The iconic director of 'Fitzcarraldo, 'Grizzly Man,' and 'Aguirre, the Wrath of God' will be honored at the 82nd Venice ...

Werner Herzog may not be a household name but he is one of the most respected and unusual filmmakers of our time. Over the last six decades the German director has made more than 70 documentaries ...

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.

Werner Herzog, the veteran German director of "Fitzcarraldo" and "Grizzly Man", will be awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime ...

Renowned German director Werner Herzog will receive the Golden Lion Lifetime Achievement Award at the Venice Film Festival.

A teenage Werner Herzog needed just one thing after he decided filmmaking was his destiny: a camera. He found one at a film school in Munich and walked off with it — something he calls "more ...