987
60%	78%	Tokyo-Ga	Director, Producer	-	1985
97%	93%	Paris, Texas	Director	-	1984
75%	62%	Hammett	Director	-	1982
40%	84%	The State of Things	Director	-	1982
No Score Yet	No Score Yet	Der Stand Der Dinge	Director	-	1982
No Score Yet	No Score Yet	Reverse Angle: A Letter From New York	Director, Screenwriter, Producer	-	1982
No Score Yet	54%	Room 666	Director, Writer	-	1982
67%	70%	Lightning Over Water	Himself (Character), Director	-	1980
No Score Yet	No Score Yet	Long Shot	Another Director (Character)	-	1978
91%	80%	The American Friend	Director, Screenwriter, Producer	-	1977
No Score Yet	No Score Yet	The Left-Handed Woman	Producer	-	1977
100%	89%	Kings of the Road	Director, Writer (Screenplay), Producer	-	1976
71%	67%	The Wrong Move	Director	-	1975
100%	91%	Alice in the Cities	Director	-	1974
No Score Yet	27%	The Scarlet Letter	Director	-	1973
No Score Yet	57%	The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick	Director, Writer	-	1971
No Score Yet	No Score Yet	Summer in the City	Director, Screenwriter, Producer	-	1970
No Score Yet	No Score Yet	Alabama: 2000 Light Years From Home	Director, Screenwriter, Film Editor	-	1969
No Score Yet	No Score Yet	Silver City Revisited	Director, Screenwriter, Producer, Cinematographer, Film Editor	-	1969
No Score Yet	No Score Yet	Polizeifilm	Director, Screenwriter, Cinematographer, Film Editor	-	1969
No Score Yet	No Score Yet	3 American LPs	Director, Film Editor	-	1969
No Score Yet	No Score Yet	Same Player Shoots Again	Director, Screenwriter, Producer, Cinematographer, Film Editor	-	1968

TV

			Credit
No Score Yet	No Score Yet	Charlie Rose	Guest	2012
No Score Yet	No Score Yet	Q With Jian Ghomeshi	Guest	2012

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