Education is our outstanding asset. Our American system of education is what has made these United States the outstanding nation of the world.... Education is our surest guarantee of maintaining our present high standing and of providing for our future advancement. —William T. Patten
Werner Herzog
Filmmaker
Werner Herzog is a filmmaker of international fame. Associated early on with the New German Cinema, Herzog has gone on to make scores of feature films and documentaries, acted in a dozen films, directed more than twenty opera productions, and published numerous books, screenplays, and articles. His oeuvre includes films such as Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972), Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979), and Fitzcarraldo (1982), and documentaries such as Grizzly Man (2005), Encounters at the End of the World (2007), and Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010). The recipient of numerous awards and honors, Mr. Herzog is also the founder and Director of the Rogue Film School in Los Angeles.
A note from the Executive Director
The Patten Lecture series invites eminent writers, scholars, and artists for week-long visits to the Bloomington campus. The Patten Foundation, endowed by a gift from Indiana University alumnus, William T. Patten, has played an integral part in enriching the intellectual life on campus since 1936. Patten guests give public lectures, participate in faculty colloquia, meet with students, and, in general, share their scholarship and talent with the community during their stay. Advancing the vision of Mr. Patten to enhance public higher learning, Indiana University has been honored to welcome individuals of high distinction and world renown as part of this series, offering stimulating opportunities for intellectual exchanges and artistic expressions. I welcome you all to be a part of this excitement, and look forward to seeing you at Patten events.
—Indermohan Virk
ivirk@indiana.edu
812.855.5788
—Indermohan Virk
ivirk@indiana.edu
812.855.5788
