The European Film Institute has awarded German filmmaker Wim Wenders the European Lifetime Achievement Award.
Wenders has been nominated for three Academy Awards and a Grammy Award for ” road movie Trilogy (1974-1976), paris, texas (1984), and wings of desire (1987).
Matthijs Wouter Knol, CEO and President of the European Film Academy, said: “With this award we celebrate the outstanding work of Wim Wenders, who has a curious eye and an open mind. The mentality is constantly exploring and experimenting. “As one of the founding members of the European Film Academy, President from 1990 to 1995 and President until 2020, Wim Wenders has a close connection with the European Film Academy. Celebrate his outstanding contributions and say thank you.
Wenders began his career as a film critic for several German publications and later became a founding member of the film distributor Filmverlag der Autoren.
In 1975, he founded his own production company in Berlin, road movie. Wenders is often hailed as one of the most important German directors on the international stage, having accumulated numerous international awards, including the German Film Award road movie Trilogy, Golden Lion Award status quo and the Palme d’Or and BAFTA Awards Paris, Texas.
He has also produced several documentaries, including water lightning, Tokyoand City and Clothing Notebook. His most famous documentary, Buena Vista Social Club (1999), about a group of legendary Cuban musicians, won a European Film Award and was nominated for an Academy Award, as was his 3D dance documentary Pina 2011. salt of the earth About Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado.
In 2012, he and his wife Donata Wenders launched the Wim Wenders Foundation, which collects all of his creative works and makes them permanently available to the public. Wenders served as a founding member and president of the European Film Academy from 1996 to 2020. Light Award In Lyon in 2023.
In 2023, Wenders returns to Cannes with two films: 3D documentary Anselm About German painter and sculptor Anselm Kiefer and feature films perfect day The film, starring Koji Yakusho as a Tokyo toilet cleaner, won the Cannes Best Actor Award and was later nominated for an Oscar.
Wenders will attend the 37th European Film Awards in Lucerne on December 7 as an honorary guest.
