Lothar Herzog was born in Freiburg (Germany), grew up in Paris (France). He studied Applied Cultural Studies in Hildesheim. He was create staging performances and video installations. Later, he studied film studies in San Francisco and directing at the German Film and Television Academy in Berlin. His short films have been shown at many international festivals, including the Cannes Film Festival and the Berlinale.

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Lothar Herzog is a German-French film director and writer who studied at the German Film and Television Academy in Berlin and is known for festival-circuit dramas and documentaries.
He is known for directing the feature drama 1986 and the documentary The Unspoken.
His debut feature film 1986 won the Hofer Gold Prize at the Hof International Film Festival, and his shorts have screened at Cannes and the Berlinale.