Director
Werner Herzog
161 movies as actor · 75 as director
Born Sep 5, 1942 (age 84)From Munich, AllemagneAlso known as 韋納荷索, Werner Herzog Stipetić, Вернер Херцог
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 …
Known for
Jack Reacher
2012 · Crime, Drama
Penguins of Madagascar
2014 · Family, Animation
What Dreams May Come
1998 · Drama, Fantasy
Rescue Dawn
2007 · Adventure, Drama
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
2009 · Drama, Crime
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
1972 · History, Adventure
Nosferatu the Vampyre
1979 · Drama, Horror
Grizzly Man
2005 · Documentary
Fitzcarraldo
1982 · Drama, Adventure
Orion and the Dark
2024 · Animation, Family
Freaks of Nature
2015 · Sci-Fi, Comedy
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
1974 · Drama, History
Movies directed by Werner Herzog
The Twilight World
Upcoming
Bucking Fastard
2026
Ghost Elephants
2026
Theater of Thought
2024
The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft
2024
Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds
2020
Family Romance, LLC
2019
Meeting Gorbachev
2019
Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin
2019
Salt and Fire
2016
Into the Inferno
2016
Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World
2016
Queen of the Desert
2015
From One Second to the Next
2013
The Killers: Unstaged
2012
Into the Abyss
2011
Ode to the Dawn of Man
2011
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
2010
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
2010
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
2010
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
2009
La Bohème
2009
Encounters at the End of the World
2008
Rescue Dawn
2007
The Wild Blue Yonder
2005
Grizzly Man
2005
The White Diamond
2004
Wheel of Time
2003
Ten Thousand Years Older
2002
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
2002
Invincible
2001
Pilgrimage
2001
Wings of Hope
1999
My Best Fiend
1999
Little Dieter Needs to Fly
1997
The Transformation of the World Into Music
1996
Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices
1995
Bells from the Deep
1993
La Donna del Lago
La Donna del Lago
1992
Lessons of Darkness
1992
Jag Mandir: The Eccentric Private Theatre of the Maharaja of Udaipur
1991
Scream of Stone
1991
Echoes from a Sombre Empire
1990
Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun
1989
Giovanna d'Arco
1989
The French as Seen by…
1988
The Gauls
1988
Cobra Verde
1987
Portrait: Werner Herzog
1986
The Dark Glow of the Mountains
1985
Ballad of the Little Soldier
1984
Where the Green Ants Dream
1984
God's Angry Man
1983
Huie's Sermon
1983
Fitzcarraldo
1982
Woyzeck
1979
Nosferatu the Vampyre
1979
La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe
1977
Stroszek
1977
Heart of Glass
1976
How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck
1976
No One Will Play with Me
1976
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
1974
The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner
1974
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
1972
Fata Morgana
1972
Land of Silence and Darkness
1971
Even Dwarfs Started Small
1971
Handicapped Future
1971
The Flying Doctors of East Africa
1970
Precautions Against Fanatics
1969
Signs of Life
1968
Last Words
1968
The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreuz
1967
Herakles
1962
Werner Herzog as actor
Jösta Hagelbäck & Werner Herzog
Jösta Hagelbäck & Werner Herzog
Self
Shards of Cinema and Philosophy
Shards of Cinema and Philosophy
Self
Ally
(voice)
Al borde del abismo: la aventura peruana de Werner Herzog
2026
Ghost Elephants
2026 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Sirena
2025
About a Hero
2024
The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft
2024 · Narrator (voice)
Celebrating the Rice Media Center
2024 · Self (archival footage)
Orion and the Dark
2024 · Narrator (voice)
The Arc of Oblivion
2023 · Narrator (voice)
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
2022 · Self
Tegoyo
2022 · Self (Voice)
Last Exit: Space
2022 · Narrator (voice)
Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire
2022 · Self (archive footage)
The Extravagant Little Life of Jean-Claude D. Dreyfus
2021 · Self (archive footage)
Hannelore Elsner: More Than One Life
2021 · Self (archive footage)
A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner
2021 · Self
Meteor: Sohrab Shahid Saless
2021 · Self
The Andinist
2020 · The Painter (Narrator)
Dear Werner (Walking on Cinema)
2020 · Narrator (voice)
Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds
2020 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Wim Wenders, Desperado
2020 · Self
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.
2020 · (archive footage)
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
2020 · (archive footage)
90 Years of the Music Box Theatre
2019 · Self
Tattoo Uprising
2019 · Self
Meeting Gorbachev
2019 · Self
Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin
2019 · Self - Interviewer and Narrator (voice)
Jihad in Hollywood
2019 · Self
Manaslu: Mountain of Souls
2018 · Self
Paradox Bullets
2018 · Narrator (voice)
The Great Buster: A Celebration
2018 · Self
I'm a Soldier
2018 · Self
Film Beyond Cinema: The Dumpster Kid Experiment and Other Utopias
2018 · Self
One Hundred Years with Juan Rulfo
2017 · Self
Werner We Love You
2017 · Self
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
2017 · Self
The Man Who Killed John Wayne
2017 · Self (archive footage)
Salt and Fire
2016 · Man with One Story (uncredited)
Into the Inferno
2016 · Self
Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World
2016 · Self
Jihad in Hollywood
2016 · Self
Freaks of Nature
2015 · Perfect Being (voice)
Penguins of Madagascar
2014 · Documentary Filmmaker (voice)
Atari: Game Over
2014 · Self (archival)
Lemonade War
Lemonade War
2014 · Neighborhood Hero
Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance
2014 · Self (archive footage)
Werner Herzog: On Death Row and Life as
Werner Herzog: On Death Row and Life as a Director
2014 · Self
Life Itself
2014 · Self - Filmmaker
The Unbelievers
2013 · Self
Werner Herzog and Errol Morris on 'The Act of Killing'
2013 · Self
An Appreciation of Les Blank by Werner Herzog
2013 · Self
Home from Home – Chronicle of a Vision
2013 · Alexander von Humboldt
Mistaken for Strangers
2013 · Self (uncredited)
Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around
2013 · Self
Jack Reacher
2012 · Zec Chelovek
Strawberryfields
2012 · Turnlehrer
Close Up
2012 · Self (archive footage)
10 Questions for Werner Herzog
2012 · Self
The Killers: Unstaged
2012 · Self
Dubai Winter Diary VI: Light and Reflections
2012 · Self
Dinotasia
2012 · Narrator (voice)
No Mr. Werner Herzog, this isn't your Cinématon
2012 · Self
I, I, I José Lewgoy
2011 · Self
Into the Abyss
2011 · Narrator (voice)
On Borrowed Time
2011 · Self
Champions: A Comic Tale
2011 · Self
Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood
2011 · Self
Werner Herzog Defends Dade
Werner Herzog Defends Dade
2010 · Self
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
2010 · Narrator (voice)
Anyone who dares will take the cold off their horse
2010 · Self
When Herzog Rescued Phoenix
When Herzog Rescued Phoenix
2010 · Narrator (voice)
Into the Night With Harmony Korine and G
Into the Night With Harmony Korine and Gaspar Noe
2010 · Self
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
2010 · Narrator (voice)
Behind the Madness: The Making of My Son
Behind the Madness: The Making of My Son, My Son
2010 · Self
I am My Films, Part 2... 30 Years Later
2010 · Self
The Making of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
2010 · Himself
Plastic Bag
2009 · Plastic Bag (voice)
The Lonely
The Lonely
2009
Capturing Reality
2008 · Self
Encounters at the End of the World
2008 · Narrator (voice)
40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight
2008 · Self
BLAST!
2008 · Narrator (voice)
Bierbichler
2008 · Self
Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers
2008 · Self
Mister Lonely
2008 · Father Umbrillo
Back to Room 666
Back to Room 666
2008 · Self (archive footage)
Making of a True Story: Rescue Dawn
2007 · Self
Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema
2007 · Self
Munich (Filmfest) Stories - 25 years of
Munich (Filmfest) Stories - 25 years of Munich Filmfest
2007 · Self
The Grand
2007 · The German
All In This Tea
2007
50 Films to See Before You Die
2006 · Self
Walking to Werner
Walking to Werner
2006 · Self (voice)
In the Edges: The 'Grizzly Man' Session
2005 · Self
Q & A with Jana Sevcikova and Werner Her
Q & A with Jana Sevcikova and Werner Herzog
2005 · Self
Perpetuum Mobile: Voices in the Blue Spa
Perpetuum Mobile: Voices in the Blue Space
2005 · Self
Grizzly Man
2005 · Self / Narrator (voice)
Dreams and Burdens
Dreams and Burdens
2005 · Self
Incident at Loch Ness
2004 · Self
The White Diamond
2004 · Narrator (voice)
The Best of Tromadance Film Festival: Volume 3
2004 · Self (voice) ("Dribble" short)
Dribble
Dribble
2004 · Self (voice)
Wheel of Time
2003 · Narrator (voice)
The Boxing Prince
2002 · Self
The 100 Greatest Films
2001 · Self
The Last Documentary
The Last Documentary
2000 · Self
Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor
2000 · Self
The Ball Is a Scumbag
2000 · Self
Wings of Hope
1999 · Self
Julien Donkey-Boy
1999 · Father
A Brief History of Errol Morris
A Brief History of Errol Morris
1999 · Self
My Best Fiend
1999 · Self
In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin
In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin
1999 · Self
What Dreams May Come
1998 · Face
Little Dieter Needs to Fly
1997 · Narrator (voice)
Stardust Stricken: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, A Portrait
1996 · Self
The Transformation of the World Into Music
1996 · Self
Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices
1995 · Narrator (voice)
Burning Heart
1995
Dangerous Game
1993 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bells from the Deep
1993 · Narrator (voice)
Lessons of Darkness
1992 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Jag Mandir: The Eccentric Private Theatre of the Maharaja of Udaipur
1991 · Narrator (voice)
SnowwhiteRosered
1991 · Self
Scream of Stone
1991 · TV-Regisseur
Echoes from a Sombre Empire
1990 · Self
Hard to Be a God
1990 · Mita / Richard
Russian Adventure. Peter Fleischmann is
Russian Adventure. Peter Fleischmann is Filming "Hard to Be a God"
1990 · Self
Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun
1989 · Narrator (voice)
Bride of the Orient
1989 · Businger
The Heart and the Legs
The Heart and the Legs
1989 · Self
To the End of the World... and Then a Little Bit Further
1989 · Self
Location Africa
1987 · Self
Portrait: Werner Herzog
1986 · Self
Tokyo-Ga
1985 · Self
The Dark Glow of the Mountains
1985 · Self (voice)
Room 666
1985 · Self
Ballad of the Little Soldier
1984 · Self (voice)
Where the Green Ants Dream
1984 · Lawyer (uncredited)
Man of Flowers
1983 · The Father
God's Angry Man
1983 · Narrator (voice)
Burden of Dreams
1982 · Self - Filmmaker
Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe
1980 · Self
Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers
1980 · Self - Film Director: Nosferatu
The Making of 'Nosferatu'
1979 · Self
I Am My Films: A Portrait of Werner Herzog
1979 · Self
Scénario de 'Sauve qui peut la vie'
1979 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe
1977 · Narrator (voice)
Journey Through History
1977 · Self
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
1976 · Self
Heart of Glass
1976 · Glass Transporter
How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck
1976 · Self
Lost in the Garden of the World
1975 · Self
Tales of the Dumpster Kid
1974 · Hurenmörder
The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner
1974 · Self
Handicapped Future
1971 · Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)
Signs of Life
1968 · Soldier (uncredited)
Die Erben von Papas Kino
1968
Neuer Deutscher Film Report
1967
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