Irmin Schmidt is a legend, not only in the field of film scores. He was founding member and composer of the German electronic rock band CAN.
His compositions for directors as important as Wim Wenders, Michael Verhoeven, Roland Klick, Tom Toelle or Hans W. Geißendörfer have highly influenced the sounds of German film.

Biography Details

Wim Wenders was born in Düsseldorf, Germany in 1945. One of the most influential figures of the New German Cinema in the Seventies, his films –among them The American Friend (1978), Paris, Texas (1984), Wings of Desire (1987) or Buena Vista Social Club (1999)– have won numerous prestigious awards and international critical acclaim. A major survey of Wenders’ photography, Pictures from the Surface of the Earth, has toured museums and art institutions worldwide since 2001. Wim Wenders has also published numerous books of essays and photographs. He lives in Los Angeles and Berlin with his wife, photographer. He is President of the European Film Academy, and member of the order “Pour le Mérite”.