BAM presents Werner Herzog in conversation with Paul Holdengräber
Legendary filmmaker, screenwriter, actor, author and opera director Werner Herzog will take the stage at Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) on Thursday, Sept. 4 at 8 p.m. for a wide-ranging discussion with the New York Public Library’s director of public programs Paul Holdengräber at the Howard Gilman Opera House (30 Lafayette Ave.)
Werner Herzog was born in Munich in 1942. He grew up in a remote mountain village in Bavaria and studied History and German Literature in Munich and Pittsburgh. Herzog made his first film in 1961 at the age of 19. Since then he has produced, written and directed more than sixty feature and documentary films, such as “Aguirre, the Wrath of God” (1972), “Nosferatu” (1978), “Fitzcarraldo” (1982), “Lessons of Darkness” (1992), “Little Dieter Needs to Fly” (1997), “My Best Fiend” (1999), “Invincible (2000),” “Grizzly Man” (2005), “Encounters at the End of the World” (2007) and “Cave of Forgotten Dreams” (2011). Herzog has published more than a dozen books of prose and has directed as many operas. He lives in Munich and Los Angeles.
Paul Holdengräber, founder and director of LIVE from the New York Public Library, is a seasoned interviewer, known for encouraging his guests to step outside their areas of specialization and into wider-reaching discussions. His programs have become known worldwide for providing a forum in which audiences can engage with some of the world’s most influential public figures. Past talks at BAM include David Lynch, in a rare public appearance in April, and Werner Herzog, as part of a two-day BAMcinématek series in March 2012.