The director is widely known as one of the leading figures of the New German Cinema movement.
The German author Wim Wenders will receive a lifetime achievement award at the 37th edition of the European Film Awards.
The director, widely known as one of the leading lights of the New German Cinema movement, has received awards at the Cannes, Venice and Berlin film festivals over the years, as well as a BAFTA award and three Oscar nominations.
Among his acclaimed films are the Road Movie trilogy, composed of Alice in the Cities (1974), The Wrong Move (1975) and Kings of the Road (1976); Paris, Texas (1984), which earned him a BAFTA Award for Best Director and the Palme d’Or at Cannes; Wings of Desire (1987), for which he won the Best Director Award at Cannes; and his most recent film, Perfect Dayswhich was nominated for an Oscar for best international film.
He served as President of the European Film Academy from 1996 to 2020 and received the Golden Bear for Lifetime Achievement at the Berlin Film Festival in 2015.
The message from the European Film Academy on the award to Wim Wenders
“With this award we celebrate the outstanding career of Wim Wenders“Wim Wenders continues to explore and experiment with a curious eye and an open mind,” said Matthijs Wouter Knol, Executive Director and CEO of the European Film Academy. “As one of the founding members of the European Film Academy, its President from 1990 to 1995 and President until 2020, Wim Wenders has a strong connection to the European Film Academy and we are delighted to celebrate and thank him for his extraordinary commitment.”
Wenders will be a guest of honour at the European Film Awards, which will be held on 7 December in Lucerne, Switzerland..
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