German
filmmaker
Wim
Wenders
will
be
feted
with
an
honorary
Golden
Bear
for
lifetime
achievement
at
the
65th
Berlin
International
Film
Festival,
where
10
of
his
movies
will
also
be
shown.
"In
dedicating
the
homage
to
Wim
Wenders,
we
honour
one
of
the
most
noted
contemporary
auteurs.
His
cross-genre
and
multifaceted
work
as
a
filmmaker,
photographer
and
author
has
shaped
our
living
memory
of
cinema,
and
continues
to
inspire
other
filmmakers," variety.com
quoted
Dieter
Kosslick,
director
of
the
Berlinale,
as
saying.
Wenders,
described
by
the
festival
as
one
of
cinema's
great
innovators,
made
his
feature
debut
in
1970
with
"Summer
in
the
City".
He
has
made
around
50
films
in
his
career.
In
his
early
days
in
the
industry,
he
influenced
New
German
Cinema.
He
made
road
movies
like
"Alice
in
the
Cities"
(1973)
and
"Kings
of
the
Road"
(1976),
and
also
has
worked
in
the
US,
Europe,
Latin
America
and
Asia.
A
widely
awarded
filmmaker,
Wenders's
3D
project
"Pina"
was
also
nominated
for
an
Academy
Award.