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Werner Herzog

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

05/09/1942

Age

83 years old

Place of Birth

Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Werner Herzog

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 fie... Read More

Known For

The Fire Within: Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft

Orion and the Dark

The Arc of Oblivion

Werner Herzog - Radikaler Träumer

Tegoyo

Last Exit: Space

Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire

The Extravagant Little Life of Jean-Claude D. Dreyfus

Hannelore Elsner: More Than One Life

90 Years of the Music Box Theatre

Filmography

Cast

2024

The Fire Within: Requiem for Katia and M...

as Narrator (voice)

2024

Orion and the Dark

as Narrator (voice)

2023

The Arc of Oblivion

as Narrator (voice)

2022

Werner Herzog - Radikaler Träumer

as Self

2022

Tegoyo

as Self (Voice)

2022

Last Exit: Space

as Narrator (voice)

2022

Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire

as Self (archive footage)

2021

The Extravagant Little Life of Jean-Clau...

as Self (archive footage)

2021

Hannelore Elsner: More Than One Life

as Self (archive footage)

2019

90 Years of the Music Box Theatre

as Self

2014

Penguins of Madagascar

as Documentary Filmmaker (voice)

2014

Lemonade War

as Neighborhood Hero

2014

Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance

as Self (archive footage)

2014

Life Itself

as Self - Filmmaker

2013

The Unbelievers

as Self

2012

Jack Reacher

as Zec Chelovek

2012

Strawberryland

as Turnlehrer

2012

Close Up

as Self (archive footage)

2012

Dubai Winter Diary VI: Light and Reflect...

as Self

2012

Dinotasia

as Narrator (voice)

2012

No Mr. Werner Herzog, this isn't your Ci...

as Self

2011

Into the Abyss

as Narrator (voice)

2010

Werner Herzog Defends Dade

as Self

2010

Cave of Forgotten Dreams

as Narrator (voice)

2010

Anyone who dares will take the cold off ...

as Self

2010

Happy People: A Year in the Taiga

as Narrator (voice)

2010

Behind the Madness: The Making of My Son...

as Self

2009

Plastic Bag

as Plastic Bag (voice)

2009

The Lonely

2008

Bierbichler

as Self

2008

Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmaker...

as Self

2008

Mister Lonely

as Father Umbrillo

2007

Making of a True Story: Rescue Dawn

as Self

2007

Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema

as Self

2007

Munich (Filmfest) Stories - 25 years of ...

as Self

2007

The Grand

as The German

2007

All In This Tea

2006

50 Films to See Before You Die

as Self

2006

Walking to Werner

as Self (voice)

2005

Q & A with Jana Sevcikova and Werner Her...

as Self

2005

Perpetuum Mobile: Voices in the Blue Spa...

as Self

2005

Dreams and Burdens

as Self

2004

Incident at Loch Ness

as Self

2004

The White Diamond

as Narrator (voice)

2004

Dribble

as Self (voice)

2002

The Boxing Prince

as Self

2001

The 100 Greatest Films

as Self

2000

The Last Documentary

as Self

2000

Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor

as Self

1999

A Brief History of Errol Morris

as Self

1999

My Best Fiend

as Self

1999

In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin

as Self

1996

Stardust Stricken: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, A ...

as Self

1996

The Transformation of the World Into Mus...

as Self

1993

Dangerous Game

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1991

Jag Mandir: The Eccentric Private Theatr...

as Narrator (voice)

1991

SnowwhiteRosered

as Self

1991

Scream of Stone

as TV-Regisseur

1990

Hard to Be a God

as Mita / Richard

1990

Russian Adventure. Peter Fleischmann is ...

as Self

1989

Bride of the Orient

as Businger

1989

The Heart and the Legs

as Self

1989

To the End of the World... and Then a Li...

as Self

1987

Location Africa

as Self

1986

Portrait: Werner Herzog

as Self

1985

Tokyo-Ga

as Self

1985

The Dark Glow of the Mountain

as Self (voice)

1984

Ballad of the Little Soldier

as Self (voice)

1983

Man of Flowers

as The Father

1982

Burden of Dreams

as Self - Filmmaker

1982

The South Bank Show: Werner Herzog

as Self

1980

Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe

as Self

1977

La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable ...

as Narrator (voice)

1976

Heart of Glass

as Glass Transporter

1976

How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck

as Self

1974

The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner

as Self

1977

Journey Through History

as Self

2024

Celebrating the Rice Media Center

as Self (archival footage)

2021

Meteor: Sohrab Shahid Saless

as Self

2019

Jihad in Hollywood

as Self

2017

The Man Who Killed John Wayne

as Self (archive footage)

2016

Salt and Fire

as Man with One Story (uncredited)

2016

Into the Inferno

as Self

2016

Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected...

as Self

2016

Jihad in Hollywood

as Self

2015

Freaks of Nature

as Perfect Being (voice)

2014

Werner Herzog: On Death Row and Life as ...

as Self

2013

Werner Herzog and Errol Morris on 'The A...

as Self

2013

An Appreciation of Les Blank by Werner H...

as Self

2013

Home from Home – Chronicle of a Vision

as Alexander von Humboldt

2013

Mistaken for Strangers

as Self (uncredited)

2013

Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around

as Self

2011

I, I, I José Lewgoy

as Self

2011

On Borrowed Time

as Self

2011

Champions: A Comic Tale

as Self

2011

Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood

as Self

2010

The Making of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Ca...

as Himself

2008

Capturing Reality

as Self

2008

40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Director...

as Self

2008

BLAST!

as Narrator (voice)

2008

Back to Room 666

as Self (archive footage)

2005

In the Edges: The 'Grizzly Man' Session

as Self

2005

Grizzly Man

as Self / Narrator (voice)

1999

Wings of Hope

as Self

1998

What Dreams May Come

as Face

1997

Little Dieter Needs to Fly

as Narrator (voice)

1995

Burning Heart

1992

Lessons of Darkness

as Self - Narrator (voice)

1991

Film Hour

as Self

1982

Room 666

as Self

1980

Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

as Self - Film Director: Nosferatu

1979

The Making of 'Nosferatu'

as Self

1979

I Am My Films: A Portrait of Werner Herz...

as Self

1971

Tales of the Dumpster Kid

as Hurenmörder

1968

Signs of Life

as Soldier (uncredited)

1968

Die Erben von Papas Kino

2025

The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault

as Self

2024

About a Hero

2024

Kinski

as Self (Archive Footage)

2021

A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner

as Self

2020

The Andinist

as The Painter (Narrator)

2020

Dear Werner (Walking on Cinema)

as Narrator (voice)

2020

Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2020

Wim Wenders, Desperado

as Self

2020

AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.

as Self

2019

Tattoo Uprising

as Self

2019

Meeting Gorbachev

as Self

2019

Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin

as Self - Interviewer and Narrator (voice)

2018

Manaslu: Mountain of Souls

as Self

2018

Paradox Bullets

as Narrator (voice)

2018

The Great Buster: A Celebration

as Self

2018

I'm a Soldier

as Self

2018

Film Beyond Cinema: The Dumpster Kid Exp...

as Self

2017

One Hundred Years with Juan Rulfo

as Self

2017

Ballad of a Righteous Merchant

as Self

2014

Atari: Game Over

as Self (archival)

2012

10 Questions for Werner Herzog

as Self

2012

The Killers: Unstaged

as Self

2010

When Herzog Rescued Phoenix

as Narrator (voice)

2010

I am My Films, Part 2... 30 Years Later

as Self

2007

Encounters at the End of the World

as Narrator (voice)

2004

The Best of Tromadance Film Festival: Vo...

as Self (voice) ("Dribble" short)

2003

Wheel of Time

as Narrator (voice)

2000

The Ball Is a Scumbag

as Self

1999

Julien Donkey-Boy

as Father

1995

Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices

as Narrator (voice)

1993

Bells from the Deep

as Narrator (voice)

1990

Echoes from a Sombre Empire

as Self

1989

Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun

as Narrator (voice)

1984

Where the Green Ants Dream

as Lawyer (uncredited)

1981

God's Angry Man

as Narrator (voice)

1979

Scénario de 'Sauve qui peut la vie'

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1976

Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German C...

as Self

1975

Lost in the Garden of the World

as Self

1967

Neuer Deutscher Film Report

Crew

2024

The Fire Within: Requiem for Katia and M...

as Director

2024

The Fire Within: Requiem for Katia and M...

as Writer

2023

The Arc of Oblivion

as Executive Producer

2022

Notes from a Dromedary

as Creative Consultant

2022

Theater of Thought

as Director

2022

Theater of Thought

as Executive Producer

2022

Theater of Thought

as Screenplay

2022

Flores del precipicio

as Producer

2022

Last Exit: Space

as Executive Producer

2022

El Poso

as Producer

2019

Love Birds

as Consulting Producer

2019

The Last Scene

as Executive Producer

2018

The whole world is country

as Consulting Producer

2018

The Golden Gate

as Executive Producer

2017

A Gray State

as Executive Producer

2016

Into the Inferno

as Writer

2016

Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected...

as Producer

2014

Red Army

as Executive Producer

2012

The Killers: Unstaged

as Director

2011

Into the Abyss

as Producer

2011

Ode to the Dawn of Man

as Cinematography

2010

A Night Out

as Thanks

2007

Encounters at the End of the World

as Sound

2005

What Is It?

as Thanks

1988

The French as Seen by…

as Director

2025

Reeling

as Executive Producer

2024

The End

as Executive Producer

2020

Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds

as Director

2020

Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds

as Writer

2019

Family Romance, LLC

as Writer

2019

Family Romance, LLC

as Director

2019

Family Romance, LLC

as Director of Photography

2019

Family Romance, LLC

as Camera Operator

2019

Meeting Gorbachev

as Director

2019

Meeting Gorbachev

as Writer

2019

Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin

as Director

2019

Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin

as Writer

2018

The Empty Goal

as Thanks

2016

Salt and Fire

as Writer

2016

Salt and Fire

as Producer

2016

Salt and Fire

as Director

2016

Into the Inferno

as Director

2016

Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected...

as Director

2016

Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected...

as Writer

2016

The Blimp-Maker

as Thanks

2015

Queen of the Desert

as Director

2015

Queen of the Desert

as Writer

2014

The Look of Silence

as Executive Producer

2013

From One Second to the Next

as Director

2013

The Last Shepherd

as Thanks

2012

The Act of Killing

as Executive Producer

2011

Into the Abyss

as Writer

2011

Into the Abyss

as Director

2011

Ode to the Dawn of Man

as Director

2011

Ode to the Dawn of Man

as Sound

2010

Cave of Forgotten Dreams

as Screenplay

2010

Cave of Forgotten Dreams

as Director

2010

Happy People: A Year in the Taiga

as Executive Producer

2010

Happy People: A Year in the Taiga

as Writer

2010

Happy People: A Year in the Taiga

as Director

2010

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

as Screenplay

2010

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

as Director

2010

A Night Out

as Technical Advisor

2009

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orlea...

as Director

2009

La Bohème

as Director

2008

Lohengrin: Bayreuth Festival Opera

as Stage Director

2007

Encounters at the End of the World

as Director

2007

Encounters at the End of the World

as Writer

2007

Rescue Dawn

as Director

2007

Rescue Dawn

as Author

2007

The Devil's Muse

as Creative Consultant

2005

The Wild Blue Yonder

as Screenplay

2005

The Wild Blue Yonder

as Director

2005

Grizzly Man

as Director

2004

Incident at Loch Ness

as Producer

2004

The White Diamond

as Director

2004

The White Diamond

as Screenplay

2003

Wheel of Time

as Producer

2003

Wheel of Time

as Director

2003

Wheel of Time

as Writer

2003

Wheel of Time

as Editor

2002

Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet

as Writer

2002

Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet

as Director

2001

Invincible

as Writer

2001

Invincible

as Director

2001

Invincible

as Producer

2001

Pilgrimage

as Director

2000

Tannhäuser

as Stage Director

1999

Wings of Hope

as Director

1999

Wings of Hope

as Writer

1999

My Best Fiend

as Writer

1999

My Best Fiend

as Director

1997

Little Dieter Needs to Fly

as Director

1997

Little Dieter Needs to Fly

as Writer

1996

The Transformation of the World Into Mus...

as Director

1996

The Transformation of the World Into Mus...

as Writer

1996

The Transformation of the World Into Mus...

as Executive Producer

1995

Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices

as Director

1995

Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices

as Writer

1995

Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices

as Producer

1993

Bells from the Deep

as Director

1993

Bells from the Deep

as Writer

1992

La Donna del Lago

as Director

1992

Lessons of Darkness

as Director

1992

Lessons of Darkness

as Writer

1992

Lessons of Darkness

as Executive Producer

1991

Film Hour

as Director

1991

Jag Mandir: The Eccentric Private Theatr...

as Screenplay

1991

Jag Mandir: The Eccentric Private Theatr...

as Director

1991

Jag Mandir: The Eccentric Private Theatr...

as Producer

1991

Scream of Stone

as Director

1990

Echoes from a Sombre Empire

as Director

1990

Echoes from a Sombre Empire

as Writer

1990

Echoes from a Sombre Empire

as Producer

1989

Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun

as Director

1989

Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun

as Writer

1989

Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun

as Co-Producer

1989

Giovanna d'Arco

as Director

1988

The Gauls

as Director

1987

Cobra Verde

as Director

1987

Cobra Verde

as Screenplay

1987

Location Africa

as Producer

1986

Portrait: Werner Herzog

as Director

1986

Portrait: Werner Herzog

as Writer

1985

The Dark Glow of the Mountain

as Director

1985

The Dark Glow of the Mountain

as Producer

1985

The Dark Glow of the Mountain

as Writer

1984

Ballad of the Little Soldier

as Writer

1984

Ballad of the Little Soldier

as Director

1984

Ballad of the Little Soldier

as Producer

1984

Where the Green Ants Dream

as Director

1984

Where the Green Ants Dream

as Producer

1984

Where the Green Ants Dream

as Writer

1983

Huie's Sermon

as Director

1982

Fitzcarraldo

as Director

1982

Fitzcarraldo

as Producer

1982

Fitzcarraldo

as Screenplay

1981

God's Angry Man

as Director

1981

God's Angry Man

as Writer

1980

Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe

as Writer

1979

Woyzeck

as Screenplay

1979

Woyzeck

as Director

1979

Nosferatu the Vampyre

as Director

1979

Nosferatu the Vampyre

as Producer

1979

Nosferatu the Vampyre

as Writer

1977

La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable ...

as Director

1977

La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable ...

as Sound Engineer

1977

La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable ...

as Producer

1977

Stroszek

as Director

1977

Stroszek

as Screenplay

1977

Stroszek

as Producer

1976

Heart of Glass

as Writer

1976

Heart of Glass

as Director

1976

Heart of Glass

as Producer

1976

How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck

as Director

1976

How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck

as Producer

1976

How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck

as Sound

1976

No One Will Play with Me

as Director

1976

No One Will Play with Me

as Writer

1974

The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

as Producer

1974

The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

as Director

1974

The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

as Screenplay

1974

The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner

as Director

1974

The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner

as Screenplay

1974

The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner

as Producer

1972

Aguirre, the Wrath of God

as Producer

1972

Aguirre, the Wrath of God

as Director

1972

Aguirre, the Wrath of God

as Writer

1972

Fata Morgana

as Director

1972

Fata Morgana

as Screenplay

1972

Fata Morgana

as Sound

1972

Fata Morgana

as Producer

1971

Land of Silence and Darkness

as Screenplay

1971

Land of Silence and Darkness

as Director

1971

Land of Silence and Darkness

as Producer

1971

Land of Silence and Darkness

as Sound Recordist

1971

Handicapped Future

as Director

1971

Handicapped Future

as Sound Recordist

1971

Handicapped Future

as Producer

1971

Handicapped Future

as Writer

1971

Handicapped Future

as Sound

1970

Even Dwarfs Started Small

as Producer

1970

Even Dwarfs Started Small

as Screenplay

1970

Even Dwarfs Started Small

as Director

1970

The Flying Doctors of East Africa

as Director

1970

The Flying Doctors of East Africa

as Writer

1970

The Flying Doctors of East Africa

as Sound Recordist

1969

Precautions Against Fanatics

as Director

1969

Precautions Against Fanatics

as Producer

1969

Precautions Against Fanatics

as Writer

1969

Precautions Against Fanatics

as Sound

1968

Signs of Life

as Writer

1968

Signs of Life

as Director

1968

Signs of Life

as Producer

1968

Last Words

as Director

1968

Last Words

as Screenplay

1968

Last Words

as Producer

1967

The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortres...

as Director

1967

The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortres...

as Editor

1967

The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortres...

as Screenplay

1962

Herakles

as Director

1962

Herakles

as Editor

1962

Herakles

as Sound

1962

Herakles

as Screenplay

1962

Herakles

as Producer