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Wim Wenders was born in Düsseldorf in 1945. He abandoned studies in Medicine and Philosophy to become a painter, but in Paris he discovered cinema instead. He attended film school in Munich from 1967-1970, and then started to direct and produce his own films. He has received numerous international awards, including the Golden Lion (1982), the Golden Palm (1984), the European Film Award (1988), and a Silver Bear (2000). He is a professor at the Hamburg Academy of Arts, and lives partly in America, partly in Berlin. A selection of his acclaimed films includes: THE GOALKEEPER'S FEAR OF THE PENALTY (1971), ALICE IN THE CITIES (1973), IN THE COURSE OF TIME (1976), THE AMERICAN FRIEND (1977), HAMMETT (1982), THE STATE OF THINGS (1982), PARIS, TEXAS (1984), WINGS OF DESIRE (1987), UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD (1991), FARAWAY, SO CLOSE! (1993), LISBON STORY (1994), THE END OF VIOLENCE (1997), BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB (1998), THE MILLION DOLLAR HOTEL (2000), THE SOUL OF A MAN (2003), LAND OF PLENTY (2004), DON'T COME KNOCKING (2005), PALERMO SHOOTING (2008), and PINA (2011), among others.
Filmography
- Alice in the Cities (Alice in den Staedten)
- American Friend, The (amerikanische Freund, Der)
- BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB
- Chronology (Cronología)
- Don't Come Knocking
- Egoshooter
- End of Violence, The
- Fassbinder in Hollywood
- Himmelfilm: How Were the Skies Like When You Were Young?
- House Is Burning, The
- In the Course of Time (Im Lauf der Zeit)
- June Moon (Junimond)
- Land of Plenty
- Million Dollar Hotel, The
- Música Cubana
- Ode To Cologne (Viel passiert - Der BAP Film)
- Palermo Shooting
- PARIS, TEXAS
- PINA
- Reverse Shot - Rebellion of the Filmmakers (Gegenschuss - Aufbruch der Filmemacher)
- Room 666 (Chambre 666)
- Soul of a Man, The
- State of Things, The (Stand der Dinge, Der)
- Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet & The Cello
- Trick of the Light, A (Gebrueder Skladanowsky, Die)
- Wings of Desire (Himmel ueber Berlin, Der)
