Werner Herzog
Risk 84German filmmaker
83 years oldGerman0 picksBorn September 5, 1942
The German filmmaker who dragged a steamboat over a mountain, ate his own shoe on camera, and once got shot during an interview only to shrug it off as "not a significant bullet." Herzog has spent six decades making documentaries about obsessive dreamers in impossible situations—a subject he clearly knows intimately. At 83, he's still narrating, directing, and occasionally playing villains, proving that sheer Bavarian stubbornness may be the ultimate life-extension strategy.
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About Werner Herzog
The German filmmaker who dragged a steamboat over a mountain, ate his own shoe on camera, and once got shot during an interview only to shrug it off as "not a significant bullet." Herzog has spent six decades making documentaries about obsessive dreamers in impossible situations—a subject he clearly knows intimately. At 83, he's still narrating, directing, and occasionally playing villains, proving that sheer Bavarian stubbornness may be the ultimate life-extension strategy.
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