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Known for:	Grizzly Man, Aguirre: The Wrath of God, Fitzcarraldo
Birth name:	Werner Stipetic
Birthday:	5 September 1942, Munich, Germany
Height:	6' 1" (1.85 m)

AFP - Maverick German cineaste Werner Herzog said Saturday he was opening a school to teach "guerrilla filmmaking" at a variety of venues around the world.
Werner Herzog is the kind of director that Quentin Tarantino used to be. Remember the nineties, when 'Pulp Fiction' had just exploded like a hydrogen bomb in Hollywood


Director WERNER HERZOG enjoys the buzz of being shot at, after dodging bullets on two occasions.The German filmmaker was attacked by a mystery sniper in Los Angeles in 2006, while he was being interviewed on camera by a BBC movie journalist.He was hit in abdomen by a metal pellet leaving him cut and bruised, but
Directors Werner Herzog, Wim Wenders and Paul Schrader have signed on to judge a series of internet movie contests designed to take amateur filmmakers' work to the big screen.


Directors WERNER HERZOG, WIM WENDERS and PAUL SCHRADER have signed on to judge a series of internet movie contests designed to take amateur filmmakers’ work to the big screen.The idea is the brainchild of TV executive Sandy Grushow and Hollywood producer Deepak Nayar.The pair is inviting aspiring filmmakers to send three minute short films to
German director WERNER HERZOG denies he is a ‘dangerous’ moviemaker - insisting his cast always adhere to strict health and safety guidelines.The filmmaker is famed for his gritty directing style, famously forcing Christian Bale to lose weight and suffer 44 days in a Thai jungle for his role in 2007’s Rescue Dawn.However, the multi-award winning
Director WERNER HERZOG has played down his reputation for recklessly endangering actors during filming, insisting not one actor has been injured on any of his movie sets.The Rescue Dawn filmmaker is renowned for being hard on his crews - but claims his film sets are actually very safe.He says, "Contrary to the rumours that are
Filmmaker WERNER HERZOG begged the presenters of U.S. TV movie show Sunday Morning Shootout to stop making jokes - because the injury he sustained in 2006 when a sniper shot him hurts when he laughs.The 64-year-old was chatting with BBC journalist Mark Kermode in Los Angeles in February 2006 when an unknown assailant opened fire
(limited theaters Acclaimed filmmaker Werner Herzog returns to direct his first feature since 2001's Invincible with this dramatic action film inspired by his own 1997 documentary Little Dieter Needs to Fly and detailing the escape efforts of a German-American pilot who was taken as a prisoner-of-war after being shot down over Laos during the Vietnam War. When U.S. fighter pilot Dieter Dengler (Christian Bale) escaped death after being shot down... Continue Summary

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German director WERNER HERZOG was frightened actor JOAQUIN PHOENIX would blow them both up as he tried to light a cigarette following a car accident last year (06).The Walk The Line star was rescued by Herzog after he overturned his car when his brakes failed and he collided with another vehicle on a Los Angeles
Reuters - Most directors strive for control. Werner Herzog thrives on chaos.
Actor STEVE ZAHN was astounded when legendary director WERNER HERZOG wanted to know what he liked to eat before casting him in new movie RESCUE DAWN.Zahn admits his career "was in a hole" at the time, and that he was anxious to give the right answer to Herzog’s unexpected question.He says, "I remember my agent
Directors WERNER HERZOG and RICHARD LINKLATER are to be honoured at the 25th Munich Film Festival in Germany in June (07).German native Herzog will present the first-ever complete retrospective of his 52 movies, including documentaries and short films, to date.US filmmaker Linklater, whose 1990 debut Slacker premiered at the festival, will host a run-through of
Directors Werner Herzog and Richard Linklater are to be honored at the 25th Munich Film Festival in Germany in June. German native Herzog will present the first-ever complete retrospective of his 52 movies, including documentaries and short films, to date.


Moviemaker WERNER HERZOG has poured scorn on the sniper who shot at him during a TV interview last year (FEB06) - because he has been caught in a far scarier crossfire incident.A gunman opened fire on the 64-year-old German filmmaker while he was being interviewed by the BBC in Los Angeles, to promote his movie

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