Werner Herzog

Werner Herzog was born Werner Stipetic on September 5, 1942 in Munich. He is a German screenwriter, film director, actor and opera director of Croat descent.

Early life

Herzog grew up in a remote village in Bavaria. At the age of thirteen his family shared an apartment with Klaus Kinski. About this, Herzog recalled, "I knew at that moment that I would be a film director and that I would direct Kinski".

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In the early sixties Herzog worked as a welder in a steel factory to help fund his first films.

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He received his post-secondary education at both the University of Munich and Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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In 1967 Herzog married Marje Grohmann. The marriage produced three children. In 1987 the couple divorced. Herzog is at present (2005) married to Lena Herzog.

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