Wim Wenders

Biography

Born 08/14/1945

One of the best known directors of the New German Cinema, Wim Wenders grew up glued to the American Forces Network, fascinated not only by the music but by all things American. Raised a Catholic, he briefly entertained ambitions for the priesthood but abandoned them by the age of 18 as rock 'n'...
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Filmography

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Awards

In 2000, received Berlin Film Festival Silver Bear Jury Prize
In 1999, received Edinburgh International Film Festival Standard Life Audience Award
In 1999, received Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Documentary

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Highlights

In 2006, Directed Sam Shepard as a washed up cowboy actor in the neo-Western "Don't Come Knocking"
In 2004, Had a Cameo in the Disney live action feature "Around the World in 80 Days"
In 2000, Directed "The Million Dollar Hotel", starring Mel Gibson (Bono who collaborated with Wenders and Klein on the screenplay was originally slated to act in film); Bono had performed on the soundtrack for "The End of Violence"; Wenders has directed music videos for the band; released theatrically in the USA in 2001

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