Wim Wenders

1945, Born in Düsseldorf, DE Lives and works in Berlin, DE

EDUCATION

1970
Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film, Munich, DE

1963-5
Studied medicine and philosophy in Munich, Freiburg and Düsseldorf, DE

AWARDS AND HONORARY TITLES

2018
Honorary Royal Academian, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
Charles Eliot Norton Professorship in Poetry, Wide Angle: The Norton Lectures on Cinema, Harvard University, US
A Tribute to…Award, Filmfest Zurich, CH Bronzo Dorato Lifetime Achievement Award, International Film Festival of Poetic Animation, Pergola, IT
Lifetime Achievement Award, DOC NYC Film Festival, US

2017
Helena Vaz da Silva European Award for Raising Public Awareness on Cultural Heritage, Lisbon, PT
Hans Ehrenberg Prize, Bochum, DE
Dougals Sirk Award, Filmfest Hamburg, DE

2016
Großer Kulturpreis, Sparkassen-Kulturstiftung Rheinland, Düsseldorf, DE

2015
Order of Merit of the State of Berlin, DE
Golden Bear for lifetime achievement, Berlin, DE Tribute to Wim Wenders, Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival, PT
Homage and Honorary Golden Bear for his lifetime achievement, 65th Berlin International Film Festival, DE

2010
Honorary Doctorate, Architectural Faculty of the University of Catania, IT

2005
Honorary Doctorate, University of Louvain, BE
Member of the Order Pour le Mérite, DE

2001
Professor at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste (School of Fine Arts), Hamburg, DE

1996
President of the European Film Academy, Berlin, DE

1995

Honorary Doctorate in Divinity, Fribourg University, CH

1993
Honorary Professor at University of Film and Television, Munich, DE

1991
Chairman of the European Film Academy, Berlin, DE Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Award, Bielefeld, DE

1989
Honorary Doctorate, Sorbonne, Paris, FR

1984
Elected member of the Akademie der Künste, Berlin, DE

SELECTED FILM AWARDS

2015
The Salt of the Earth, Oscar® Nominee in the category Best Documentary Feature
The Salt of the Earth, César for Best Documentary Film

2014
The Salt of the Earth, Special Prize of the Jury Un Certain Regard, Festival de Cannes

2012
PINA, Oscar® Nominee, Best Documentary Feature

2011
PINA, Gilde Film Prize, Best Documentary; German Documentary Film Prize, Dokville (Ludwigsburg, DE); European Film Academy Documentary Price ARTE; European Film Awards, Best Documentary

2009
Buena Vista Social Club, German Film Award in Gold, Best Documentary; ”Le Nombre d’Or”, International Widescreen Festival – Production Solution Award; Noosa Film Festival, Best Documentary; Box Office Germany Award – BOGEY – for more than 1000 admissions per release print

2008
Palermo Shooting, Festival de Cannes (official selection)

2005
Don’t Come Knocking, European Film Award for Best Camera

2004
The Robert Bresson Award, Vatican
Master of Cinema, International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg, DE Land of Plenty: UNESCO Award, Venice Film Festival

2003
The Soul of a Man, Emmy Award; Audience Award for Best Documentary, São Paulo Film Festival

2000
The Million Dollar Hotel: Silver Bear, Jury Prize, Berlin International Film Festival

1999
BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB: Best Documentary Feature, Oscar® Nominee; European Film Academy Documentary Price ARTE, European Film Award; Best Documentary, German Filmprize; Best Documentary, New York Film Critics; Best Documentary, National Society of Film Critics; Standard Life Audience Award, Edinburgh International Film Festival; Best Documentary, National Board of Review; Golden Space Needle Best Documentary, Seattle Film Festival

1997
The End of Violence, Best Director, German Film Prize

1996
A Trick of the Light, German Short Film Award in Silver; Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau Award

1994
Beyond the Clouds, Venice Film Festival, FIPRESCI Award; David di Donatello Award, Best Cinematography; Silver Ribbon, Italian Film Journalists, Best Score
Lisbon Story, Official Selection at Cannes Film Festival, Un Certain Regard

1993
Far Away, So Close!, Grand Jury Prize, Festival de Cannes; Best Director, Bavarian Film

1992
Until the End of the World, Guild Award in Gold: Best German Film

1987
WINGS OF DESIRE: Best Director, Festival de Cannes; Best Director, European Film Prize; Best Foreign Film & Photography, Los Angeles Film Critics Award; Best Photography, New York Film Critics Circle; Best Director, German Film Award; Best Director, Bavarian Film Award; Independent Spirit Award; Best German Film, Guild Award in Silver

1985
Tokyo-Ga, Outstanding film of the year, London Film Festival

1984
PARIS, TEXAS: Golden Palm, Festival de Cannes; Best Director, British Academy
Awards; Prize of the French Film Critics; Best Production German Film Prize

1982
The State of Things, Golden Lion Prize and Fipresci Prize, Venice Film Festival, Best Production, German Film Award

1981
Nick’s Film – Lightning over Water, Best Production, German Film Award

1978
The American Friend: Best Director, Best Editing and Best Production, German Film Prize

1976
Kings of the Road: Golden Hugo, Chicago; Festival de Cannes, Fipresci Award, Festival de Cannes

1975
Wrong Move, Best Director; Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography, German Film Prize

1972
The Goalie’s anxiety at the Penalty Kick: Fipresci Award, Venice Film Festival

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2020
Two or three things I know about Edward Hopper (3D short film), Fondation Beyeler, Basel, CH (forthcoming)

2019
(E)motion, Grand Palais, Paris, FR
A Walking Shadow, Blain|Southern, Berlin, DE
Early Photographs 1960s-80s, METRO Kinokulturhaus, Vienna, AT
Weltreisender, (film retrospective), METRO Kinokulturhaus, Vienna AT

2018
Wim Wenders. Water Works, Atrium des Medienzentrum, Publishing house Passau, DE
The Times, They Are-a Changin, Galerie Bastian, Berlin, DE
Leiko Ikemura im Dialog mit Donata und Wim Wenders, Max Libermann Haus, Sifting Brandenburger Tor, Berlin, DE
Wim Wenders, Early Works: 1964 – 1984, Blain|Southern, London, UK

2017
Instant Stories. Wim Wenders’ Polaroids, The Photographers’ Gallery, London, UK; C/O Berlin, DE
Land of Plenty, Galerie Bastian, Berlin, DE
Derain, Balthus, Giacometti, An Artistic Friendship, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, FR; Fundación MAPFRE, Madrid, ES

2015
The Space Between The Characters Can Carry The Load, Collection Ivo Wessel, Museum Weserburg, Bremen, DE
Places of the Mind. Wim and Donata Wenders, Polka Galerie, Paris, FR
In broad daylight even the sounds shine. WimWenders scouting in Portugal, Reservatório da Mãe d'Água das Amoreiras, Lisbon, PT
Time Capsules. By the side of the Road. Wim Wenders’ recent photographs. Blain|Southern Berlin, DE
Wim Wenders. America, Villa e Collezione Panza, Varese, IT 4 REAL & TRUE 2! Landscapes. Photographs., Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, DE

2014
Wim Wenders: Urban Solitude, Palazzo Incontro, Rome, IT

2013
Wim Wenders. Appunti di Viaggio. Armenia Giappone Germani. Villa Pignatelli, Naples, IT
Wim Wenders: Photographs, Fundació Sorigué, Leida, ES

2012
Pictures from the Surface of the Earth, Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow, RU; Dirimart, Istanbul, TR
Beyond Memory, The Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem, IL

2010
Places, strange and quiet, Museu de Arte de São Paulo, BR; Haunch of Venison, London, UK; Harald Falckenberg Exhibition Space, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, DE; Ostlicht. Galerie Für Fotografie, Vienna, AT; GL Strand, Copenhagen, DK

2006
Wim Wenders- Immagini dal Pianeta Terra, Scuderie del Quirinale, Rome, IT Wim Wenders, Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade, RS Journey to Onomichi, (with Donata Wenders), Omotesando Hills Gallery, Tokyo, JP; Heiner Bastian, Berlin, DE

2004
Images of Time and Place, Contemporary Views of Landscape, Lehman College Art Gallery, New York, US
Wim Wenders, Galleria Marabini, Bologna, IT

2001
Pictures from the Surface of the Earth, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, DE; Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, ES; City Art Gallery, Wellington, NZ; Juerg Judin, Zurich, CH; Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, AU; Haunch of Venison, London, UK; Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou; Shanghai Museum of Art; Millennium Art Museum, Beijing, CN; James Cohan Gallery, New York, US; Aarhus Kunstmuseum, DK

2000
Buena Vista Social Club, Rose Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, US

1996
Wim Wenders: Landscape and Memory, Gallery of Contemporary Photography, Santa Monica, US
Wim Wenders: Photos, Goethe Institut, Munich, DE; Goethe Institutes worldwide

1993
Once - Photographs by Wim Wenders, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, IT; Schirmer/ Mosel, Munich, DE; Villa delle Rose, Bologna, IT; FNAC, Paris, FR; Parco, Tokyo, JP; FNAC, Berlin, DE; Villa Rufolo, Ravello, IT

1992
Wim Wenders, Musée de L’Elysée, Lausanne, CH
Robert Adams – Wim Wenders, Amerika Haus, Berlin, DE

1989
Wim Wenders Photographs, Galerie F. C Gundlach, Hamburg, DE; Galerie Marie-Louise Wirth, Zurich, CH; Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film, Munich, DE; Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, US; Shibuya Seibu Dept. Store, Tokyo; Kiyomizu Temple, Kyoto, JP; Venice Biennale, IT; Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, DK; Sala Parpallo Palau Dels Scala, Valencia, ES; San Telmo Museum, San Sebastian, ES

1986
Written in the West, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, FR; Encontros de Fotografia, Coimbra, PT; Palazzo della Triennale di Milano, Milan, IT; Film Society of Miami, US; Goethe Institut, Stockholm, SE; Goethe Institut, Copenhagen, DK; Saint-Yrieix-La-Perche, FR; Städtische Galerie Schwarzes Kloster, Freiburg (Breisgau), DE

FULL LENGTH FICTIONAL FEATURE FILMS

2017
Submergence

2016
Les beaux jours d'Aranjuez (3D)

2015

Every Thing Will Be Fine (3D)

2011
PINA (3D)

2008
Palermo Shooting

2005
Don’t Come Knocking

2004
Land of Plenty

2003
The Blues Series: The Soul of a Man

2002
Ode to Cologne: A Rock ‘n’ Roll Film

2000
The Million Dollar Hotel

1999
Buena Vista Social Club

1997
The End of Violence

1996
A Trick of the Light

1995
Beyond the Clouds (with Michelangelo Antonioni)

1994
Lisbon Story

1993
Faraway, So Close!

1991
Until the End of the World

1989
Notebook on Cities and Clothes

1987
Wings of Desire

1985
Tokyo-Ga

1984
Paris, Texas

1982
The State of Things Hammett

1980
Nick’s Film: Lightning over Water

1977
The American Friend

1976
Kings of the Road

1975
Wrong Move

1973
Alice in the Cities

1972
The Scarlet Letter

1971
The Goalies's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick

1970
Summer in the City

DOCUMENTARIES AND SHORT FILMS

2018
Pope Francis – A Man of his Word

2014
The Salt of the Earth
Cathedrals of Culture, episode ‘The Berlin Philharmonic’ (a 3D film project)

2012
Notes from a Day in the Life of an Architect (Peter Zumthor at work)

2010
If Buildings Could Talk (3D)

2008
“8” :PERSON TO PERSON

2007
War in PeaceLos Invisibles: Invisible Crimes

2002
Ten Minutes Older: Twelve Miles to Trona

1998
Willie Nelson at the Teatro

1995
Lumière and Company

1992
Arisha, the Bear and the Stone Ring

1989
Notebook on Cities and Clothes

1985
Tokyo-Ga

1982
Reverse Angle Room 666

1980
Lightning Over Water

1974
From the Family of Reptiles/The Island

1969
Alabama (2000 Light Years) 3 American LP’s

1968
Silver City Revisited
‘Police Film’

1967
SchauplätzeSame Player Shoots Again

OPERA

2019
Les pêcheurs de perles, Beijing, CN

2017
Les pêcheurs de perles, Berliner Staatsoper, DE

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

2017
Wim Wenders: Instant Stories, Thames & Hudson, London, UK

2015
4Real & True2. Wim Wenders. Landscapes. Photographs., Schirmer/Mosel, Munich, DE
Die Pixel des Paul Cézanne. Und andere Blicke auf Künstler, Verlag der Autoren, Frankfurt, DE
Wim Wenders, Written In The West - Revisted. Schirmer/Mosel, Munich, DE
Wim Wenders. America, Silvana Editorale, Milan, IT

2013
L.B. Tauris, Inventing Peace: A Dialogue on Perception, London, UK
Wim Wenders, Places, strange and quiet, 2. edition, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern, DE
Exhibition Catalogue, Wim Wenders Photographs, Fundació Sorigué, Lleida, ES

2012
Exhibition Catalogue, Pina. The Film and the Dancers, Schirmer/Mosel, Munich, DE

2011
Matt Watkins ed., Places, strange and quiet, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern, DE

2009
Exhibition Catalogue, Journey to Onomichi, Schirmer/Mosel, Munich, DE

2007
Wim Wenders, Une Fois. images et histoires, G3J, Paris, FR

2005
Sam Shepard and Wim Wenders, Don’t Come Knocking- Companion Book to The Film, Schwartzkopff Buckwerke, Berlin, DE
Daniel Bickermann ed., A Sense of Place, Verlag der Autoren, Frankfurt, DE

2004
Wim Wenders, Wolfgang Niedecken and Eusebius Wirdeier eds., Viel Passiert – Companion Book to The Documentary Film About The German Band Bap, Schirmer/Mosel, Munich, DE

2001
Wim Wenders, Einmal. Bilder Und Geschichten, Schirmer/Mosel, Munich, DE
Exhibition Catalogue, Pictures from the Surface of the Earth, Schirmer/Mosel, Munich, DE
On Film, Faber & Faber, London, UK
Wim Wenders, ONCE. PICTURES AND STORIES, Schirmer/Mosel, Munich, DE

2000
Wim Wenders, Written In The West, teNeues, New York, US
The Heart is a Sleeping Beauty - Companion Book to The Million Dollar Hotel, Schirmer/Mosel, Munich, DE
Buena Vista Social Club, The Companion Book to the Film, teNeues, New York, US
My Time with Antonioni, The Diary of an Extraordinary Experience, Faber & Faber, London, UK

1997
The Act of Seeing, Faber & Faber, London, UK; Faber Inc., US

1996
Wim Wenders: Photos, Goethe Institut, Munich, DE; Edition Braus, Heidelberg, DE

1995
Wim Wenders, My Time with Antonioni- Companion Book to The Film Beyond The Clouds, Edizioni Socrates, Rome, IT; Verlag Autoren, Frankfurt am Main, DE

1994
Lisbon Story - Companion Book to The Film, Verlag der Autoren, Frankfurt am Main, DE
Wim Wenders, Einmal. Bilder Und Geschichten, Verlag der Autoren, Frankfurt am Main, DE
Once, Verlag der Autoren, Frankfurt am Main, DE; L’Arche Editeur, Paris, FR (1994/2008); Parco co., Tokyo, JP; Schirmer/Mosel, Munich, DE (2001/2005/2010)

1993
Wim Wenders, Una Volta, Edizioni Socrates, Rome, IT
Wim Wenders, Far Away, So Close! - Companion Book to The Film, Verlag der Autoren, Frankfurt am Main, DE
Wim Wenders, Einstellungen, Zur Werkausgabe, Publisher of The Authors, Frankfurt am Main, DE
Electronic Paintings, Edizioni Socrates, Rome, IT

1992
The Act of Seeing, Verlag der Autoren, Frankfurt am Main, DE; Ubulibri, Milan, IT
Emotion Pictures, Faber & Faber, London, UK; Faber Inc., US

1991
The Logic of Images, Raevens Sorte Bibliotek, CopenhageN, DK; Bardon Chinese Media Agency, Taiwan, CN
The Logic of Images, Faber & Faber, London, UK; Faber Inc., US

1989
Emotion Pictures, Edicoes 70, Lisbon, PT

1988
Michael Töteberg ed., The Logic of Images, Verlag der Autoren, Frankfurt am Main, DE
Written in the West, Editoriale Jaca Book, Milan, IT

1987
Written in the West, Schirmer/Mosel, Munich, DE
Der Himmel Über Berlin – Companion Book to The Film Wings of Desire, Verlag der Autoren, Frankfurt am Main, DE

1986
Emotion Pictures, Verlag der Autoren, Frankfurt am Main, DE
Wim Wenders, Tokyo-Ga, Galrev – Verlag, Berlin, DE

1985
Wim Wenders, Tokyo-Ga, Verlag der Autoren, Frankfurt am Main, DE
Wim Wenders, Im Lauf Der Zeit - Companion Book to The Film Kings of the Road, Verlag der Autoren, Frankfurt am Main, DE

SELECTED PUBLIC AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS

Neuberger Berman, London, UK
National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK
Collection of the German Republic, Berlin, DE
O.R.S Art Collection, Tel Aviv, IL
Aarhus Kunstmuseum, DK
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, US
Stiftung Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, DE