--- name: "Wim Wenders" canonical: "https://film.one/person/wim-wenders" fi1m_id: "wim-wenders" imdb_id: "nm0000694" tmdb_id: 2303 wikidata_id: "Q55411" roles: ["Director","Writer","Producer"] born: "14 August 1945" reviewed_on_fi1m: 7 average_fi1m_score: 83 average_as: "director" average_over: 5 updated: "2026-10-05T01:19:30.019528+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Wim Wenders ## Identity Wim Wenders - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/wim-wenders - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** wim-wenders - **IMDb ID:** nm0000694 - **TMDB ID:** 2303 - **Wikidata ID:** Q55411 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wim_Wenders, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55411, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000694/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2303 Director and writer. Born 14 August 1945 in Düsseldorf, Germany. ## Details - **Work:** Director, Writer, Producer - **Born:** 14 August 1945, Düsseldorf, Germany - **Active:** 1977–present - **Also known as:** Vimu Vendâsu, 文溫德斯, 빔 벤더스, Вим Вендерс, Вім Вендерс, ویم وندرس, Ernst Wilhelm Wenders - **Titles on Fi1m:** 7: 5 directing, 1 writing, 1 other - **Frequently works with:** [Anatole Dauman](https://film.one/person/anatole-dauman.md), [Bruno Ganz](https://film.one/person/bruno-ganz.md) - **BAFTA Film Awards:** 1 BAFTA (1 won) - **Average Fi1m score:** 83, as director, over 5 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 88 (2), 1990s 66 (2), 2010s 78 (2), 2020s 83 (1) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 83 to 80 across 5 titles - **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Genres:** Drama 3, Documentary 2, Fantasy 1, Music 1, Romance 1 - **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $67m across 5 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wim_Wenders, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55411, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000694/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2303 ## Coming up - *From Inside Out - The Architecture of Peter Zumthor* (2026-11-26), Director ## Streaming the US now - **HBO Max:** [*Wings of Desire*](https://film.one/film/wings-of-desire.md) (88), [*Paris, Texas*](https://film.one/film/paris-texas.md) (88), [*Buena Vista Social Club*](https://film.one/film/buena-vista-social-club.md) (76) - **AMC+:** [*Pina*](https://film.one/film/pina.md) (80) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Wim Wenders > Wim Wenders gives people time to speak, even when they would rather say nothing. His finest films reward the wait, though he can linger too long and grow too fond of the lonely men he watches. Harry Dean Stanton seems to need time to get a sentence out in *Paris, Texas* (1984), and Wenders gives it to him. His Travis is a drifter trying to reunite his family, played without any assumption that being hurt makes him good company. We were moved by the effort Stanton puts into speaking so little; his hesitations make conversation feel difficult before anything painful has been said. Wenders gives us time to notice the work that goes into each exchange. In the 1970s, *Alice in the Cities* (1974) and *Kings of the Road* (1976) helped establish his habit of sending uncertain people out on the road. Cinematographer Robby Müller helped give the early films their patient, atmospheric images, making the places worth lingering over. By *Paris, Texas* and *Wings of Desire* (1987), his strongest fiction films, the men are often standing back from their own lives, watching. Wenders makes that distance interesting, but he needs actors who can suggest what it costs. The later career mixes fiction with documentaries, including *Buena Vista Social Club* (1999) and *Pina* (2011). Watching artists and musicians work suits a director so interested in what people reveal without explaining themselves. The fiction has been less dependable, with *The Million Dollar Hotel* (2000) among the films where the storytelling grows diffuse. *Perfect Days* (2023) is a welcome return to the careful observation that makes his best work worth the wait. Koji Yakusho plays Hirayama, a Tokyo public-lavatory cleaner whose repeated days give Wenders and co-writer Takuma Takasaki their story. Editor Toni Froschhammer progressively shortens the familiar routines, allowing a small disruption to disturb us because we already know what should happen next. There is no composer: the songs Hirayama plays in his van provide the music, and Wenders gives them time to be heard. Yakusho's near-wordless performance keeps the repetition absorbing, although Wenders is a little too content to admire the man's calm. That fondness needs watching, as does the tendency in *Paris, Texas* to keep establishing feelings we have already understood. Dean Stockwell and Aurore Clément help there by making the people around Travis matter too; Wenders is better when his lonely men are not allowed all our sympathy. Start with *Paris, Texas*, and give Stanton an evening without interruptions. ## Biography Wim Wenders is a German film director, screenwriter and producer. Born Ernst Wilhelm Wenders on 14 August 1945 in Düsseldorf, he studied at the University of Television and Film Munich and made his feature debut with *Summer in the City* (1970). He rose to prominence as a leading figure in New German Cinema with films including the Road Movie trilogy: *Alice in the Cities* (1974), *The Wrong Move* (1975) and *Kings of the Road* (1976). Wenders achieved international recognition with *The American Friend* (1977), *Paris, Texas* (1984), which won the Palme d’Or at Cannes and a BAFTA for Best Direction, and *Wings of Desire* (1987), for which he received the Cannes Best Director Award. He has also directed documentaries such as *Buena Vista Social Club* (1999), *Pina* (2011) and *The Salt of the Earth* (2014), each nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. In 2023 Wenders directed, co-wrote with Takuma Takasaki and produced the Japanese-language drama *Perfect Days*, which premiered at Cannes and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, britannica.com, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (7) ### Directed (5) — the average rests on these - *Perfect Days* (2023), Fi1m 83, Producer, Screenplay, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/perfect-days.md) - *Pina* (2011), Fi1m 80, Screenplay, Director, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/pina.md) - *Buena Vista Social Club* (1999), Fi1m 76, Director, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/buena-vista-social-club.md) - *Wings of Desire* (1987), Fi1m 88, Producer, Screenplay, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/wings-of-desire.md) - *Paris, Texas* (1984), Fi1m 88, Producer, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/paris-texas.md) ### Wrote (1) - *City of Angels* (1998), Fi1m 55, Original Film Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/city-of-angels.md) ### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited - *Stories We Tell* (2012), Fi1m 77, Thanks — [page](https://film.one/film/stories-we-tell.md) ## Complete filmography (156) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *From Inside Out - The Architecture of Peter Zumthor* (2026), Director - *I'll Be Gone in June* (2026), Producer - *La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione* (2025), Actor - *The Keys to Freedom* (2025), as Wim Wenders · Director, Writer - *From Darkness to Light* (2025), Executive Producer - *Perfect Days* (2023), Producer, Director, Screenplay — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/perfect-days.md) - *Mutiny in Heaven: The Birthday Party* (2023), Producer - *Some Body Comes Into the Light* (2023), Director, Producer - *Anselm* (2023), Director, Writer, Producer - *An Endless Sunday* (2023), Co-Producer - *Songs of Earth* (2023), Executive Producer - *German Genius* (2023), series, as Wim Wenders - *From Our Side* (2022), Actor - *Die 2050er - Everything will change* (2022), Actor - *Roving Woman* (2022), Executive Producer - *Présence* (2022), Director - *Karen Dalton: In My Own Time* (2021), Executive Producer - *Souad* (2021), Co-Producer - *Reality Winner* (2021), Executive Producer - *A Black Jesus* (2020), Producer - *Veränderung* (2020), Director, Writer - *Two or Three Things I Know about Edward Hopper* (2020), Writer, Executive Producer, Director, Producer - *Zeroville* (2019), as Larry - *Waiting for the Miracle to Come* (2019), Executive Producer - *It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story* (2018), Executive Producer - *Pope Francis: A Man of His Word* (2018), Director, Producer, Writer - *Little Hands* (2018), Executive Producer - *Submergence* (2018), Director - *Buena Vista Social Club: Adios* (2017), Executive Producer - *The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez* (2016), Director, Writer, Producer - *National Bird* (2016), Executive Producer - *Our Last Tango* (2015), Executive Producer - *Filmstudio, mon amour* (2015), as Sé stesso - *Every Thing Will Be Fine* (2015), Director - *The Salt of the Earth* (2014), Director, Writer, Still Photographer, Executive Producer - *Henri Langlois vu par...* (2014), Director - *Cathedrals of Culture* (2014), Director, Writer, Executive Producer - *Cathedrals of Culture: Halden Prison* (2014), Executive Producer - *The Berlin Philharmonic* (2014), Director - *Sing Me the Songs That Say I Love You: A Concert for Kate McGarrigle* (2013), Executive Producer - *Invisible World* (2013), Director, Writer - *Über Gott, Alfi und Mexico* (2013), Producer - *Ver ou Não Ver* (2012), Director - *Stories We Tell* (2012), Thanks — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/stories-we-tell.md) - *Der fremde Fotograf und die Einsamkeit* (2012), Script Supervisor - *Hitler in Hollywood* (2011), as Wim Wenders - *Zwischen den Zeiten* (2011), Actor - *Pina* (2011), Director, Screenplay, Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/pina.md) - *Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland* (2011), Actor - *Snowblind* (2010), as Gray Fox - *If Buildings Could Talk* (2010), Director, Writer - *Cronología* (2010), Actor - *Au Revoir Taipei* (2010), Executive Producer - *Il Volo* (2010), Director, Writer - *Passage* (2009), Thanks - *The Open Road* (2009), Executive Producer - *Palermo Shooting* (2008), Director, Writer, Producer - *8* (2008), Director, Writer - *Person to Person* (2008), Director - *The Clone Returns Home* (2008), Executive Producer - *To Each His Own Cinema* (2007), Director - *Invisibles* (2007), Director, Writer - *Invisible Crimes* (2007), Director - *The House Is Burning* (2006), Executive Producer - *The Way I Spent the End of the World* (2006), Associate Producer - *Don't Come Knocking* (2005), Director, Writer, Executive Producer - *Egoshooter* (2005), Producer - *Land of Plenty* (2004), Director, Screenplay - *Música Cubana* (2004), Producer - *Half the Rent* (2004), Producer - *La torcedura* (2004), as Producer - *The Blues* (2003), series, Writer, Director - *Fools* (2003), Producer - *The Soul of a Man* (2003), Director, Writer, Camera Operator - *Fools* (2003), Producer - *June Moon* (2002), Producer - *Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet* (2002), as Doctor #1 (segment "Twelve Miles to Trona") · Director, Writer - *Three Days of Rain* (2002), Presenter - *BAP - Ode to Cologne* (2002), Director, Writer - *The Million Dollar Hotel* (2000), Director, Producer - *In the Shadow of Hollywood* (2000), as Archival Footage Research - *Buena Vista Social Club* (1999), Director, Screenplay — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/buena-vista-social-club.md) - *City of Angels* (1998), Original Film Writer — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/city-of-angels.md) - *Willie Nelson at the Teatro* (1998), Director, Writer - *The End of Violence* (1997), Producer, Director, Story - *Go for Gold!* (1997), Producer - *Tango Berlin* (1997), Actor - *Lumière & Company* (1995), Director - *A Trick of the Light* (1995), as Regisseur / Milchmann · Director, Writer, Producer - *Beyond the Clouds* (1995), Screenplay, Still Photographer, Co-Director - *Lisbon Story* (1994), Director, Screenplay, Producer - *Arisha, the Bear, and the Stone Ring* (1993), as Santa Claus · Director, Writer, Producer, Editor - *Adamski* (1993), Thanks - *Faraway, So Close!* (1993), Director, Screenplay, Producer - *The Absence* (1993), Producer - *Until the End of the World* (1991), Director, Co-Producer, Story, Screenplay - *Dream Island* (1991), as Producer - *Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter* (1990), Director - *Speaking Parts* (1990), Thanks - *Notebook on Cities and Clothes* (1989), Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography - *Chocolat* (1988), Co-Producer - *The Passenger – Welcome to Germany* (1988), Consulting Producer - *Sansibar oder Der letzte Grund* (1987), Sound Mix Technician - *Helsinki Napoli All Night Long* (1987), as Gas Station Attendant - *Wings of Desire* (1987), Director, Producer, Screenplay — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/wings-of-desire.md) - *Iron Earth, Copper Sky* (1987), Producer - *I Played It for You* (1985), Additional Photography - *King Kongs Faust* (1985), as Regisseur - *Tokyo-Ga* (1985), Director, Writer, Producer, Editor - *Room 666* (1985), Director, Writer - *Report from Hollywood* (1985), Actor - *Paris, Texas* (1984), Director, Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/paris-texas.md) - *Tausend Augen* (1984), as Dieb im Videoladen - *Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982* (1982), Director, Writer, Producer - *Hammett* (1982), Director - *Cinématon n°212 : Wim Wenders* (1982), Actor - *Cinématon XXII* (1982), as N°212 - *The State of Things* (1982), as Tram Passenger (uncredited) · Director, Producer, Writer - *Cinéma cinémas* (1982), series, Director - *Lightning Over Water* (1980), Director, Writer, Producer, Editor - *Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers* (1980), Additional Camera - *Radio On* (1979), Associate Producer - *...als Diesel geboren* (1979), Producer - *Nicholas Ray: Especially for Pierre* (1979), Producer, Director of Photography, Sound, Camera Operator - *Cinématon* (1978), as N°212 - *Long Shot* (1978), as Another Director - *The Left-Handed Woman* (1978), Producer - *The American Friend* (1977), as Figure Wrapped in Plaster Bandages in Ambulance (uncredited) · Director, Screenplay, Producer - *Kings of the Road* (1976), as Spectator at Pauline's Theater (uncredited) · Director, Producer, Screenplay - *The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick* (1975), as Man Walking through Vienna Bus Station (uncredited) · Director, Writer, Producer - *Wrong Move* (1975), as Man in Dining Car (uncredited) · Director, Producer - *Ein bißchen Liebe* (1974), Producer - *From the Family of Reptiles* (1974), Director - *The Island* (1974), Director - *Alice in the Cities* (1974), as Man by Jukebox in American Cafe (uncredited) · Director, Screenplay, Producer - *Ein Haus für uns* (1974), series, Director - *The Scarlet Letter* (1973), Director, Writer, Producer - *Summer in the City* (1972), as Billardspieler (uncredited) · Director, Writer, Producer - *3 American LPs* (1969), Director, Editor - *Polizeifilm* (1969), Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography - *Ten Years After* (1969), Director of Photography - *Am Spätnachmittag des folgenden Tages erwachte Joe in einem billigen Hotelzimmer - Andy schläft noch ...* (1969), Producer - *Amon Duul II: Plays Phallus Dei* (1969), Director of Photography - *Kaspar Hauser* (1969), Director - *Der Fall Lena Christ* (1969), Unit Manager - *Silver City Revisited* (1969), Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography, Producer - *Alabama (2000 Light Years)* (1969), Director, Writer, Editor, Sound - *Same Player Shoots Again* (1968), Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor - *Love and So Forth* (1968), as Student - *Candy Man* (1968), Actor - *Klappenfilm* (1968), Producer, Director - *Victor I.* (1968), Director - *Schauplätze* (1967), Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography - *Return to Timbuktu*, Executive Producer - *Echoes of Light*, Executive Producer - *Sound of Ice*, Executive Producer ## Gallery - ![Wim Wenders](https://film.one/media/person/11991/gallery-dbf4f04f006f.jpg) Wim Wenders — Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Wim_Wenders_at_the_2026_Berlin_International_Film_Festival-60630.jpg/1280px-Wim_Wenders_at_the_2026_Berlin_International_Film_Festival-60630.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Wim Wenders bei der Berlinale, Gala zur Verleihung Goldener Ehrenbär (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/11991/gallery-52b74d5b875b.jpg) Wim Wenders bei der Berlinale, Gala zur Verleihung Goldener Ehrenbär (2015) — Sebaso, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/20150212_-_Wim_Wenders_at_Berlinale_by_sebaso_1.jpg/1280px-20150212_-_Wim_Wenders_at_Berlinale_by_sebaso_1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Wim Wenders bei der Berlinale, Gala zur Verleihung Goldener Ehrenbär (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/11991/gallery-b6bbaf7f6531.jpg) Wim Wenders bei der Berlinale, Gala zur Verleihung Goldener Ehrenbär (2015) — Sebaso, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/20150212_-_Wim_Wenders_at_Berlinale_by_sebaso_2.jpg/1280px-20150212_-_Wim_Wenders_at_Berlinale_by_sebaso_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Carrie Fisher and Wim Wenders. Original text: Wim Wenders in 1978, here with Carrie Fisher - Photo taken at the private party after the premiere of the movie FI](https://film.one/media/person/11991/gallery-89eb54584740.jpg) Carrie Fisher and Wim Wenders. Original text: Wim Wenders in 1978, here with Carrie Fisher - Photo taken at the private party after the premiere of the movie FI — Alan Light, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Carrie_Fisher_and_Wim_Wenders.jpg/1280px-Carrie_Fisher_and_Wim_Wenders.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Wim Wenders](https://film.one/media/person/11991/gallery-ff23f9ccdd3e.jpg) Wim Wenders — Image via TMDB - ![Wim Wenders](https://film.one/media/person/11991/gallery-2996fe5dde4d.jpg) Wim Wenders — Image via TMDB - ![Wim Wenders](https://film.one/media/person/11991/gallery-5eaa476380f6.jpg) Wim Wenders — Image via TMDB - ![Arnaud Cohen and Wim Wenders dance together on Arnaud Cohen's performance sculpture Dance over me, exhibited in Berlin at the Kunstverein am Rosa Luxemburg Plat (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/11991/gallery-c8de206a463d.jpg) Arnaud Cohen and Wim Wenders dance together on Arnaud Cohen's performance sculpture Dance over me, exhibited in Berlin at the Kunstverein am Rosa Luxemburg Plat (2018) — Arnaud Cohen, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Dansez_sur_moi_-_Dance_over_me_-_Arnaud_Cohen_2017_Kunstverein_am_Rosa_Luxemburg_Platz%2C_Berlin%2C_Germany.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Sent wirelessly from my BlackBerry device on the Bell network. Envoyé sans fil par mon terminal mobile BlackBerry sur le réseau de Bell. (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/11991/gallery-1737a79de893.jpg) Sent wirelessly from my BlackBerry device on the Bell network. Envoyé sans fil par mon terminal mobile BlackBerry sur le réseau de Bell. (2011) — Canadian Film Centre from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/Director_Wim_Wenders_introducing_PINA_at_TIFF_Bell_Lightbox_-TIFF11_%286128103775%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Wim Wenders](https://film.one/media/person/11991/gallery-9ad215003bb6.jpg) Wim Wenders — Image via TMDB - ![Wim Wenders](https://film.one/media/person/11991/gallery-7133cd8d37dc.jpg) Wim Wenders — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated - 2024: Best International Feature Film (nominated), for *Perfect Days* - 2015: Best Documentary Feature Film (nominated), for *The Salt of the Earth* ### BAFTA Film Awards — 1 won - 1985: Best Direction (won), for *Paris, Texas* ### Cannes Film Festival — 3 won - 1993: Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix (won), for *Faraway, So Close!* - 1987: Cannes Best Director Award (won), for *Wings of Desire* - 1984: Palme d'Or (won), for *Paris, Texas* ### Venice Film Festival — 1 won - 1982: Golden Lion (won), for *The State of Things* ### Berlin International Film Festival — 3 won - 2024: Berliner Bär (won) - 2015: Golden Bear (won) - 2000: Silver Bear (won) ### Other awards — 30 won, 4 nominated - German Film Honorary Award 2026: German Film Honorary Award (won) - European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award 2024: European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award (won) - Praemium Imperiale 2022: Praemium Imperiale (won) - Commander of the Order of Merit of Portugal 2017: Commander of the Order of Merit of Portugal (won) - César Award 2015: César Award (won) - César Award for Best Documentary Film 2015: César Award for Best Documentary Film (won) - European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 2015: European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film (nominated), for *The Salt of the Earth* - Honorary Golden Bear 2015: Honorary Golden Bear (won) - François Chalais Prize 2014: François Chalais Prize (won) - Prize of the Ecumenical Jury Cannes 2014: Prize of the Ecumenical Jury Cannes (won), for *The Salt of the Earth* - Un certain regard Award 2014: Un certain regard Award (won) - Ring of Honour of the City of Wuppertal 2012: Ring of Honour of the City of Wuppertal (won) - European Film Award for Best Documentary 2011: European Film Award for Best Documentary (won), for *Pina* - Herbert Strate Award 2010: Herbert Strate Award (won) - 5th Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival 2008: 5th Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival (won) - Goya Award for Best Documentary Film 2008: Goya Award for Best Documentary Film (won), for *Invisibles (2007 film)* - Goya Awards 2008: Goya Awards (won) - Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 2006: Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (won) - Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order 2006: Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order (won) - European Film Award for Best Director 2005: European Film Award for Best Director (nominated), for *Don't Come Knocking* - European Film Award for Best Film 2005: European Film Award for Best Film (nominated), for *Don't Come Knocking* - Golden Medal for Merit to Culture 2005: Golden Medal for Merit to Culture (won) - Leopard of Honour 2005: Leopard of Honour (won) - Helmut Käutner Prize 2004: Helmut Käutner Prize (won) - Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia 2004: Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia (won) - Robert-Bresson Award 2002: Robert-Bresson Award (won) - European Film Award for Best Documentary 1999: European Film Award for Best Documentary (won), for *Buena Vista Social Club* - Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres 1993: Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres (won) - honorary doctor of the Sorbonne Nouvelle University 1989: honorary doctor of the Sorbonne Nouvelle University (won) - European Film Award for Best Director 1988: European Film Award for Best Director (won), for *Wings of Desire* - European Film Award for Best Film 1988: European Film Award for Best Film (nominated), for *Wings of Desire* - FIPRESCI Prize of the Festival de Cannes 1984: FIPRESCI Prize of the Festival de Cannes (won) - Prize of the Ecumenical Jury Cannes 1984: Prize of the Ecumenical Jury Cannes (won), for *Paris, Texas* - FIPRESCI Prize of the Festival de Cannes 1976: FIPRESCI Prize of the Festival de Cannes (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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