Werner Herzog
male
Born on September 05, 1942 (82 years old)
From Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Known for Directing
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. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Werner Herzog, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Cast Credits
- 2024
- 2023
- 2022
- 2021
- 2019
- 2016
- 2014
Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance
as
Self (archive footage)
2014
Life Itself
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Self - Filmmaker
2014
Penguins of Madagascar
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Documentary Filmmaker (voice)
2014
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Lemonade War
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Neighborhood Hero
2014
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Werner Herzog: On Death Row and Life as a Director
as
Self
2014
Atari: Game Over
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Self (archival)
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as
Self
2014
- 2013
The Unbelievers
as
Self
2013
Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around
as
Self
2013
Mistaken for Strangers
as
Self (uncredited)
2013
An Appreciation of Les Blank by Werner Herzog
as
Self
2013
Werner Herzog and Errol Morris on 'The Act of Killing'
as
Self
2013
Home from Home – Chronicle of a Vision
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Alexander von Humboldt
2013
Rick and Morty
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Shrimply Pibbles (voice)
2013
- 2012
- 2011
- 2010
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
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Narrator (voice)
2010
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
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Narrator (voice)
2010
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Werner Herzog Defends Dade
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Self
2010
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Behind the Madness: The Making of My Son, My Son
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Self
2010
Anyone who dares will take the cold off their horse
as
Self
2010
The Making of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
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Himself
2010
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When Herzog Rescued Phoenix
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Narrator (voice)
2010
I am My Films, Part 2... 30 Years Later
as
Self
2010
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Future States
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Plastic Bag (voice)
2010
- 2009
- 2008
- 2007
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Dreams and Burdens
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Self
2005
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Perpetuum Mobile: Voices in the Blue Space
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Self
2005
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Q & A with Jana Sevcikova and Werner Herzog
as
Self
2005
In the Edges: The 'Grizzly Man' Session
as
Self
2005
Grizzly Man
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Self / Narrator (voice)
2005
The Colbert Report
2005
American Dad!
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Werner Herzog (voice)
2005
- 2004
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- 1996
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- 1991
- 1990
- 1989
To the End of the World... and Then a Little Bit Further
as
Self
1989
Bride of the Orient
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Businger
1989
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The Heart and the Legs
as
Self
1989
Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun
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Narrator (voice)
1989
The Simpsons
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Walter Hotenhoffer (voice)
1989
The Simpsons
as
Werner Herzog (voice)
1989
The Simpsons
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Dr. Lund (voice)
1989
- 1987
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- 1982
- 1980
- 1977
- 1976
- 1974
- 2020
Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds
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Self - Narrator (voice)
2020
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.
as
Self
2020
Wim Wenders, Desperado
as
Self
2020
Dear Werner (Walking on Cinema)
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Narrator (voice)
2020
The Andinist
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The Painter (Narrator)
2020
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
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Self - The Client
2020
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Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen
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Self
2020
- 2018
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- 2015
- 1998
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- 1992
- 1979
- 1968
- 2025
- 2003
- 1981
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Crew Credits
- 2024
- 2022
- 2016
The Blimp-Maker
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Thanks
2016
Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World
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Director
2016
Into the Inferno
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Director
2016
Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World
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Producer
2016
Into the Inferno
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Writer
2016
Salt and Fire
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Director
2016
Salt and Fire
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Writer
2016
Salt and Fire
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Producer
2016
Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World
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Writer
2016
- 2015
- 2013
- 2012
- 2011
- 2010
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
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Director
2010
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
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Screenplay
2010
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
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Executive Producer
2010
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
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Director
2010
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
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Writer
2010
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
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Screenplay
2010
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
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Director
2010
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A Night Out
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Thanks
2010
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A Night Out
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Technical Advisor
2010
- 2009
- 2007
- 2005
- 2004
- 2002
- 2001
- 1999
- 1997
- 1996
- 1995
- 1993
- 1992
- 1991
Jag Mandir: The Eccentric Private Theatre of the Maharaja of Udaipur
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Producer
1991
Jag Mandir: The Eccentric Private Theatre of the Maharaja of Udaipur
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Director
1991
Jag Mandir: The Eccentric Private Theatre of the Maharaja of Udaipur
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Screenplay
1991
Scream of Stone
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Director
1991
Film Hour
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Director
1991
Film Lesson
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Director
1991
- 1990
- 1989
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- 1987
- 1986
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- 1984
- 1983
- 1982
- 1981
- 1979
- 1977
- 1976
Heart of Glass
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Director
1976
Heart of Glass
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Writer
1976
How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck
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Producer
1976
How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck
as
Director
1976
No One Will Play with Me
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Director
1976
Heart of Glass
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Producer
1976
How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck
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Sound
1976
No One Will Play with Me
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Writer
1976
- 1974
- 1972
- 1971
Land of Silence and Darkness
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Director
1971
Land of Silence and Darkness
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Screenplay
1971
Handicapped Future
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Director
1971
Fata Morgana
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Director
1971
Handicapped Future
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Sound Recordist
1971
Handicapped Future
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Producer
1971
Land of Silence and Darkness
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Sound Recordist
1971
Land of Silence and Darkness
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Producer
1971
Fata Morgana
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Screenplay
1971
Handicapped Future
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Writer
1971
Fata Morgana
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Producer
1971
Fata Morgana
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Sound
1971
Handicapped Future
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Sound
1971
- 1970
- 1969
- 1968
- 1967
- 1962
- 2025
- 2023
- 2020
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Love Birds
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Consulting Producer
2019
The Last Scene
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Executive Producer
2019
Meeting Gorbachev
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Director
2019
Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin
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Writer
2019
Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin
as
Director
2019
Meeting Gorbachev
as
Writer
2019
Family Romance, LLC
as
Writer
2019
Family Romance, LLC
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Director of Photography
2019
Family Romance, LLC
as
Director
2019
Family Romance, LLC
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Camera Operator
2019
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