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Wilhelm Ernst ("Wim") Wenders (born August 14, 1945) is a German-born film director.
Films include:
- Summer in the City, 1970.
- Die Angst des Tormanns beim Elfmeter (The Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty Kick), 1972. Adaptation of a novella by Peter Handke, who also wrote the film dialogue.
- Der scharlachrote Buchstabe (The Scarlet Letter), 1972. Adapted from the novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
- Alice in den Städten (Alice in the Cities), 1974.
- Falsche Bewegung (Wrong Movement), 1975.
- Im Lauf der Zeit (Kings of the Road), 1976.
- Der Amerikanische Freund (The American Friend), 1977. Adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novel Ripley's Game.
- Lightning over Water, 1979 (? or 1980?). A documentary about the last days of Nicholas Ray, director of Rebel Without a Cause and many other films.
- Hammett, 1982.
- The State of Things, 1982.
- Reverse Angle:NYC, 1982. A documentary about his disputes with Francis Ford Coppola while filming Hammett.
- Chambre 666, 1983.
- Paris, Texas, 1984.
- Der Himmel über Berlin Wings of Desire, 1987. Written with Peter Handke.
- Until the End of the World, 1991.
- In weiter Ferne, so nah Faraway, So Close, 1993.
- The End of Violence, 1997.
- The Million Dollar Hotel, 1999.
- Buena Vista Social Club, 2000.
- Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet, 2002. (segment "Twelve miles to Trona") (Short)
