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Ernst Wilhelm "Wim" Wenders (German: [ˈvɪm ˈvɛndɐs]; born 14 August 1945) is a German filmmaker and playwright, 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. He has also received a BAFTA Award and been nominated for three Academy Awards and a ...
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Director: Wings of Desire. Wim Wenders is an Oscar-nominated German filmmaker who was born Ernst Wilhelm Wenders on August 14, 1945 in Düsseldorf, which then was located in the British Occupation Zone of what became the Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Federal Republic of Germany, known colloquially as West Germany until reunification).
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May 13, 2023 · Madrid - May 13, 2023 - 16:23 EDT. German director Wim Wenders is fascinated by the classic American cinema of John Ford, Nicholas Ray, Howard Hawks and Samuel Fuller, and filming in the United...
May 2, 2024 · His father, Heinrich Wenders, was a surgeon. He graduated from high school in Oberhausen and then studied medicine at the University of Freiburg (1963–64) and philosophy at the University of Dusseldorf (1964–65), but dropped out and moved to Paris in October 1966 to become a painter.
Wim Wenders is an Oscar-nominated German filmmaker who was born Ernst Wilhelm Wenders on August 14, 1945 in Düsseldorf, which then was located in the British Occupation Zone of what became the Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Federal Republic of Germany, known colloquially as West Germany until reunification).
- August 14, 1945
Apr 27, 2024 · Wim Wenders (born August 14, 1945, Düsseldorf, Germany) is a German film director who, along with Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Werner Herzog, was one of the principal members of the New German Cinema of the 1970s.
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Dec 2, 2023 · Sat Dec 2 2023 - 05:15. I was supposed to meet Wim Wenders, durable survivor of the German new wave, at London Film Festival in October. At the last minute he had to cancel because of a medical...
