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Werner Herzog


Born
in Munich, Germany
September 05, 1942

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Arts & Photography, Biographies & Memoirs, Literature & Fiction


Werner Herzog (born Werner Stipetić) is a German film director, screenwriter, actor, and opera director.

He is often associated with the German New Wave movement (also called New German Cinema), along with Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Margarethe von Trotta, Volker Schlöndorff, Wim Wenders and others. His films often feature heroes with impossible dreams, or people with unique talents in obscure fields.

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“What would an ocean be without a monster lurking in the dark? It would be like sleep without dreams.”
― Werner Herzog
tags: dreams, monsters, ocean, sleep
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“Academia is the death of cinema. It is the very opposite of passion. Film is not the art of scholars, but of illiterates.”
― Werner Herzog
tags: academia, film, movies, passion, scholars, scholarship
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“Do you not then hear this horrible scream all around you that people usually call silence.”
― Werner Herzog
tags: inspirational
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