Wim Wenders
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Wim Wenders in 2015
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| Born |
Ernst Wilhelm Wenders 14 August 1945 Düsseldorf, Rhine Province, Allied-occupied Germany |
| Occupation | Film director |
| Years active | 1967–present |
| Spouse(s) | Edda Köchl (1968–74) Lisa Kreuzer (1974–78) Ronee Blakley (1979–81) Isabelle Weingarten (1981–82) Donata Wenders (1993–) |
| Awards |
Golden Lion for The State of Things (1982) Golden Palm for Paris, Texas (1984) Cannes Film Festival Grand Jury Prize for Faraway, So Close! (1993) Silver Bear Jury Prize for The Million Dollar Hotel (2000) |
| Website | www.wim-wenders.com |
Ernst Wilhelm "Wim" Wenders (German: [vɪm vɛndɐs]; born 14 August 1945) is a German filmmaker, playwright, author, photographer, and a major figure in New German Cinema. Among many honors, he has received three nominations for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature: for Buena Vista Social Club (1999), about Cuban music culture, Pina (2011), about the contemporary dance choreographer Pina Bausch, and The Salt of the Earth (2014), about Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado.
One of Wenders' earliest honors was a win for the BAFTA Award for Best Direction for his narrative drama Paris, Texas (1984), which also won the Palme d'Or at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival. Many of his subsequent films have also been recognized at Cannes, including Wings of Desire (1987), for which Wenders won the Best Director Award at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.
Wenders has been the president of the European Film Academy in Berlin since 1996. Alongside filmmaking, he is an active photographer, emphasizing images of desolate landscapes.
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