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Werner Herzog
Director

Werner Herzog

5 Sep 1942Born
84Age
122Credits
Munich, AllemagneBirthplace

Biography

Werner Herzog (German: [ˈvɛɐ̯nɐ ˈhɛɐ̯tsoːk]; born 5 September 1942) is a German film director, screenwriter, author, actor, and opera director, regarded as a pioneer of New German Cinema. His films often feature ambitious protagonists with impossible dreams, people with unique talents in obscure fields, or individuals in conflict with nature. He is known for his unique filmmaking process, such as disregarding storyboards, emphasizing improvisation, and placing the cast and crew into similar situations as characters in his films.

Herzog started work on his first film Herakles in 1961, when he was nineteen.

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Since then he has produced, written, and directed more than sixty feature films and documentaries, such as Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972), The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974), Heart of Glass (1976), Stroszek (1977), Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979), Fitzcarraldo (1982), Cobra Verde (1987), Lessons of Darkness (1992), Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997), My Best Fiend (1999), Invincible (2000), Grizzly Man (2005), Encounters at the End of the World (2007), Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009), and Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010). He has published more than a dozen books of prose, and directed as many operas.

French filmmaker François Truffaut once called Herzog "the most important film director alive." American film critic Roger Ebert said that Herzog "has never created a single film that is compromised, shameful, made for pragmatic reasons, or uninteresting. Even his failures are spectacular." He was named one of the world's 100 most influential people by Time magazine in 2009.

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Known for

Filmography

The 80 most recent of 122 credits.

  1. TBAAllyFilm: (voice)
  2. TBAThe hunger in the world explained to my sonFilm: Writer
  3. TBAThe Twilight WorldFilm: Director, Novel
  4. 2026Al borde del abismo: la aventura peruana de Werner HerzogFilm
  5. 2026Bucking FastardFilm: Writer, Director
  6. 2026Ghost ElephantsFilm: Director, Writer, Screenplay
  7. 2025SirenaFilm
  8. 2024Theater of ThoughtFilm: Director, Screenplay
  9. 2024About a HeroFilm
  10. 2024The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice KrafftFilm: Narrator (voice), Director, Writer
  11. 2024Orion and the DarkFilm: Narrator (voice)
  12. 2023The Arc of OblivionFilm: Narrator (voice)
  13. 2022Last Exit: SpaceFilm: Narrator (voice)
  14. 2020The AndinistFilm: The Painter (Narrator)
  15. 2020Dear Werner (Walking on Cinema)Film: Narrator (voice)
  16. 2020Fireball: Visitors from Darker WorldsFilm: Director, Writer
  17. 2020AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.Film: (archive footage)
  18. 2020The AGFA Mystery Mixtape VaultFilm: (archive footage)
  19. 2019The MandalorianSeries: The Client (3 episodes)
  20. 2019Family Romance, LLCFilm: Director, Writer
  21. 2019Meeting GorbachevFilm: Director, Writer
  22. 2019Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce ChatwinFilm: Director, Writer
  23. 2018Paradox BulletsFilm: Narrator (voice)
  24. 2016Salt and FireFilm: Man with One Story (uncredited), Director, Writer
  25. 2016Into the InfernoFilm: Director, Writer
  26. 2016Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected WorldFilm: Director, Writer
  27. 2015Freaks of NatureFilm: Perfect Being (voice)
  28. 2015Queen of the DesertFilm: Director, Writer
  29. 2014Penguins of MadagascarFilm: Documentary Filmmaker (voice)
  30. 2014Lemonade WarFilm: Neighborhood Hero
  31. 2013Rick and MortySeries: Shrimply Pibbles (voice) (1 episode)
  32. 2013Home from Home – Chronicle of a VisionFilm: Alexander von Humboldt
  33. 2013From One Second to the NextFilm: Director
  34. 2012Jack ReacherFilm: Zec Chelovek
  35. 2012StrawberryfieldsFilm: Turnlehrer
  36. 2012The Killers: UnstagedFilm: Director
  37. 2012DinotasiaFilm: Narrator (voice)
  38. 2012On Death RowSeries: Werner Herzog, Writer, Director, Creator (8 episodes)
  39. 2011Into the AbyssFilm: Narrator (voice), Director, Writer
  40. 2011Ode to the Dawn of ManFilm: Director
  41. 2010Cave of Forgotten DreamsFilm: Narrator (voice), Director, Screenplay
  42. 2010When Herzog Rescued PhoenixFilm: Narrator (voice)
  43. 2010Happy People: A Year in the TaigaFilm: Narrator (voice), Director, Writer
  44. 2010My Son, My Son, What Have Ye DoneFilm: Director, Screenplay
  45. 2009Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New OrleansFilm: Director
  46. 2009Plastic BagFilm: Plastic Bag (voice)
  47. 2009La BohèmeFilm: Director
  48. 2009The LonelyFilm
  49. 2009Parks and RecreationSeries: Keg Jennings (1 episode)
  50. 2008Encounters at the End of the WorldFilm: Narrator (voice), Director, Writer
  51. 2008BLAST!Film: Narrator (voice)
  52. 2008Mister LonelyFilm: Father Umbrillo
  53. 2007Rescue DawnFilm: Director
  54. 2007The GrandFilm: The German
  55. 2007All In This TeaFilm
  56. 2006MetalocalypseSeries (2 episodes)
  57. 2005The Wild Blue YonderFilm: Director, Screenplay
  58. 2005Grizzly ManFilm: Director
  59. 2005American Dad!Series: Werner Herzog (voice) (1 episode)
  60. 2004The White DiamondFilm: Narrator (voice), Director, Screenplay
  61. 2003Wheel of TimeFilm: Narrator (voice), Director, Writer
  62. 2002Ten Thousand Years OlderFilm: Director, Screenplay
  63. 2002Ten Minutes Older: The TrumpetFilm: Director, Writer
  64. 2001InvincibleFilm: Director, Writer
  65. 2001PilgrimageFilm: Director
  66. 19992000 Years of ChristianitySeries: Director (1 episode)
  67. 1999Wings of HopeFilm: Director, Writer
  68. 1999Julien Donkey-BoyFilm: Father
  69. 1999My Best FiendFilm: Director, Writer
  70. 1998What Dreams May ComeFilm: Face
  71. 1997Little Dieter Needs to FlyFilm: Narrator (voice), Director, Writer
  72. 1997StoryvilleSeries (2 episodes)
  73. 1996The Transformation of the World Into MusicFilm: Director, Writer
  74. 1995Gesualdo: Death for Five VoicesFilm: Narrator (voice), Director, Writer
  75. 1995Burning HeartFilm
  76. 1993Bells from the DeepFilm: Narrator (voice), Director, Writer
  77. 1992La Donna del LagoFilm: Director
  78. 1992Lessons of DarknessFilm: Director, Writer
  79. 1991Jag Mandir: The Eccentric Private Theatre of the Maharaja of UdaipurFilm: Narrator (voice), Director, Screenplay
  80. 1991Scream of StoneFilm: TV-Regisseur, Director

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