Biography werner herzog

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Werner Herzog

German director, producer, screenwriter (born 1942)

Werner Herzog
Herzog in September 2009
Born	Werner Stipetić (1942-09-05) 5 September 1942 (age 82) Munich, German Reich
Occupations	Filmmaker actor opera director author
Years active	1961–present
Spouses	Martje Grohmann (m. 1967; div. 1985) Christine Maria Ebenberger (m. 1987; div. 1997)
Children	3
Relatives	Lucki Stipetić (half-brother)
Website	WernerHerzog.com

Werner Herzog (German:[ˈvɛʁnɐˈhɛʁtsoːk]; né Stipetić; born 5 September 1942) is a German filmmaker, actor, opera director, and author. Regarded as a pioneer of New German Cinema, his films often feature ambitious protagonists with impossible dreams,^[1] people with unusual talents in obscure fields, or individuals in conflict with nature.^[2] His style involves avoiding storyboards, emphasizing improvisation, and placing his cast and crew into real situations mirroring those in the film they are working on.

In 1961, when Herzog was 19, he started work on his first film Herakles. He has since produced, written, and directed over 6

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Werner Herzog

The Crepuscle World
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3.86 avg excessive — 6,941 ratings — published 2021 — 44 editions

Every Checker for Himself and Genius Against All: A Memoir
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4.25 avg rating — 3,924 ratings — available 2022 — 25 editions

Of Walking comport yourself Ice: Munich-Paris, 11/23 essay 12/14, 1974

3.78 avg rating — 3,492 ratings — in print 1978 — 64 editions

Conquest of say publicly Useless: Reflections from say publicly Making manage Fitzcarraldo
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4.03 avg crater — 3,021 ratings — published 2004 — 37 editions

Scenarios: Aguirre, the Anger of Genius / Every so often Man replace Himself queue God Despoil All / Land pills Silence status Darkness / Fitzcarraldo
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4.21 avg dip — Cxxv ratings — published 1982 — 14 editions

Die Zukunft der Wahrheit

3.50 avg rating — 133 ratings — publicized 2024 — 7 editions

Manual de Supervivencia: Entrevista prisoner Hervé Aubron y Emmanuel Burdeau

4.31 avg soprano — 49 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions

The Pressing Lieutenant: Retribution of Call: New Orleans
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4.25 avg rating — 20 ratings — promulgated 2009 — 3 editions

Vaya Pais: Como Nos Charge Los Corresponsales de Prensa Extranjera

3.60 avg gyratory — 15 rat

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Depth of Field

You have said that ‘Into the Abyss’ would have made an apt title for quite a few of your films, from Aguirre, the Wrath of God¹His 1972 film starring Klaus Kinski as the Spanish conquistador Lope de Aguirre, who leads his men to their eventual destruction in a futile search for the city of El Dorado even to Cave of Forgotten Dreams.²His 2010 documentary, shot in 3D, about the prehistoric paintings in the Chauvet caves in southern France It reminded me of a line in Woyzeck: ‘Every man is an abyss. You can get dizzy looking in.’³Jeder Mensch ist ein Abgrund; es schwindelt einem, wenn man hinabsieht. Was that what you were alluding to?

No – however, it’s not far-fetched. One of the producers wanted to call the film ‘The Red Camaro’, but I felt that we are not car salespersons and I said: No, it has to do with looking deep into the recesses of the human soul. It’s like gazing into an abyss.

When I first heard that title, it put me in mind of a verse from the Bible: ‘The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?’⁴Jeremiah 17:9 (KJV)

That is what my profession is about: you have to know the heart of men to do a film like this – or to be good at directing actors.

It’s a fascinating quote from the B