Editing Werner Herzog (section)

=== Later directorial career: 2006 onwards ===

Herzog was honored at the 49th [[San Francisco International Film Festival]], receiving the 2006 Film Society Directing Award.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fest06.sffs.org/awards/werner_herzog.php |title=Film Society Directing Award |access-date=8 April 2009 |work=sffs.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080527080736/http://fest06.sffs.org/awards/werner_herzog.php |archive-date = 27 May 2008}}</ref> Four of his films have been shown at the San Francisco International Film Festival: ''[[Herdsmen of the Sun|Wodaabe – Herdsmen of the Sun]]'' in 1990, ''[[Bells from the Deep]]'' in 1993, ''[[Lessons of Darkness]]'' in 1993, and ''[[The Wild Blue Yonder (2005 film)|The Wild Blue Yonder]]'' in 2006.

''[[Grizzly Man]]'', a documentary directed by Herzog, was awarded the [[Alfred P. Sloan Prize]] at the 2005 [[Sundance Film Festival]]. He seemed to attract danger even in more suburban settings. In 2006, Herzog was shot in the abdomen while on Skyline Drive in Los Angeles. He had been giving an interview on ''Grizzly Man'' to [[Mark Kermode]] of the [[BBC]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p031lbrw|title=BBC Arts – BBC Arts, Werner Herzog is shot by an air rifle in 2006|website=BBC|date=4 September 2015|access-date=6 November 2019|archive-date=6 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106034016/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p031lbrw|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/how-werner-herzog-survived-being-28280 |title=How Werner Herzog survived being shot |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=23 September 2010 |language=en |access-date=22 November 2019 |archive-date=6 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106034017/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/how-werner-herzog-survived-being-28280 |url-status=live }}</ref> Herzog continued the interview without seeking medical treatment, stating "it's not significant". The shooter later turned out to be a crazed fan with an [[air rifle]]. Regarding the incident, Herzog later said, "I seem to attract the clinically insane." In a 2021 episode of ''Diminishing Returns'' podcast covering Herzog's film ''[[Stroszek]]'', presenter [[Dallas Campbell]] called this incident a hoax, claiming to be friends with the director of the piece and that the incident was "set up".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dimreturns.com/episodes/2021/1/18/242-stroszek|title=242 – Stroszek (with Dallas Campbell)|website=Diminishing Returns|date=18 January 2021|access-date=18 March 2021|archive-date=18 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118142154/https://www.dimreturns.com/episodes/2021/1/18/242-stroszek|url-status=live}}</ref> <!--Delete incident with Phoenix; trivial part of the New Yorker article and the source did not say what the content here did.  -->

[[File:Werner Herzog Bruxelles 02 cropped.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Herzog at a press conference in Brussels, 2007]]
Herzog's April 2007 appearance at the [[Ebertfest]] in Champaign, Illinois, earned him the Golden Thumb Award, and an engraved [[glockenspiel]] given by a young film maker inspired by his films.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} ''[[Encounters at the End of the World]]'', set in Antarctica, won the award for Best Documentary at the 2008 [[Edinburgh International Film Festival]] and was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature]], Herzog's first Oscar nomination.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/jun/30/edinburghfilmfestival.news | work=[[The Guardian]] | title=Shane Meadows' Somers Town takes top Edinburgh award | first=Ben | last=Child | date=30 June 2008 | access-date=24 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2009|title=The 81st Academy Awards {{!}} 2009|website=www.oscars.org|date=7 October 2014 |language=en|access-date=2024-01-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/jan/26/werner-herzog-interview | work=[[The Guardian]] | title=Werner Herzog: Onstage at BFI Southbank, the iconoclastic director shares his feelings on being nominated for an Oscar for his new documentary Encounters at the End of the World, why he loves living in Los Angeles and why being in Antarctica was a profoundly odd experience | date=26 January 2009 | access-date=24 January 2024}}</ref> In 2009, Herzog became the only filmmaker in recent history to enter two films in competition in the same year at the [[Venice Film Festival]]. Herzog's ''[[Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans]]'' was entered into the festival's official competition schedule, and his ''[[My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?]]'' entered the competition as a "surprise film".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/filmNews/idUSTRE5841N320090905 |title=Filmmaker Herzog is up against himself in Venice &#124; Film |work=Reuters |date=5 September 2009 |access-date=25 October 2009 |archive-date=8 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090908182132/http://www.reuters.com/article/filmNews/idUSTRE5841N320090905? |url-status=live }}</ref> Herzog also provided the narration for the short film [[Plastic Bag (film)|''Plastic Bag'']], directed by [[Ramin Bahrani]], which was the opening night film in the Corto Cortissimo section of the festival.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/festival/lineup/official_selection/corto_cortissimo/bag.html |title=66th Venice Film Festival Corto Cortissimo |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006065315/http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/festival/lineup/official_selection/corto_cortissimo/bag.html |archive-date=6 October 2014}}</ref>

Herzog completed a documentary called ''[[Cave of Forgotten Dreams]]'' in 2010, which shows his journey into the [[Chauvet Cave]] in France. Although generally skeptical of [[3D film]] as a format,<ref>{{cite web|url-status=dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141018140557/http://www.planet-mag.com/2010/features/alex-shephard/werner-herzog-interview/5/|archive-date=18 October 2014|url=http://www.planet-mag.com/2010/features/alex-shephard/werner-herzog-interview/ |title=Werner Herzog Interview &#124; PLANET° |publisher=Planet-mag.com |date=7 September 2010 |access-date=15 August 2013}}</ref> Herzog premiered the film at the [[2010 Toronto International Film Festival]] in 3-D and had its European premiere at the 2011 [[Berlin International Film Festival|Berlinale]]. Also in 2010, Herzog co-directed with Dimitry Vasuykov ''[[Happy People: A Year in the Taiga]]'', which portrays the life of fur [[Siberian fur trade|trapper]]s and their families in the [[Siberia]]n part of the [[Taiga]]; it premiered at the 2010 [[Telluride Film Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Debruge|first1=Peter|date=2010-09-28|title=Happy People: A Year in the Taiga|url=https://variety.com/2010/film/reviews/happy-people-a-year-in-the-taiga-1117943738/|access-date=2020-10-20|website=Variety|language=en|archive-date=22 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022073025/https://variety.com/2010/film/reviews/happy-people-a-year-in-the-taiga-1117943738/|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:WERNER HERZOG star.jpg|thumb|''{{interlanguage link|Boulevard der Stars|de}}'' in [[Berlin]]|alt=Herzog's star on the ''{{interlanguage link|Boulevard der Stars|de}}'' in [[Berlin]]]]
Herzog has narrated many of his documentary films.

In 2011, Herzog competed with [[Ridley Scott]] to make a film based on the life of British explorer [[Gertrude Bell]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Dang|first=Simon|title=Watch Out, Ridley: Werner Herzog's Gertrude Bell Film Starring Naomi Watts Hoping To Shoot In The Fall|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/watch-out-ridley-werner-herzogs-gertrude-bell-film-starring-naomi-watt-hoping-to-shoot-in-the-fall-20120520|work=IndieWire|access-date=25 November 2012|archive-date=17 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017170246/http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/watch-out-ridley-werner-herzogs-gertrude-bell-film-starring-naomi-watt-hoping-to-shoot-in-the-fall-20120520|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2012, it was confirmed that Herzog would start production on his long-in-development project in March 2013 in Morocco with [[Naomi Watts]] to play Gertrude Bell along with [[Robert Pattinson]] to play [[T. E. Lawrence]] and [[Jude Law]] to play [[Henry Cadogan]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Chitwood|first=Adam|title=Jude Law Joins Robert Pattinson and Naomi Watts in Werner Herzog's QUEEN OF THE DESERT|url=http://collider.com/jude-law-queen-of-the-desert/208459/|website=Collider|access-date=25 November 2012|archive-date=5 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105185811/http://collider.com/jude-law-queen-of-the-desert/208459|url-status=live}}</ref> The film was completed in 2014 with a different cast: [[Nicole Kidman]] as Gertrude Bell, [[James Franco]] as Henry Cadogan, [[Damian Lewis]] as Charles Doughty-Wylie, and [[Robert Pattinson]] as a 22-year-old archaeologist [[T. E. Lawrence]].'' [[Queen of the Desert (film)|Queen of the Desert]]'' had its world premiere at the 2015 [[Berlin International Film Festival]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Anderson |first=Matthew |date=February 6, 2015 |title=Queen of the Desert: Berlin Film Festival review |work=[[BBC]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20150206-the-female-lawrence-of-arabia |access-date=January 30, 2023 |archive-date=30 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130230439/https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20150206-the-female-lawrence-of-arabia |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[file:Werner Herzog Berlin 2015.jpg|thumb|upright|Herzog in 2015]]

In 2015, Herzog shot a feature film, ''[[Salt and Fire]]'', in [[Bolivia]], starring [[Veronica Ferres]], [[Michael Shannon]] and [[Gael García Bernal]]. It is described as a "highly explosive drama inspired by a short story by [[Tom Bissell]]".<ref>{{cite web|last=Raup|first=Jordan|title=Gael García Bernal Join Werner Herzog's 'Salt and Fire'|url=http://thefilmstage.com/news/michael-shannon-and-gael-garcia-bernal-join-werner-herzogs-salt-and-fire/|publisher=The Film Stage|access-date=13 August 2013|archive-date=12 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150312092231/http://thefilmstage.com/news/michael-shannon-and-gael-garcia-bernal-join-werner-herzogs-salt-and-fire/|url-status=live}}</ref>