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Wilhelm Ernst ("Wim") Wenders (born August 14 , 1945 in Düsseldorf ) is a German Film Director , Photographer , Author and Producer . He received the Palme D'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1984 for his movie '' Paris, Texas '', and was awarded Honorary Doctorate s at the Sorbonne in Paris in 1989 and at the Université Catholique De Louvain , Belgium in 2005 . He was awarded the Leopard Of Honour at the Locarno International Film Festival in 2005 .

Much of the visually stunning cinematography in his movies were as a result of a highly productive collaboration with cinematographer ''.


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  • "Sex and violence was never really my cup of tea; I was always more into sax and violins."

  • "I consider Ozu my all time grand master"



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  NAME Wenders, Wim
  ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wenders, Ernst Wilhelm
  SHORT DESCRIPTION film director
  DATE OF BIRTH August 14 , 1945
  PLACE OF BIRTH Düsseldorf , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany


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