He then studied medicine at the University of Freiburg (1963–64) and philosophy at the University of Dusseldorf (1964–65), but dropped out and moved to Paris in October 1966 in order to become a painter. He graduated from high school in Oberhausen in the Ruhr area. As a boy, Wenders took unaccompanied trips to Amsterdam to visit the Rijksmuseum. The Dutch name "Wim" is a shortened version of the baptismal name "Wilhelm". His father, Heinrich Wenders, was a surgeon. Wenders was born in Düsseldorf into a traditionally Catholic family. Alongside filmmaking, he is an active photographer, emphasizing images of desolate landscapes.
Wenders has been the president of the European Film Academy in Berlin since 1996. Many of his subsequent films have also been recognized at Cannes, including Wings of Desire (1987), for which he won the Best Director Award at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival. One of Wenders's earliest honors was a win for the BAFTA Award for Best Direction for his narrative drama Paris, Texas (1984), which also won the Palme d'Or at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival. Among many honors, he has received three nominations for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature: for Buena Vista Social Club (1999), about Cuban music culture Pina (2011), about the contemporary dance choreographer Pina Bausch and The Salt of the Earth (2014), about Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado.
He is a major figure in New German Cinema. Ernst Wilhelm " Wim" Wenders ( German: born 14 August 1945) is a German filmmaker, playwright, author, and photographer.
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