Wim Wenders

Awards

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Year Result Award Movie
1999 Nominated Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Documentary Feature
Buena Vista Social Club

Cannes Film Festival

Year Result Award Movie
1993 Won Cannes Film Festival Grand Jury Prize
Faraway So Close

European Film Academy

Year Result Award Movie
1988 Won European Film Academy Best Director
Wings of Desire

Independent Spirit Awards

Year Result Award Movie
1988 Won Independent Spirit Awards Best Foreign Film
Wings of Desire

National Board of Review

Year Result Award Movie
1999 Won National Board of Review Best Documentary
Buena Vista Social Club

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  • Wim Wenders stops Pina Bausch movie

    07/02/09 Director Wim Wenders has stopped production on the planned 3D dance film "Pina" following the death of the film's subject -- the legendary choreographer Pina Bausch.  |  The Hollywood Reporter
  • Wim Wenders shooting 3-D dance feature

    05/18/09 Palme d'Or winner and digital film enthusiast Wim Wenders' next project is "Pina," a collaboration with avant-garde choreographer Pina Bausch on what is being called the first 3-D dance feature.  |  The Hollywood Reporter
  • Film: Better Late Than Never?: Paris, Texas

    03/19/09 I didn't grow up in the sort of dusty nowhere in which Wim Wenders' Paris, Texas begins, but I didn't grow up in the sort of place where a lot of people talked about Wim Wenders movies, either.  |  The A.V. Club