Werner Herzog

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AKA: Werner Stipetic
Nationality: German
Birthdate: 09/05/1942
Birthplace: Sachrang, Germany

biography

A study in contradictions, Werner Herzog, more than any of his peers, has embodied German history, character and cultural richness in his work. Yet unlike his contemporaries (Fassbinder, Wenders, Schlondorff), Herzog has set no significant film in his own country in his own time. Instead, his restless nature has taken him far and wide, and his journeys to the edge have provided the impetus for filmmaking renowned for its physical demands on everyone involved. Though growing up in the shadow of remembered Nazi atrocities prompted him to probe the darker aspects of human behavior, Herzog Continued

Credits

Father Umbrillo
2008
The German
2008
Producer
2007
Director
2007
Screenplay
2007
Narrator
2005
Director
2005
Producer
2004
Director
2003
Screenplay
2003
Producer
2003
Director
2003
Himself
2003
Narrator
2003
Producer
2002
Director
2002
screenplay
2002
Director
1999
Narrator
1999
screenplay
1999
Father
1999
Producer
1995
Director
1995
Narration
1995
screenplay
1995
Director
1991
Director
1987
screenplay
1987
Director
1982
screenplay
1982
Producer
1982
Himself
1982
Director
1979
screenplay
1979
Producer
1979
Director
1977
screenplay
1977
Producer
1977
Director
1976
screenplay
1976
Producer
1976
screenplay
1972
Director
1968
screenplay
1968
Producer
1968
Himself
Director
Director
screenplay
screenplay
screenplay
Producer
Producer

milestones

Year
Milestone
1954 
After parents separation, moved to Munich with mother and two brothers
1957 
Began submitting film ideas to producers at age 14
 
Received prizes for two amateur shorts "Herakles" (1962) and "Spiel im Sand" (1964)
1966 
Established Werner Herzog Film production
1966 
Directed third short, "Die Beispiellose Verteidgung der Festung Deutschkreuz"
Continued

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