Director Werner Herzog was a German film director, author, screen writer, actor and opera director. He was regarded as the pioneer of the New German Cinema. He was well known for his distinctive filmmaking process. Werner Herzog was born in 5th September 1942 at Munich city, Germany.
Werner Herzog birth name was Werner Stipetic. His family had moved back to the Munich when he was tewlve years old. His father was abandoned the family at the early of his youth. Stipetic later adopted his father’s surname, Herzog. He thought that this surname had a more impressive sound for a filmmaker.
Individuals who possess unique talents in rare or uncommon fields, or those who are in opposition with nature, are often considered remarkable. Werner Herzog was recognized for his distinct approach to filmmaking.
Werner Herzog was 2 weeks old when his mother took him to a refugee in the remote Bavarian village of Sachrang in the Chiemgau Alps. Werner Herzog home had been destroyed during an Allied bombing raid during World War II.
After that, Werner Herzog had grown up a very poor locality. In that time, he stated that they had no toys or tools. In the same time, a sense of anarchy existed since all the children’s fathers were absent.
In his poor situation, Werner Herzog had never seen any films and was unaware of the existence of cinema. His knowledge of cinema came from a traveling projectionist who visited the one-room schoolhouse in Sachrang village, Rosenheim District, Bavaria State, Germany.
People who have unique talents in rare or unusual fields are often considered great people. Werner Herzog is recognized for his distinctive approach to filmmaking direction.
At the age of 17, Werner Herzog made his first phone call.
At the age of 18, Werner Herzog focused entirely on learning music. At that time, he experienced a dramatic phase in his life.
At the age of 19, Director Werner Herzog started his first film, “Herakles,” in the year of 1961.
In that time he willingly rejected a project. Because of that, he didn’t get any new projects. Later, for many years in that depression he stopped listening and singing. Also, he did not study any music instruments. After that, Werner Herzog had started to travel on long journeys.
Werner Herzog knew from an early age that he would become a filmmaker.
Werner Herzog learned the basics of filmmaking from a few pages in an encyclopedia. It was his starting point in his journey as a filmmaker.
In this time, Werner Herzog had stolen the 35mm camera from the Munich Film School.
When they asked why you did like this, Werner commented that borrowing Herzog’s camera was a necessity for him. At the same time he did not consider it as theft. He felt that he had a natural right to use that theft as a tool for his work.
Werner Herzog last years of high school there is no production company was willing to take on his projects.
To earn funds for his first featurettes he worked night shifts as a welder in a steel factory.
Some of the Werner Herzog movies are mentioned below.
- “Aguirre, The Wrath of God” was released in 1972.
- “The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser” was released in 1974.
- “Heart of Glass” was released in 1976.
- “Stroszek” was released in 1977.
- “Nosferatu the Vampyre” was released in 1979.
- “Fitzcarraldo” was released in 1982.
- “Cobra Verde” was released in 1987.
- “Lessons of Darkness” was released in 1992.
- The film “Little Dieter Needs to Fly” was released in 1997.
- “My Best Friend” was released in 1999.
- “Invincible” film was released in 2000.
- In the year 2005, “Grizzly Man” film was released.
- “Encounters at the End of the World” film was released in 2007.
- “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans” was released in 2009.
- “Cave of Forgotten Dreams” was released in 2010.
More than a dozen books of prose were published by Werner Herzog and he also directed many operas.
