Werner Herzog German ˈvɛɐnɐ ˈhɛɐtsoːk born 5 September 1942 is a German film director screenwriter author actor and opera director regarded as a pioneer of New German Cinema His films often feature ambitious protagonists with impossible dreams people with unique talents in obscure fields or individuals in conflict with nature He is known for his unique filmmaking process such as disregarding storyboards emphasizing improvisation and placing the cast and crew into similar situations as characters in his films Herzog started work on his first film Herakles in 1961 when he was nineteen Since then he has produced written and directed more than sixty feature films and documentaries such as Aguirre the Wrath of God 1972 The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser 1974 Heart of Glass 1976 Stroszek 1977 Nosferatu the Vampyre 1979 Fitzcarraldo 1982 Cobra Verde 1987 Lessons of Darkness 1992 Little Dieter Needs to Fly 1997 My Best Fiend 1999 Invincible 2000 Grizzly Man 2005 Encounters at the End of the World 2007 Bad Lieutenant Port of Call New Orleans 2009 and Cave of Forgotten Dreams 2010 He has published more than a dozen books of prose and directed as many operas French filmmaker François Truffaut once called Herzog the most important film director alive American film critic Roger Ebert said that Herzog has never created a single film that is compromised shameful made for pragmatic reasons or uninteresting Even his failures are spectacular He was named one of the worlds 100 most influential people by Time magazine in 2009 Description above from the Wikipedia article Werner Herzog licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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