The opening scenes of Werner Herzog’s 1982 film “Fitzcarraldo” tells you everything you need to know about its main character and, in a way, about Herzog himself. We first meet Brian Sweeny Fitzgerald ...

ROME, April 8 (Reuters) - Werner Herzog, the veteran German director of "Fitzcarraldo" and "Grizzly Man", will be awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at this year's Venice Film Festival, ...

Werner Herzog’s 1982 film “Fitzcarraldo” is the story of a driven, arguably delusional man hacking his way through the jungle in pursuit of a quixotic aspiration: to build an opera house in the Amazon ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Werner Herzog, the revered German auteur behind “Fitzcarraldo,” “Aguirre, the Wrath of God,” “Nosferatu the Vampyre,” and “Grizzly ...

A legendary Director is recorded while filming an ambitious feature in Director Les Blank’s 1982 documentary, Burden of Dreams. Burden of Dreams follows Director Werner Herzog and his cast and crew as ...

Director Werner Herzog — the man behind the Oscar-nominated Antarctica documentary Encounters at the End of the World — has cultivated a loyal band of admirers over the span of five decades behind the ...

Globetrotting filmmaker Werner Herzog, an eclectic risk-taker whose monumental works often explore humankind's conflict with nature, was honoured with a special award on Wednesday at the Venice Film ...

Werner Herzog, the revered German auteur behind “Fitzcarraldo,” “Aguirre, the Wrath of God,” “Nosferatu the Vampyre,” and “Grizzly Man” – among dozens of other titles – gave some very practical tips ...