VENICE: Globetrotting filmmaker Werner Herzog, an eclectic risk-taker whose monumental works often explore humankind’s conflict with nature, was honored with a special award on Wednesday at the Venice Film Festival. The 82-year-old arthouse giant, who helped launch New German Cinema in the 1960s, received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement ahead of the debut of his latest documentary, “Ghost Elephants,” about a lost herd in Angola, on Thursday.

Filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola is set to honor German director Werner Herzog during the opening ceremony of the 82nd annual Venice International Film Festival.

Zum Auftakt der Filmfestspiele in Venedig wurde Werner Herzog mit dem Goldenen Löwen für sein Lebenswerk ausgezeichnet. Überreicht wurde ihm die Trophäe von seinem US-Kollegen…