Thompson on Hollywood: Werner Herzog to Receive Locarno Film Fest's Lifetime Achievement Award

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Werner Herzog to Receive Locarno Film Fest's Lifetime Achievement Award May 15th 2013, 15:03 German director and voiceover enthusiast Werner Herzog will receive this year's Locarno International Film Festival's Pardo d'onore, the festival announced Wednesday. Herzog, an eclectic director, writer, producer and actor, is best known for his many documentaries, including "My Best Fiend," "Grizzly Man" and "Encounters at the End of the World," which was nominated for an Oscar in 2009.  His documentary films often feature a steady stream of meditative and sometimes tangential narration recorded by the director himself. In a press release, the festival's artistic director, Carlo Chatrian, praised Herzog's versatility of genre and production value: "Over the course of his long career, Herzog has proved adept at moving between fiction and documentary, low-budget productions and films featuring major stars but without ever losing a clear sense of identity. If awards are not only recognitions but also a way of signaling the future, I think that Werner Herzog is the most appropriate... Media files: herzog-grizzly-man.jpg (image/jpeg)

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