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Werner Herzog
Birth at
5 September 1942
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Werner Herzog, a German film director and screenwriter, was born on September 5, 1942 in Munich, but spent his childhood in the village of Zachrang in Bavaria. At the age of 12, he and his family returned to Munich, where he became interested in poetry and cinema. He has even been awarded several prizes as a hopeful poet. To make money on the first films, he had to work night shifts as a welder at a steel plant.
In 1962, in his first year at the University of Munich, Werner made his first film,
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Werner Herzog, a German film director and screenwriter, was born on September 5, 1942 in Munich, but spent his childhood in the village of Zachrang in Bavaria. At the age of 12, he and his family returned to Munich, where he became interested in poetry and cinema. He has even been awarded several prizes as a hopeful poet. To make money on the first films, he had to work night shifts as a welder at a steel plant.
In 1962, in his first year at the University of Munich, Werner made his first film, Hercules, and in 1964 he received the Carl Meyer Prize for his script, Signs of Fire.
A lot of noise made his paintings.
And dwarfs started small. and Fata Morgan. They were banned in Germany, but they made an impression in Europe.
Herzog revealed the talent of actor Klaus Kinsky to the world. In 1972, they traveled together to the Amazon jungle to film the saga of conquistador Lope de Aguirre. This film made the director one of the outstanding.
Duet Herzog-Kinsky gave the audience four more films: “Nosferatu – the ghost of the night”, “Wojcieck”, “Fitzcaraldo” and “Cobra Verde”. Tape.
Fitzcaraldo It is considered the most ambitious project of the director – it took several years of effort to achieve the desired result. The work was rewarded with the prize of the Cannes Film Festival.
Then the director shot for ten years documentaries about little-known corners of the Earth.
But in 2001, Herzog decided to work in Hollywood with famous actors. “Bad Lieutenant” with Nicholas Cage, “Saving Dawn” with Christian Bale and
"Invincible" Tim Rott. And his documentary.
Meetings at the End of the World" Nominated for an Oscar in 2007.
In 2010, Werner Herzog was invited to chair the jury of the 60th Berlin Film Festival.
The director was married three times. Actress Eva Mattes gave birth to a daughter.