Wim Wenders Was Born on 14 August 1945 in Dusseldorf
The Logic of Images Wim Wenders was born on 14 August 1945 in Dusseldorf. He went to film school in Munich after abandoning studies in medicine and philosophy. Between 1968 and 1971 he wrote film reviews, and in 1970 he made Summer in the City, his first full-length feature film. In 1979 Wenders went to live in America for a number of years. In 1982 he directed the first performance of the play Uber die Dorfer (Over the Villages) by Peter Handke, with whom he has also worked closely on his films. Wim Wenders lives as a director and film-producer in Berlin. He has received the title of Doctor h.c. from the Sorbonne in Paris. s For his films, Wenders has won the Deutsche Filmpreis in Gold for Wrong Movement, The American Friend and Wings of Desire, as well as the following international prizes: The Golden Lion at Venice (for The State of Things), the Palme d'or at Cannes (for Paris, Texas), the Best Director Prize at Cannes (for Wings of Desire) and the first European Award (Felix) for Best Director for Wings of Desire. In 1989 he served as President of the Jury of the Cannes Film Festival. Films: Summer m the City, 1970; Die Angst des Tormanns beim Elfmeter (The Goal-keeper's Fear of the Penalty), 197.2; Der scharlachrote Buchstabe (The Scarlet Letter), 1973; Alice in den Stadten (Alice m the Cities), 1974; Falsche Bewegung (Wrong Movement), 197s; 1m Lauf der Zeit (Kings of the Road}, 1976; Der amerikanische Freund (The American Friend), 1977; Lightning over Water (Nick's Movie), 1980; Hammett, 1982; Der Stand der Dinge (The State of Things), 1982; Paris, Texas, 1984; Tokyo-Go, 1985; Der Hmmel iiber Berlin (Wzrzgs of Desire), 1987; Aufzeichnungen zu Kleidern und Stadten (Notebook on Cities and Clothes), 1989; Until the End of the World, 1991.
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