1942-09-05 ( 82 years old ) in Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Werner Herzog (German: [ˈvɛɐ̯nɐ ˈhɛɐ̯tsoːk]; born 5 September 1942) is a German film director, screenwriter, author, actor, and opera director, regarded as a pioneer of New German Cinema. His films often feature ambitious protagonists with impossible dreams, people with unique talents in obscure fields, or individuals in conflict with nature. He is known for his unique filmmaking process, such as disregarding storyboards, emphasizing improvisation, and placing the cast and crew into similar situations as characters in his films. Herzog started work on his first film Herakles in 1961, when he was nineteen. Since then he has produced, written, and directed more than sixty feature films and documentaries, such as Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972), The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974), Heart of Glass (1976), Stroszek (1977), Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979), Fitzcarraldo (1982), Cobra Verde (1987), Lessons of Darkness (1992), Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997), My Best Fiend (1999), Invincible (2000), Grizzly Man (2005), Encounters at the End of the World (2007), Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009), and Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010). He has published more than a dozen books of prose, and directed as many operas. French filmmaker François Truffaut once called Herzog "the most important film director alive." American film critic Roger Ebert said that Herzog "has never created a single film that is compromised, shameful, made for pragmatic reasons, or uninteresting. Even his failures are spectacular." He was named one of the world's 100 most influential people by Time magazine in 2009. Description above from the Wikipedia article Werner Herzog, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movies

Was Ist Kino ? 2025-03-12
About a Hero 2024-11-14
Kinski 2024-04-15
Tegoyo 2022-10-06
The Andinist 2020-11-25
I'm a Soldier 2018-08-10
Salt and Fire 2016-12-07
Lemonade War 2014-09-30
Life Itself 2014-07-04
Jack Reacher 2012-12-20
Strawberryland 2012-11-02
Close Up 2012-09-30
Dinotasia 2012-05-04
Into the Abyss 2011-11-11
Plastic Bag 2009-09-07
The Lonely 2009-04-16
BLAST! 2008-04-22
Bierbichler 2008-03-13
Mister Lonely 2008-02-02
The Grand 2007-06-07
Grizzly Man 2005-07-28
Dribble 2004-01-19
Wheel of Time 2003-10-30
Wings of Hope 1999-10-20
My Best Fiend 1999-05-17
Burning Heart 1995-01-25
Dangerous Game 1993-10-13
Film Hour 1991-12-20
Tokyo-Ga 1985-04-24
Man of Flowers 1983-09-22
Room 666 1982-06-01
Heart of Glass 1976-11-12
Signs of Life 1968-07-05