Hammett

Born in Düsseldorf, Germany, in 1945. Wenders studied at the Munich College of Film and Television. He is one of the exponents of the New German Cinema of the 1970’s. He directed the features The American Friend (1977, 3 rd Mostra), Hammett (1982, 8 th Mostra), The State of Things (1982, 8 th Mostra), winner of the Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival, Tokyo-Ga (1985, 10 th Mostra) and Paris, Texas (1984, 13 rd Mostra), Golden Palm at Cannes Film Festival. He also directed Until the End of the World (1991, 16 th Mostra), Nick’s Movie (1980, 15 th Mostra), Ode to Cologne (2000, 26 th Mostra), Land of Plenty (2004, opening film of the 28 th Mostra) and Don’t Come Knocking (2005, 29 th Mostra). In 2010, he designed the poster art for the 34 th Mostra, that screened a retrospective of his filmography, and came back to São Paulo for the opening of an exhibition of his photographs at Masp. He also directed a segment of the film Invisible World (2012, 35 th and 36 th Mostras), produced by Mostra. The Salt of the Earth (2014), co-directed by Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, Every Thing Will Be Fine (2015) and Submergence (2017) are some of his recent films.

43ª MOSTRA INTERNACIONAL DE CINEMA

43ª MOSTRA INTERNACIONAL DE CINEMA