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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Wim Wenders Biography (1945-)
Full name, Ernst Wilhelm Wenders; born August 14, 1945, in Dusseldorf, NorthRhine-Westphalia, Germany; married Edda Koechl, 1968 (marriage ended, 1974);married Ronee Blakley (an actress, director, and writer), 1979 (marriage ended, 1981); married Donata Schmidt, 1993. Addresses: Contact: c/o Road Movies Filmproduktion Gmbtt, Potsdamer Strasse 199, 1000 Berlin 30, Germany.;Office: Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.
- Nationality
- German
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Director, producer, screenwriter, editor, actor, cinematographer
- Birth Details
- August 14, 1945
- Dusseldorf, Germany
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Film Director
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Schauplaetze (also known as Locations), 1967
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Same Player Shoots Again, 1967
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Silver City (also known as Silver City Revisited), 1968
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Victor 1, 1968
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Klappenfilm, 1968
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Ten Years After, 1968
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Alabama: 2,000 Light Years, 1969
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Polizeifilm (also known as Police Film), 1970
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Summer in the City (also known as Summer in the City: Dedicatedto the Kinks), Diploma Film, 1970
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Die Angst des Tormanns beim Elfmeter (also known as The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick and The Goalkeeper's Fear of the PenaltyKick), Filmverlag der Autoren, 1971
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Der Scharlachrote Buchstabe (also known as The Scarlet Letter and La letra escarlata), 1972
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Alice in den Staedten (also known as Alice in the Cities),Bauer, 1973
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Falsche Bewegung (also known as Wrong Movement,
False Movement, and The Wrong Move), Bauer, 1974
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Aus der Familie der Panzereschen, 1974
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Im Lauf der Zeit (also known as Kings of the Road), Filmverlag der Autoren, 1976
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The Rule without Exception, 1976
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Der Amerikanische Freund (also known as L'ami americain andThe American Friend), Westdeutschen Rundfunk, 1977
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Lightning over Water (also known as Nick's Movie--Lightning over Water), Gray City, 1979
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Hammett, Warner Bros., 1982
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Quand je m'eveille, 1982
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Der Stand der Dinge (also known as The State of Things andO estado das coisas), Artificial Eye, 1982
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Paris, Texas, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1984
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Tokyo-Ga, Gray City, 1984
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Docu Drama, 1984
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King Kong's Faust (also known as King Kong's Fist), Independent Feature Project, 1985
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I Played It for You, Fox International, 1985
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Der Himmel ueber Berlin (also known as Wings of Desire,
The Sky above Berlin, and Les ailes du desir), Orion, 1987
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Aufzeichnungen zu Kleidern un Staedten (also known as Notebookon Cities and Clothes and A Notebook on Clothes and Cities), Connoisseur, 1989
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Until the End of the World (also known as Bis ans Ende der Welt), Warner Bros., 1991
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Arisha, der Baer und der steinerne Ring (also known as Arisha,the Bear and the Stone Ring), 1992
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In weiter Ferne, so nah! (also known as Faraway, So Close),Sony Pictures Classics, 1993
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Lisbon Story, Union Generale du Cinematographique Droites Audiovisuel (UGC-DA), 1995
- (With others) Lumiere et compagnie (also known as Lumiere and Company), Fox Lorber, 1995
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Die Gebrueder Skladanowsky (also known as A Trick of the Light and Brothers Skladanowsky), 1995
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Al di la delle nuvole (also known as Beyond the Clouds,
Jenseits der Wolken, and Par-dela les nuages), 1995
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The End of Violence (also known as Am Ende der Gewalt), Buena Vista, 1997
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Willie Nelson at the Teatro, Lions Gate Films, 1998
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Buena Vista Social Club (documentary), Artisan Entertainment, 1999
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The Million Dollar Hotel, Lions Gate Films, 2000
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Viel passiert--Der BAP-Film (also known as Ode to Cologne: A Rock `N' Roll Film), Ottfilm GmbH, 2002
- "Twelve Miles to Trona," Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet, Ottfilm GmbH, 2002
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Film Producer
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Schauplaetze (also known as Locations), 1967
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Same Player Shoot Again, 1967
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Silver City (also known as Silver City Revisited), 1968
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Klappenfilm, 1968
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Summer in the City (also known as Summer in the City: Dedicatedto the Kinks), Diploma Film, 1970
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Ein Bisschen Liebe, 1974
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Im Lauf der Zeit (also known as Kings of the Road), Filmverlag der Autoren, 1976
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Der Amerikanische Freund (also known as L'ami americain andThe American Friend), Westdeutschen Rundfunk, 1977
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Die linkshaendige Frau (also known as The Left-Handed Woman), 1977
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... als Diesel geboren, Road Movies Filmproduction, 1979
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Radio On, 1979
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Lightning over Water (also known as Nick's Film--Lightning overWater and Nick's Movie), 1980
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Tokyo-Ga, Gray City, 1984
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Der Himmel ueber Berlin (also known as Wings of Desire,
The Sky above Berlin, and Les ailes du desir), Orion, 1987
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Yer demir, gok bakir, 1987
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Eisenerde-Kupferhimmel (also known as Yer demir gok bakir),1987
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Aufzeichnungen zu Kleidern un Stadten (also known as Notebook on Cities and Clothes and A Notebook on Clothes and Cities), Connoisseur, 1989
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Dream Island (also known as Dream Island: The Lost Dreams of Wim Wenders), 1991
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Arisha, der Baer und der steinerne Ring (also known as Arisha,the Bear and the Stone Ring), 1992
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In Weiter Ferne, So Nah! (also known as Faraway, So Close),Sony Pictures Classics, 1993
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L'absence (also known as The Absence,
Die Abwesenheit, and La ausencia), 1993
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Lisbon Story, Union Generale du Cinematographique Droites Audiovisuel (UGC-DA), 1995
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Go for Gold!, Les Films du Losange, 1997
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The End of Violence (also known as Am Ende der Gewalt), Buena Vista, 1997
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The Million Dollar Hotel, Lions Gate Films, 2000
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Halbe Miete (also known as 1/2 the Rent and Half the Rent), 2002
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Junimond (also known as June Moon), 2002
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Film Cinematographer
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Schauplaetze (also known as Locations), 1967
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Same Player Shoot Again, 1967
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Silver City (also known as Silver City Revisited), 1968
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Ten Years After, 1968
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Amon Dueuel II spielt Phallus Dei, 1968
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Garlic Is As Good As Ten Mothers, 1980
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Quand je m'eveille, 1982
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I Played It for You, Fox International, 1985
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Aufzeichnungen zu Kleidern un Stadten (also known as Notebook on Cities and Clothes and A Notebook on Clothes and Cities), Connoisseur, 1989
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Film Editor
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Schauplaetze (also known as Locations), 1967
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Same Player Shoot Again, 1967
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Silver City (also known as Silver City Revisited), 1968
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Alabama: 2000 Light Years, 1969
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Lightning over Water (also known as Nick's Movie--Lightning over Water), Gray City, 1979
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Quand je m'eveille, 1982
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Tokyo-Ga, Gray City, 1984
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Film Work
- Sound, Alabama: 2,000 Light Years, 1969
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Al di la delle nuvole (also known as Beyond the Clouds,
Jenseits der Wolken, and Par-dela les nuages), 1995
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Film Appearances
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Liebe undso weiter, 1968
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Candy Man, 1968
- Billardspieler, Summer in the City, 1970
- Man walking through Vienna bus station, Die Angst des Tormanns beim Elfmeter (also known as The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick andThe Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty Kick), Filmverlag der Autoren, 1971
- (Uncredited) Man by jukebox, Alice in den Staedten (also known asAlice in the Cities), 1974
- Spectator at Pauline's theater, Im Lauf der Zeit (also known as Kings of the Road), 1976
- Figure wrapped in plaster bandages in ambulance, Der Amerikanische Freund (also known as The American Friend and L'ami americain), Westdeutschen Rundfunk, 1977
- Himself, Lightning over Water (also known as Nick's Movie--Lightning over Water), Gray City, 1980
- Another director, Long Shot, Mithras, 1981
- "1982," Cinematon, 1984
- Thief in video store, Tausend Augen (also known as Thousand Eyes), 1984
- Regisseur, King Kong's Faust (also known as King Kong's Fist), Independent Feature Project, 1985
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I Played It for You, Fox International, 1985
- Gas station attendant, Helsinki Napoli All Night Long, Villealfa Filmproductions, 1987
- Narrator, Aufzeichnungen zu Kleidern un Stadten (also known as Notebook on Cities and Clothes and A Notebook on Clothes and Cities), Connoisseur, 1989
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Motion and Emotion, 1990
- Himself, Schneeweibrosenrot (documentary; also known as SnowwhiteRosered), Westdeutscher Rundfunk, 1991
- Watcher, Dream Island: The Lost Dreams of Wim Wenders, Film People's Network, 1991
- Santa Claus, Arisha, der Baer und der steinerne Ring (also known as Arisha, the Bear and the Stone Ring), 1992
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Colonna sonora, 1992
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Ohne mich, 1993
- Milkman, Die Gebruder Skladanowsky (also known as Brothers Skladanowsky and A Trick of the Light), 1995
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Kulonbozo helyek (also known as Different Places), 1995
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Faire un film pour moi c'est vivre (documentary; also known as Making a Film for Me Is to Live), 1995
- Himself, Kueloenboezoe Helyek (documentary; also known as Different Places), Eurofilm Studio, 1995
- (Uncredited) Himself, Die Nacht der Regisseure (also known as Night of the Filmmakers), Edgar Reitz Filmproduktion, 1995
- Himself, Berlin-Cinema, 1996
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Tango Berlin, 1997
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Nina Hagen = Punk + Glory, 1999
- (Uncredited) The Million Dollar Hotel, 2000
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Janela da Alma, 2001
- Narrator, The One Dollar Diary, 2001
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Jonas at the Ocean, 2001
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Fassbinder in Hollywood, 2002
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The Art of Dennis Hopper, 2002
- Doctor #1, "Twelve Miles to Trona," Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet, 2002
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Television Director
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Movies
- (And editor) Drei Amerikanische LPs (also known as 3 American LPs), 1969
- "Aus der Familie der Panzerechsen" (also known as From the Family of the Crocodilia) and "Die Insel" (also known as The Island), EinHaus fuer uns, 1974
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Reverse Angle, 1982
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Chambre 666 (also known as Room 666), 1982
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Miniseries
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The Blues, 2002
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Television Cinematographer
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Movies
- (And editor) Polizeifilm (also known as Police Film), 1970
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I Played It for You, Fox International, 1985
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Television Production Manager
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Movies
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Der Fall Lena Christ, 1970
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Television Director
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Specials
- Segment director, Red, Hot & Blue (also known as Night & Day), ABC, 1990
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Television Appearances
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Movies
- Voice, Drei Amerkanische LPs (also known as 3 American LPs), 1969
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Reverse Angle, 1982
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Kleiner Mann ganz gross, 1994
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In Bildern leben, 1995
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Bernd Eichinger--wenn das Leben zum Kino wird, 2000
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The Flux of Images, 2000
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Specials
- Interviewee, The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money, Bravo, 1999
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RECORDINGS
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Albums
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Wings of Desire, Elektra/Nonesuch, 1989
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Until the End of the World, Warner Bros., 1991
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Music Videos
- Directed "Souljacker, Part I" by Eels.
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WRITINGS
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Screenplays
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Schauplaetze, 1967
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Same Play Shoots Again, 1968
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Silver City (also known as Silver City Revisited), 1969
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Alabama: 2000 Light Years, 1969
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Summer in the City (also known as Summer in the City: Dedicatedto the Kinks), Diploma Film, 1970
- (With Peter Handke) Die Angst des Tormanns beim Elfmeter (based onthe novel by Handke; also known as The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick and The Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty Kick), Filmverlag derAutoren, 1971
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Der Scharlachrote Buchstabe (also known as The Scarlet Letter), 1972
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Alice in den Staedten (also known as Alice in the Cities),Bauer, 1973
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Im Lauf der Zeit (also known as Kings of the Road), Filmverlag der Autoren, 1976
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The Rule without Exception, 1976
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Der Amerikanische Freund (also known as L'ami americain andThe American Friend), Westdeutschen Rundfunk, 1977
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Lightning over Water (also known as Nick's Movie--Lightning over Water), Gray City, 1979
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Der Stand der Dinge (also known as The State of Things), Artificial Eye, 1982
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Quand je m'eveille, 1982
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Tokyo-Ga, Gray City, 1984
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Der Himmel ueber Berlin (also known as Wings of Desire,
The Sky above Berlin, and Les ailes du desir), Orion, 1987
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Aufzeichnungen zu Kleidern un Stadten (also known as Notebook on Cities and Clothes and A Notebook on Clothes and Cities), Connoisseur, 1989
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Until the End of the World (also known as Bis ans Ende der Welt), Warner Bros., 1991
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Arisha, der Baer und der steinerne Ring (also known as Arisha,the Bear and the Stone Ring), 1992
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In Weiter Ferne, So Nah! (also known as Faraway, So Close),Sony Pictures Classics, 1993
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Lisbon Story, Union Generale du Cinematographique Droites Audiovisuel (UGC-DA), 1995
- (With others) Al di la delle nuvole (also known as Beyond the Clouds,
Jenseits der Wolken, and Par-dela les nuages), 1995
- Story, The End of Violence (also known as Am Ende der Gewalt), Buena Vista, 1997
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Willie Nelson at the Teatro, 1998
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Buena Vista Social Club (documentary), Artisan Entertainment, 1999
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Viel passiert--Der BAP-film (also known as Ode to Cologne: A Rock `N' Roll Film), 2002
- "Twelve Miles to Trona," Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet, 2002
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Television Movies
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Polizeifilm (also known as Police Film), 1970
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Books
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Texte zu Filmen und Musik, Freunde der Deutschen Kinemathek, 1971
- (With Fritz Muller-Scherz) The Film by Wim Wenders: Kings of the Road, 1976
- (With Chris Sievernich) Nick's Film: Lightning over Water, Zweitausendeins, 1981
- (Contributor) Maurice Kennel, American Dreams: Eine Bildreportage,U. Baer, 1984
- (Contributor) Uwe Kuenzel, Kim Wenders: Ein Filmbuch, Dreisam-Verlag, 1985
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Emotion Pictures: Essays und Filmkritiken, 1968-1984, Verlag der Autoren, 1986
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Written in the West: Photographien aus dem amerikanischen Westen,Schirmer/Mosel, 1987
- (With Peter Handke) Der Himmel ueber Berlin: Ein Filmbuch, Suhrkamp, 1987
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Le souffle de l'ange, Cahiers du cinema, 1988
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The Logic of Images: Essays and Conversations, translated by Michael Hofmann, Faber and Faber, 1991
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Emotions Pictures: Reflections on the Cinema, translated by Sean Whiteside, Faber and Faber, 1991
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The Act of Seeing: Texte und Gespraeche, Verlag der Autoren, 1992
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Wenders, Hanser, 1992
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Einmal: Bilder und Geschichten (also known as One Time: Pictures and Stories), Verlag Der Autoren, 1994
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Die Zeit mit Antonioni: Chronik eines Films, verlad der Autoren, 1995
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Die Abwesenheit: Eine Skizze, ein Film, ein Gespraech, Verlag derKooperative Duernau, 1996
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The Act of Seeing: Essays and Conversations, Faber and Faber, 1997
- (With Donata Wenders) The Heart Is a Sleeping Beauty: The Million Dollar Hotel--A Film Book, te Neues, 2000
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Buena Vista Social Club: The Companion Book to the Film, te Neues,2000
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Once: Pictures and Stories, translated by Marion Kagerer, SchirmerArt Books, 2001
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Written in the West, te Neues, 2001
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On Film, Faber, 2001
Further Reference
ADAPTATIONS
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Der Himmel ueber Berlin was adapted as a film and released as City of Angels, Warner Bros., 1998.
OTHER SOURCES
Books
- Boujut, Michel, Wim Wenders, Edilig, 1982
- Boujut, M., Wim Wenders: Un voyage dans ses films, Flammarion, 1989
- Buchka, Peter, Augen kann man nicht kaufen: Wim Wenders und seine Filme, C. Hanser, 1983
- Cook, Roger F., and Gerd Gemuenden, editors, The Cinema of Wim Wenders: Image, Narrative, and the Postmodern Condition, Wayne State UniversityPress, 1997
- D'Angelo, Filippo, Wim Wenders, La Nuova Italia, 1982
- Devillers, Jean-Pierre, Wim Wenders, S. Tastet, 1985
- Geist, Kathe, The Cinema of Wim Wenders: From Paris, France to Paris,Texas, UMI Research Press, 1988
- Grob, Norbert, Wenders, Edition Filme im Wissenschaftverlag V. Spiess, 1991
- Kolker, Robert Phillip, The Films of Wim Wenders: Cinema as Vision andDesire, Cambridge University Press, 1993
- Kuenzel, Uwe, Wim Wenders: Ein Filmbuch, Dreisam, 1989
- Rauh, Reinhold, Wim Wenders und seine Filme, W. Heyne, 1990
Periodicals
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American Film, June, 1988, pp. 29-30, 32
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Film Comment, March/April, 1997, p. 3
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Interview, October, 1997, p. 68
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New Statesman, January 12, 1998, p. 36
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