"I was twelve years old when I made my first film, with an 8 mm camera. I stood by a window and filmed the street below, the cars and the pedestrians. My father saw me and asked:
'What are you doing with that camera?'
And I said:
'Can't you see? I'm filming the street'.
'What for?' he asked and I had no answer. Ten or Twelve years later I was making my first short film in 16mm."

(Taken from the book "The Logic of Images, Essays & Conversations" by Wim Wenders)

Wim Wenders was born on the 14th August 1945 in Dusseldorf Germany his father was a surgeon.

Music, especially rock and roll, would feature strongly in Wim Wenders youth both invoking a desire for dreams and escapism and also opening the door to his imagination.

After high school he went on to study medicine and philosophy, however he left college having aspirations to become a painter. It was to Paris, the home and creative influence of so many great artists, that he went to explore this desire.

In Paris the cinema was the one place he found that could keep him warm for a small price through the cold winter months. He would go and watch film after film taking notes, which in time he would write into reviews.

Wim Wenders realised that film could encompass all of his complex interests: architecture, imagery, art and music - so he decided to become a filmmaker.

In 1967 he entered the Graduate School of Film and Television in Munich. During this time he made many short films. His first feature film "Summer in the City", a film dedicated to the "The Kinks", told the story of a newly released prisoner who goes from one town to the next in search of his lost friends.

Later came "The Goalkeepers Fear of the Penalty Kick" written by Peter Handke. This movie was to transcend his novice status as a director.

Wenders won the Golden Lion at the Venice Festival in 1982 for "The State of Things", the first in a series of prestigious worldwide appreciation.
He then went on to direct the masterpiece "Paris Texas" starring Nastassja Kinski exploring the complexity and struggle of communication and loss of place.

Wenders' other movies include "Wings of Desire", "Faraway so Close", and "The Million Dollar Hotel".

Wenders is regarded as one of the greatest directors in cinema history; his films are daring, provocative and deeply felt.