
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 | |||||
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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
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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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