Wolf "Willy" Lindwer (born 18 March 1946) is a Dutch documentary film producer, director, photographer and author.

Driven by a passion for oral history and his interest in exploring human hardships, Lindwer has travelled extensively around the globe, producing highly acclaimed series of documentaries about Europe, Africa and the Far East.

Willy Lindwer also produced the highly acclaimed documentary, The Lonely Struggle: Marek Edelman, Last Hero of the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

According to the many flattering press reviews and reactions, the Dutch audience was equally impressed by his 1990 film and book Camp of Hope and Despair, Witnesses of Westerbork, 1939-1945.

Willy Lindwer's film Simon Wiesenthal: Freedom is Not a Gift from Heaven was the Dutch Nominee for the International Emmy Award for Best Documentary, 1994.