Director Wenders Wim: Filmography, biography and personal life

For most people, Wenders Vim is known as a director with an author's handwriting. But, in addition, he is also a successful photographer, producer and screenwriter. Great influence on the work of Wenders was provided by French and German cinematography, as well as music. The director treats her with special trepidation. The picture of Vima and the exciting, fascinating music are inseparable concepts. In an interview, he admitted that he would probably become a lawyer, if not for rock'n'roll. This article will describe a short biography of the director.

The beginning of the way

Wenders Wim was born in Germany (Dusseldorf) in 1945. After the war, the city was almost completely destroyed. The streets were empty, chimney pipes were sticking out of the ruins, but for some reason this did not frighten the boy. Wim was afraid only of trams, which continued to walk in the ruined city from nowhere to nowhere.

The boy seemed to be America's most native place. That's where he dreamed to go. For the first time, Wim visited the US as an adult and famous. The director felt himself at home.

Film career

In Munich, Wenders Wim studied at the Higher School of Film and Television. During the student life, the young man tried to shoot short films. But still his debut took place in 1970. Wim defended his diploma with the film "Summer in the City".

Successfully graduating from high school, the young man started directing closely. In 1972, Wenders took the tape "Fear of the goalkeeper in front of a penalty" according to Peter Handke's book. But the real recognition, recognition and popularity came to Wim three years after the release of the film "False Movement".

Then there was the picture "Over time", which was shot without a script. Nevertheless, at the Cannes Festival, she enjoyed some success. Then there was a show of the drama "American friend". In 1981, in a very short time, Wim shot "The State of Things". But 1983 was really fruitful. Vendres released his legendary drama ...

"The sky over Berlin"

This picture is like a philosophical lesson, but not the one on which the desks and walls seem entertaining. In it, the viewer is fully involved in the narrative of morality, as well as in thinking about the universe, fate and life.

The fantastic drama "The Sky over Berlin" opened new spaces in the cinema and became prophetic for the whole of Europe. After two years after its adaptation the Berlin Wall fell. But even now the film has not lost its relevance and is considered the standard of mastery for any artist, and also a warning to mankind on behalf of higher forces.

Wenders Wim dedicated his film to three great directors: Andrei Tarkovsky, Yasujiro Odzu and François Truffaut. In his opinion, they made a huge contribution to the study of human being through cinema.

The picture "The sky over Berlin" certainly became the standard of the genre arthouse. And here are the subsequent notable works that Wim Wenders took: "Shooting in Palermo", "Enter without a knock", "The Salt of the Earth", "The Land of Abundance", "The End of Violence", "Lisbon History", "The Sky over Berlin 2".

The hero's films of this article are almost always subject to the usual course of time. Maybe for this reason they are easy to imitate. The main characters are in an unorganized, documentary environment. Each frame contained as much space as was required for a leisurely deployment of the episode in a cafe, on the street, in the cabin of an airplane or in a train compartment.

"Everything will be fine"

In 2015, the jury of the Berlin Film Festival pretty coolly took this picture. Although before that he was awarded a prize for a retrospective. Thus the filmography of the maestro was a bit spoiled. The only advantage of the film, according to the jury, was its three-dimensional format, not characteristic for dramas.

The plot is based on the story of the writer Thomas, who was accidentally accused of the death of a child. The next 12 years the hero experienced this situation. Also shown is his relationship with the mother of the deceased child. Key roles were performed by Charlotte Ginsbourg, Rachel McAdams and James Franco.

"Pina"

On "Berlin 2015" was demonstrated a documentary film "Pina: dance of passion" in 3D. Claims to the director of no one has arisen. By the way, by the end of work on this film, Wim Wenders, whose best films are known to all fans of his work, realized the full potential of using 3D technology. You could just put the actor in front of the camera and shoot it in three-dimensional space. And a similar format will already be a kind of brain explosion for the audience. In accordance with this, the attitude towards a large plan changed, the actor in the frame completely changed.

"Miso soup"

The next notable work of the director was the thriller "Soup Miso", expected by fans. The main role was played by the incomparable Willem Defoe. The show was scheduled for October 2015. According to the script written by Ryu Murakami and Kevin Kohler, the Japanese guide absolutely casually showed all of Tokyo a serial killer.

In the same year, 2015, Wim Wenders, whose films are very popular in Europe, again began to cooperate with Peter Handke. This Austrian playwright has already helped the director to write the script "The Sky over Berlin." He also took part in the film adaptation of the play ...

Happy Aranjuez weekdays

This film is a story about the misfortune of both personal and social. European couple (woman and man) argues in the form of a dialogue-game about the nuances of love desire. At the end of the picture they come to the conclusion: harmonious relations between the persons of the opposite sex are simply impossible.

In the past, the heroine of the film chose men in whose eyes she watched the reflection of her inaccessibility. And giving herself to each of them, the girl so virulently avenged. From her experience, she concluded: "There is nothing darker than a woman's hatred of a man." And the hero of the picture summed up: "There is simply no happy love." On the main roles in this film, Wim invited Sophie Semyon and Red Kateb. The playwright himself not only controlled the filming process, but also appeared in one of the episodes.

Hobby

In addition to the movie, Wim Wenders, whose filmography is quite extensive, is fond of rock music. He has worked with artists such as Lou Reed, Nick Cave and Bono.

Also, Wim practically does not cooperate with the producers. He himself fulfills their duties. Wenders compares his own films with children. In this case, the producers act, in his opinion, in the role of a corrupted and evil governess. Naturally the director does not want to trust her children.

Personal life

Officially, Wim Wenders, whose filmography includes several masterpieces, was married three times. Here are the names of his companions: Solveig Dommartin (actress), Roni Blakely (actress and singer), Lisa Kreutzer (actress). With his last wife - Donata Schmidt Wim met on the shooting of the second part of the picture "The sky over Berlin." The girl worked as an assistant operator. In 1994, the director married for the fourth time.

Interesting Facts

• In 1996, Wim Wenders, whose films are known around the world, became president of the European Film Academy.
• The director collects comics. He had a huge collection, most of which consists of stories about Disney heroes. Wim has their complete collection for 1952.
• Wenders' main childhood books are Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer. And the first frightened him, and the second boy sympathized, seeing in him something related.
• Wim Wenders' film "The Salt of the Earth" was conceived by him 25 years ago. All this time, the director observed from the side of the photographer Salgado. Two of his works have always hung at Wim's house.