Herzog was born in Munich, Germany, in 1942, the mid-point of World War II. His family left Munich for the Bavarian Alps when Herzog was just two weeks old, after a narrow escape from bombing.

German filmmaker Werner Herzog was announced as the recipient of the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement award at the 82nd ...

“A physical filmmaker and indefatigable hiker, Werner Herzog constantly crosses the planet Earth pursuing hitherto unseen images, testing our ability to look, challenging us to grasp what lies ...