FILM DIRECTOR

Werner Herzog

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Werner Herzog (German: [ˈvɛʁnɐ ˈhɛʁtsoːk]; 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, people with unusual talents in obscure fields, or individuals in conflict with nature. 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 nineteen, he started work on his first film, Herakles. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Werner Herzog is the 63rd most popular film director (down from 59th in 2019), the 456th most popular biography from Germany (down from 379th in 2019) and the 5th most popular German Film Director.

Werner Herzog is a German filmmaker who is most famous for his films and documentaries. His most famous works are Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972), Fitzcarraldo (1982), and Grizzly Man (2005).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Werner Herzog ranks 63 out of 2,041. Before him are Stephen Hillenburg, Paul Verhoeven, Jean-Jacques Annaud, Brian De Palma, Michael Haneke, and Abbas Kiarostami. After him are Éric Rohmer, Lars von Trier, Sergei Parajanov, Frank Capra, Sydney Pollack, and William Wyler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Werner Herzog ranks 40. Before him are Daniel Barenboim, Ted Kaczynski, John Wayne Gacy, José Eduardo dos Santos, Michael Haneke, and Ian McShane. After him are David Bradley, Giorgio Agamben, Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, Jacques Rogge, Martin Rees, and Michel Mayor.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Werner Herzog ranks 456 out of 7,253. Before him are Traudl Junge (1920), Theodor Schwann (1810), Peter Behrens (1868), Polykarp Kusch (1911), Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover (1845), and Maurice de Saxe (1696). After him are Fanny Mendelssohn (1805), Wolfram von Eschenbach (1170), Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi (1743), Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria (1847), Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (1750), and Maria Amalia of Saxony (1724).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Germany

Among film directors born in Germany, Werner Herzog ranks 5. Before him are Leni Riefenstahl (1902), Wim Wenders (1945), Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1945), and Michael Haneke (1942). After him are F. W. Murnau (1888), Ernst Lubitsch (1892), Wolfgang Petersen (1941), Volker Schlöndorff (1939), Max Ophüls (1902), Roland Emmerich (1955), and Margarethe von Trotta (1942).

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