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Wim Wenders
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Academy Awards, USA (3)
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) (1)
Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards (1)
Bambi Awards (1)
Bavarian Film Awards (3)
Berlin International Film Festival (3)
Bodil Awards (1)
BAFTA Awards (4)
Camerimage (1)
Cannes Film Festival (23)
César Awards, France (5)
Chicago International Film Festival (5)
Cinema Brazil Grand Prize (2)
David di Donatello Awards (3)
Day of the German Short Film (1)
Edinburgh International Film Festival (1)
European Film Awards (6)
Fotogramas de Plata (1)
French Syndicate of Cinema Critics (2)
German Film Awards (12)
Giffoni Film Festival (1)
Golden Camera, Germany (1)
Goya Awards (1)
Grammy Awards (1)
Guild of German Art House Cinemas (4)
Hof International Film Festival (1)
Film Independent Spirit Awards (3)
International Documentary Association (1)
Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival (1)
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists (3)
Awards of the Japanese Academy (1)
Locarno International Film Festival (1)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (2)
Melbourne International Film Festival (1)
St. Petersburg Message to Man Film Festival (1)
Munich Film Festival (1)
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA (1)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards (1)
News & Documentary Emmy Awards (1)
Norwegian International Film Festival (1)
Palm Springs International Film Festival (2)
Philadelphia Film Festival (1)
Pusan International Film Festival (1)
Romy Gala, Austria (1)
Russian Guild of Film Critics (1)
San Sebastián International Film Festival (2)
Seattle International Film Festival (1)
São Paulo International Film Festival (3)
Valladolid International Film Festival (1)
Venice Film Festival (7)
Writers Guild of America, USA (1)
German Film Critics Association Awards (2)
German Critics Association Awards (1)
Oslo Films from the South Festival (1)
CPH:DOX (1)
Sant Jordi Awards (1)
Sofia International Film Festival (3)
Blue Ribbon Awards (1)
Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival (1)
Transilvania International Film Festival (1)
Association of Polish Filmmakers Critics Awards (1)
Dublin International Film Festival (1)
Jeonju Film Festival (1)
Rome Film Fest (1)
Cinema for Peace Awards (1)
Gaudí Awards (1)
Asia Pacific Screen Awards (1)
Santa Fe International Film Festival (1)
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US (2)
Telluride Film Festival, US (1)
Alliance of Women Film Journalists (2)
Traverse City Film Festival (1)
Abu Dhabi Film Festival (1)
Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival (1)
SESC Film Festival, Brazil (3)
The Platino Awards for Iberoamerican Cinema (1)
Awards Circuit Community Awards (1)
International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA) (2)
Montclair Film Festival (MFF) (1)
Gold Derby Awards (1)
Yoga Awards (2)
Jameson CineFest - Miskolc International Film Festival (1)
MTV Europe Music Awards (1)
The Yellow Fever Independent Film Festival (1)
Prêmio Guarani (1)
Cahiers du Cinéma (2)
CineLibri International Book and Movie Festival (1)
Barcelona-Sant Jordi International Film Festival (1)
Two Riversides Film and Art Festival (1)
Society of Filipino Film Reviewers (1)
Astra Film Awards (1)
96 wins & 82 nominations
Academy Awards, USA
2015 Nominee
Oscar
Best Documentary, Feature
The Salt of the Earth
Shared with:
Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
·
David Rosier
2012 Nominee
Oscar
Best Documentary, Features
Pina
Shared with:
Gian-Piero Ringel
2000 Nominee
Oscar
Best Documentary, Features
Buena Vista Social Club
Shared with:
Ulrich Felsberg
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA)
1990 Nominee
Joris Ivens Award
Notebook on Cities and Clothes
Interpretation of Dreams
Shared with:
Andrei Zagdansky
Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards
2012 Nominee
Silver Condor
Best Foreign Film, Not in the Spanish Language (Mejor Película Extranjera)
Pina
Germany/France/UK
Bambi Awards
1977 Winner
Bambi
Film - National
Kings of the Road
Bavarian Film Awards
2012 Winner
Honorary Award
1994 Winner
Bavarian Film Award
Best Direction (Regiepreis)
Faraway, So Close!
1988 Winner
Bavarian Film Award
Best Direction (Regiepreis)
Wings of Desire
Berlin International Film Festival
2015 Winner
Honorary Golden Berlin Bear
2000 Winner
Silver Berlin Bear
Jury Prize
The Million Dollar Hotel
2000 Nominee
Golden Berlin Bear
The Million Dollar Hotel
Bodil Awards
1985 Winner
Bodil
Best European Film (Bedste europæiske film)
Paris, Texas
BAFTA Awards
2012 Nominee
BAFTA Film Award
Best Film Not in the English Language
Pina
Shared with:
Gian-Piero Ringel
2000 Nominee
BAFTA Film Award
Best Film not in the English Language
Buena Vista Social Club
Shared with:
Ulrich Felsberg
·
Deepak Nayar
1989 Nominee
BAFTA Film Award
Best Film not in the English Language
Wings of Desire
West Germany/France.
Shared with:
Anatole Dauman
1985 Winner
BAFTA Film Award
Best Direction
Paris, Texas
Camerimage
2006 Winner
Special Award
Director with Unique Visual Sensitivity
Cannes Film Festival
2023 Nominee
Palme d'Or
Perfect Days
2023 Nominee
Golden Eye
Anselm
2023 Winner
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
Perfect Days
2018 Nominee
Golden Eye
Pope Francis: A Man of His Word
2014 Nominee
Un Certain Regard Award
The Salt of the Earth
Shared with:
Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
18 more
All
César Awards, France
2024 Nominee
César
Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
Perfect Days
2015 Winner
César
Best Documentary Film (Meilleur film documentaire)
The Salt of the Earth
Shared with:
Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
·
David Rosier
1988 Nominee
César
Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
Wings of Desire
1985 Nominee
César
Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
Paris, Texas
1978 Nominee
César
Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
The American Friend
Chicago International Film Festival
2014 Nominee
Audience Choice Award
Audience Choice Award
Cathedrals of Culture
Shared with:
Karim Aïnouz
·
Michael Glawogger
·
Michael Madsen
·
Margreth Olin
·
Robert Redford
1980 Nominee
Gold Hugo
Best Documentary
Lightning Over Water
Shared with:
Nicholas Ray
1976 Winner
Gold Hugo
Best Feature
Kings of the Road
1975 Nominee
Gold Hugo
Best Feature
Wrong Move
1974 Nominee
Gold Hugo
Best Feature
Alice in the Cities
Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
2016 Winner
Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro)
The Salt of the Earth
France/Italy.
Shared with:
Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
2001 Winner
Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
Best Foreign Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro)
Buena Vista Social Club
David di Donatello Awards
2015 Nominee
David
Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero)
The Salt of the Earth
1985 Winner
René Clair Award
Paris, Texas
1985 Nominee
David
Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero)
Paris, Texas
Day of the German Short Film
1996 Winner
Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Award
A Trick of Light
For the first part of the movie (15 min).
Edinburgh International Film Festival
1999 Winner
Audience Award
Buena Vista Social Club
European Film Awards
2015 Nominee
EFA People's Choice Award
The Salt of the Earth
Shared with:
Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
2011 Winner
European Film Award
European Documentary
Pina
2005 Nominee
European Film Award
European Director
Don't Come Knocking
1999 Winner
European Film Award
European Documentary
Buena Vista Social Club
1988 Nominee
European Film Award
Best Film
Wings of Desire
Shared with:
Anatole Dauman
1 more
All
Fotogramas de Plata
1985 Winner
Fotogramas de Plata
Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
Paris, Texas
French Syndicate of Cinema Critics
1988 Winner
Critics Award
Best Foreign Film
Wings of Desire
West Germany.
1985 Winner
Critics Award
Best Foreign Film
Paris, Texas
West Germany.
German Film Awards
2024 Nominee
Film Award in Gold
Best Documentary (Bester Dokumentarfilm)
Anselm
Shared with:
Karsten Brünig
2011 Nominee
Film Award in Gold
Best Direction (Beste Regie)
Pina
2011 Winner
Film Award in Gold
Best Documentary (Bester Dokumentarfilm)
Pina
Shared with:
Gian-Piero Ringel
2000 Nominee
Film Award in Gold
Best Direction (Beste Regie)
The Million Dollar Hotel
1998 Winner
Film Award in Gold
Best Direction (Beste Regie)
The End of Violence
7 more
All
Giffoni Film Festival
1986 Winner
Nocciola d'Oro
Golden Camera, Germany
2000 Winner
Golden Camera
Film - National
Buena Vista Social Club
Goya Awards
2015 Nominee
Goya
Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea)
The Salt of the Earth
Shared with:
Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
Grammy Awards
2001 Nominee
Grammy
Best Long Form Music Video
Willie Nelson at the Teatro
Shared with:
Willie Nelson
·
Deepak Nayar
Guild of German Art House Cinemas
2011 Winner
Best Documentary
Pina
1992 Winner
Guild Film Award - Gold
German Film (Deutscher Film)
Until the End of the World
1989 Winner
Guild Film Award - Silver
German Film (Deutscher Film)
Wings of Desire
1986 Winner
Guild Film Award - Silver
German Film (Deutscher Film)
Paris, Texas
Hof International Film Festival
1992 Winner
Prize of the City of Hof
Film Independent Spirit Awards
2015 Nominee
Independent Spirit Award
Best Documentary
The Salt of the Earth
Shared with:
Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
·
David Rosier
1998 Nominee
Independent Spirit Award
Best Director
The End of Violence
1989 Winner
Independent Spirit Award
Best Foreign Film
Wings of Desire
West Germany.
International Documentary Association
2014 Nominee
IDA Award
Best Feature
The Salt of the Earth
Shared with:
Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival
2004 Winner
Master of Cinema
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
1996 Nominee
Silver Ribbon
Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero)
Lisbon Story
1994 Nominee
European Silver Ribbon
Faraway, So Close!
1993 Nominee
European Silver Ribbon
Until the End of the World
Awards of the Japanese Academy
2024 Winner
Award of the Japanese Academy
Best Director
Perfect Days
Locarno International Film Festival
2005 Winner
Leopard of Honor
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
1999 Winner
LAFCA Award
Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film
Buena Vista Social Club
Shared with:
Ry Cooder
1988 Winner
LAFCA Award
Best Foreign Film
Wings of Desire
Melbourne International Film Festival
2014 Nominee
People's Choice Award
Best Documentary
The Salt of the Earth
3rd Runner-up
Shared with:
Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
St. Petersburg Message to Man Film Festival
2000 Winner
Special Award
Buena Vista Social Club
Munich Film Festival
2014 Winner
One Future Prize
The Salt of the Earth
Shared with:
Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA
1989 Nominee
NSFC Award
Best Director
Wings of Desire
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
1988 Nominee
NYFCC Award
Best Director
Wings of Desire
3rd place
News & Documentary Emmy Awards
2018 Nominee
Emmy
Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary
Independent Lens
National Bird
For episode "National Bird"
Shared with:
Sonia Kennebeck
·
Sally Jo Fifer
·
Errol Morris
·
Lois Vossen
·
Shana Swanson
·
Ines Hofmann Kanna
Norwegian International Film Festival
2000 Winner
Silver Clod
Best Foreign Film of the Year (Beste Utenlandske Spillefilm)
Buena Vista Social Club
Palm Springs International Film Festival
2024 Nominee
FIPRESCI Prize
Best Foreign Language Film
Perfect Days
2015 Nominee
Audience Award
Best Documentary Feature
The Salt of the Earth
Shared with:
Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
Philadelphia Film Festival
2011 Winner
Audience Award - Honorable Mention
Special Events Screenings
Pina
Pusan International Film Festival
2000 Winner
Hand Printing
Romy Gala, Austria
2012 Nominee
Romy
Best Direction (Beste Regie)
Pina
Russian Guild of Film Critics
2012 Nominee
White Elephant
Best Foreign Film
Pina
San Sebastián International Film Festival
2017 Nominee
Golden Seashell
Best Film
Submergence
2014 Winner
Audience Award
The Salt of the Earth
Shared with:
Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
Seattle International Film Festival
1999 Winner
Golden Space Needle Award
Best Documentary
Buena Vista Social Club
São Paulo International Film Festival
2008 Winner
Humanitarian Award
2003 Winner
Audience Award
Best Foreign Documentary
The Soul of a Man
1988 Winner
Audience Award
Best Feature
Wings of Desire
Valladolid International Film Festival
1995 Nominee
Golden Spike
Best Film
Beyond the Clouds
Shared with:
Michelangelo Antonioni
Venice Film Festival
2016 Nominee
Golden Lion
Best Film
The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez
2004 Winner
UNESCO Award
Land of Plenty
2004 Nominee
Golden Lion
Land of Plenty
1995 Winner
FIPRESCI Prize
Beyond the Clouds
Shared with:
Michelangelo Antonioni
1982 Winner
Golden Lion
The State of Things
2 more
All
Writers Guild of America, USA
2012 Nominee
WGA Award (Screen)
Best Documentary Screenplay
Pina
German Film Critics Association Awards
2012 Winner
German Film Critics Award
Best Documentary (Bester Dokumentarfilm)
Pina
1976 Winner
German Film Critics Award
Best Film (Bester Spielfilm)
Alice in the Cities
German Critics Association Awards
1977 Winner
Critics Award
Film
Oslo Films from the South Festival
2014 Nominee
DOC: South Award
Best Documentary
The Salt of the Earth
Shared with:
Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
CPH:DOX
2011 Winner
Politiken's Audience Award
Pina
Sant Jordi Awards
1985 Winner
Sant Jordi
Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
Paris, Texas
Sofia International Film Festival
2024 Winner
Audience Award 'Silver Sea-Gull'
Best Film
Perfect Days
2015 Winner
Burgas Municipality Award 'Silver Sea-Gull'
Best Film
The Salt of the Earth
Shared with:
Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
2009 Winner
Burgas Municipality Award 'Silver Sea-Gull'
Palermo Shooting
Blue Ribbon Awards
1989 Winner
Blue Ribbon Award
Best Foreign Language Film
Wings of Desire
Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival
2008 Winner
Lifetime Achievement Award
Shared with:
Dariush Mehrjui
Transilvania International Film Festival
2010 Winner
Lifetime Achievement Award
Association of Polish Filmmakers Critics Awards
1996 Winner
Honorable Mention
Best Foreign Film
Lisbon Story
Dublin International Film Festival
2015 Winner
Audience Award
Audience Award
The Salt of the Earth
Jeonju Film Festival
2000 Nominee
Daring Digital Award
N-Vision
Buena Vista Social Club
Rome Film Fest
2011 Winner
HAG Award
Pina
Cinema for Peace Awards
2015 Nominee
Cinema for Peace Award
Cinema for Peace Award for The Most Valuable Documentary of the Year
The Salt of the Earth
Shared with:
Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
Gaudí Awards
2012 Nominee
Gaudí Award
Best European Film (Millor Pel·lícula Europea)
Pina
Germany/France/UK
Asia Pacific Screen Awards
2023 Winner
Asia Pacific Screen Award
Best Film
Perfect Days
Shared with:
Takuma Takasaki
·
Koji Yanai
Santa Fe International Film Festival
2023 Winner
Audience Award
Audience Choice Best Special Presentation Documentary Feature
Anselm
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US
2024 Nominee
Cinema Eye Honors Award
Outstanding Direction
Anselm
2012 Winner
Cinema Eye Honors Award
Outstanding Achievement in Production
Pina
Shared with:
Gian-Piero Ringel
Telluride Film Festival, US
2023 Winner
Silver Medallion Award
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
2012 Nominee
EDA Award
Best Documentary Feature Film
Pina
2012 Nominee
EDA Award
Best Non-English Language Film
Pina
Germany
Traverse City Film Festival
2018 Winner
Founders Prize
Grand Prize for Best Film
Pope Francis: A Man of His Word
Abu Dhabi Film Festival
2014 Winner
Audience Choice Award
The Salt of the Earth
Shared with:
Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival
2015 Winner
Tribute Award
SESC Film Festival, Brazil
1991 Winner
Critics Award
Best Foreign Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro)
Wings of Desire
1991 Winner
Audience Award
Best Foreign Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro)
Wings of Desire
1986 Winner
Critics Award
Best Foreign Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro)
Paris, Texas
The Platino Awards for Iberoamerican Cinema
2015 Winner
Platino Award
Best Documentary
The Salt of the Earth
Brazil/France/Italy
Shared with:
Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
Awards Circuit Community Awards
1999 Nominee
ACCA
Best Foreign Language Film
Buena Vista Social Club
International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)
2015 Nominee
INOCA
Best Documentary
The Salt of the Earth
4th place.
Shared with:
Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
2012 Nominee
INOCA
Best Documentary
Pina
Montclair Film Festival (MFF)
2023 Winner
Junior Jury
Perfect Days
Gold Derby Awards
2012 Nominee
Gold Derby Film Award
Documentary Feature
Pina
Yoga Awards
2001 Winner
Yoga Award
Worst Foreign Director
The Million Dollar Hotel
1995 Winner
Yoga Award
Worst Foreign Director
Faraway, So Close!
Jameson CineFest - Miskolc International Film Festival
2023 Nominee
Emeric Pressburger Prize
Best Feature Film
Perfect Days
MTV Europe Music Awards
1994 Nominee
MTV Europe Music Award
Best Director
U2: Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
Shared with:
Mark Neale
The Yellow Fever Independent Film Festival
2010 Winner
Best International
Best Film
Snowblind
"Up in the Mountains" (songwriter: Ricky Watson)
Shared with:
Ricky Watson
·
Robert Lyons
·
Mala Ghedia
·
Erik Hansen
·
Albee Lesotho
·
Christian Serritiello
·
Mathias Jürgens
·
Stephen Patrick Hanna
·
Kalle Max Hofmann
Prêmio Guarani
2016 Nominee
Premio Guarani
Best Documentary
The Salt of the Earth
Shared with:
Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
Cahiers du Cinéma
1987 Nominee
Top 10 Film Award
Best Film
Wings of Desire
Second Place; tied with
Der Tod des Empedokles oder: Wenn dann der Erde Grün von neuem Euch erglänzt (1987)
and
Intervista (1987)
1984 Nominee
Top 10 Film Award
Best Film
Paris, Texas
Seventh Place; tied with
The Ship Sails On (1983)
and
The Right Stuff (1983)
CineLibri International Book and Movie Festival
2023 Winner
CineLibri Award for Documentary Film
Best Documentary
Anselm
Barcelona-Sant Jordi International Film Festival
2023 Winner
Honorary Award
Two Riversides Film and Art Festival
2015 Winner
Audience Award - Third Place
The Salt of the Earth
Shared with:
Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
Society of Filipino Film Reviewers
2024 Nominee
Pinoy Rebyu Award
Best International Film
Perfect Days
Japan and Germany (Runner-up)
Astra Film Awards
2024 Nominee
Astra Award
Best International Filmmaker
Perfect Days
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