Werner Herzog is a famous German film director, producer, actor and screenwriter. He has received international acclaim and success with his films like ‘Aguirre: The Wrath of God’, ‘Fitzcarraldo and ‘Rescue Dawn’. Apart on working on film projects, he is a well-known personality in the world of documentaries and has directed several of them, including the famous, ‘Into the Abyss’. As a child, he never grew up watching any television or never even watched a film—yet, he has become one of the most prominent directors/screenwriters in the world today, with over 50 films to his credit. Apart from acting, directing and writing for the big screen, he has also authored more than a dozen books of prose and has directed just as many operas. He was a close aide and associate of the peculiar, Klaus Kinski and has been admired as the only director to have ever been able to work with Klaus. Considered one of the greatest figures of ‘New German Cinema’, he is compared to the likes of legends such as, Wilm Wenders, Margarethe von Trotta and Rainer Werner Fassbinder. His films often display heroes with awkward dreams, bizarre talents or those who are struggling with their surroundings.