FILM DIRECTOR

Wim Wenders

1945 - Today

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Ernst Wilhelm "Wim" Wenders (German: [ˈvɪm ˈvɛndɐs]; born 14 August 1945) is a German filmmaker and author, 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wim Wenders has received more than 2,941,953 page views. His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 60 in 2019). Wim Wenders is the 17th most popular film director (up from 38th in 2019), the 121st most popular biography from Germany (up from 266th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular German Film Director.

Wim Wenders is a German filmmaker who is most famous for his work in the 1970s and 1980s. His films are often about people on the fringes of society.

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  • 74.15

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  • 62

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  • 8.25

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  • 2.98

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Wim Wenders ranks 17 out of 2,041. Before him are Ridley Scott, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Sergei Eisenstein, Luis Buñuel, Andrei Tarkovsky, and Leni Riefenstahl. After him are Luchino Visconti, François Truffaut, Sergio Leone, Jean-Luc Godard, Pedro Almodóvar, and Francis Ford Coppola.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Wim Wenders ranks 10. Before him are Gerd Müller, Rodrigo Duterte, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Vince McMahon, Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein, and Aung San Suu Kyi. After him are Radovan Karadžić, Tom Selleck, Eric Clapton, Helen Mirren, Daniel Ortega, and Jupp Heynckes.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wim Wenders ranks 121 out of 7,253. Before him are Walter Benjamin (1892), Charles the Fat (839), Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742), Ludwig II of Bavaria (1845), Leni Riefenstahl (1902), and Novalis (1772). After him are Augustus II the Strong (1670), Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472), Leopold I of Belgium (1790), Michael Schumacher (1969), Lothair I (795), and Queen Silvia of Sweden (1943).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Germany

Among film directors born in Germany, Wim Wenders ranks 2. Before him are Leni Riefenstahl (1902). After him are Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1945), Michael Haneke (1942), Werner Herzog (1942), Ernst Lubitsch (1892), F. W. Murnau (1888), Wolfgang Petersen (1941), Volker Schlöndorff (1939), Roland Emmerich (1955), Max Ophüls (1902), and Margarethe von Trotta (1942).

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Filmography

Paris, Texas
Director
A man wanders out of the desert not knowing who he is. His brother finds him, and helps to pull his memory back of the life he led before he walked out on his family and disappeared four years earlier.
Jul 16o 19848.1 / 10
Wings of Desire
Director
Two angels, Damiel and Cassiel, glide through the streets of Berlin, observing the bustling population, providing invisible rays of hope to the distressed but never interacting with them. When Damiel falls in love with lonely trapeze artist Marion, the angel longs to experience life in the physical world, and finds -- with some words of wisdom from actor Peter Falk -- that it might be possible for him to take human form.
Sep 23o 19877.8 / 10
Perfect Days
Director
Hirayama is content with his life as a toilet cleaner in Tokyo. Outside of his structured routine, he cherishes music on cassette tapes, books, and taking photos of trees. Through unexpected encounters, he reflects on finding beauty in the world.
Nov 10o 20237.791 / 10