Wim Wenders: Award for German Directing Legend

Wim Wenders
Award for German Directing Legend

Große Ehre für Wim Wenders, 79. Der Regisseur wird von der Europäischen Filmakademie für sein Lebenswerk ausgezeichnet. If the institution continues the year with the European Film Prize, it will be offered in a certain time.

“With the appreciation of the work of Wim Wenders, with a fresh look and open mind, we always have new research and experimentation,” writes Matthijs Wouter Knol, 47, of the Film Academy in his summary of Entscheidung. Wim Wenders war from 1996 to 2020, chairman of the 1988 founded Europäischen Filmakademie.

Palme d’Or and four Oscar nominations

Wim Wenders came to the world on August 14, 1945 as Wilhelm Ernst Wenders. When a film adaptation of the car world in the 1970s comes up with the following Neuen Deutschen Films. Spätestens with the Golden Palm in Cannes for “Paris, Texas” where Wenders is world-famous.

Wim Wenders won four times in the triumphal career for the Oscar nomination. They play on their documentation: “Buena Vista Social Club”, “Pina” and “Das Salz der Erde”. First this year the native Düsseldorfer was nominated for a fictional film Oscar for the first time. His work “Perfect Days” war in Rennen is one of the best international films – all for Japan and not for Germany.

The award for his Lebenswerk has been added by Wim Wenders to the 37th. Showing of the European film awards. It will be presented in Lucerne on December 7, 2024.

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