Werner Herzog

Director | Writer | Actor

Director. Writer. Producer. Actor. Poet. He studied history, literature and theatre for some time, ...

Born: September 5, 1942

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Filmography

Known For

Aguirre, the Wrath of God Director (1972)
Fitzcarraldo Director (1982)
Jack Reacher The Zec (2012)
Known For

Grizzly Man Director (2005)
Director

Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds (2020)
Family Romance, LLC (2019)
Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin (2019)
Meeting Gorbachev (2018)
Into the Inferno (2016)
Salt and Fire (2016)
Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World (2016)
Queen of the Desert (2015)
On Death Row (2012-2013)
From One Second to the Next (2013)
The Killers: Unstaged (2012)
Into the Abyss (2011)
Ode to the Dawn of Man (2011)
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (2010)
Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010)
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2009)
La Bohème (2009)
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
Encounters at the End of the World (2007)
Rescue Dawn (2006)
The Wild Blue Yonder (2005)
Grizzly Man (2005)
The White Diamond (2004)
Wheel of Time (2003)
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (2002)
Pilgrimage (2001)
Invincible (2001)
2000 Jahre Christentum (1999)
Wings of Hope (1999)
My Best Fiend (1999)
Höllenfahrten (1998)
Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997)
The Transformation of the World Into Music (1996)
Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices (1995)
Glocken aus der Tiefe - Glaube und Aberglaube in Rußland (1993)
Lektionen in Finsternis (1992)
Filmstunde (1991-1992)
Jag Mandir (1991)
Scream of Stone (1991)
Echoes From a Somber Empire (1990)
Joan of Arc (1989)
Herdsmen of the Sun (1989)
The French as Seen by... (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)
Fitzcarraldo (1982)
Huie's Sermon (1981)
God's Angry Man (1981)
Woyzeck (1979)
Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
La Soufrière (1977)
Stroszek (1977)
No One Will Play with Me (1976)
Heart of Glass (1976)
How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck... (1976)
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)
The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner (1974)
Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
Handicapped Future (1971)
Land of Silence and Darkness (1971)
Fata Morgana (1971)
Even Dwarfs Started Small (1970)
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)
Game in the Sand (1964)
Director

Herakles (1962)
Writer

Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds (2020)
Family Romance, LLC (2019)
Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin (2019)
Meeting Gorbachev (2018)
Into the Inferno (2016)
Salt and Fire (2016)
Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World (2016)
Queen of the Desert (2015)
On Death Row (2012)
Into the Abyss (2011)
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (2010)
Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010)
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2009)
Encounters at the End of the World (2007)
Rescue Dawn (2006)
The Wild Blue Yonder (2005)
Grizzly Man (2005)
The White Diamond (2004)
Wheel of Time (2003)
El hambre en el mundo explicada a mi hijo (2002)
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (2002)
Invincible (2001)
2000 Jahre Christentum (1999)
Wings of Hope (1999)
Höllenfahrten (1998)
Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997)
The Transformation of the World Into Music (1996)
Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices (1995)
Glocken aus der Tiefe - Glaube und Aberglaube in Rußland (1993)
Lektionen in Finsternis (1992)
Jag Mandir (1991)
Echoes From a Somber Empire (1990)
Herdsmen of the Sun (1989)
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)
Fitzcarraldo (1982)
God's Angry Man (1981)
Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (1980)
Woyzeck (1979)
Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
Stroszek (1977)
Heart of Glass (1976)
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)
The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner (1974)
Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
Handicapped Future (1971)
Land of Silence and Darkness (1971)
Fata Morgana (1971)
Even Dwarfs Started Small (1970)
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)
Game in the Sand (1964)
Writer

Herakles (1962)
Producer

Love Birds (2019)
The Last Scene (2019)
The Golden Gate (2018)
A Gray State (2017)
P.O.V. (2014-2016)
Salt and Fire (2016)
Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World (2016)
The Look of Silence (2014)
Red Army (2014)
The Act of Killing (2012)
Into the Abyss (2011)
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (2010)
Incident at Loch Ness (2004)
Wheel of Time (2003)
Invincible (2001)
Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices (1995)
Lektionen in Finsternis (1992)
Echoes From a Somber Empire (1990)
Herdsmen of the Sun (1989)
Location Africa (1987)
The Dark Glow of the Mountains (1985)
Ballad of the Little Soldier (1984)
Where the Green Ants Dream (1984)
Fitzcarraldo (1982)
Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
La Soufrière (1977)
Heart of Glass (1976)
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)
Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
Handicapped Future (1971)
Land of Silence and Darkness (1971)
Even Dwarfs Started Small (1970)
Signs of Life (1968)
Last Words (1968)
Producer

Herakles (1962)
Actor

The Simpsons Walter Hottenhoffer (2011-2020)
The Mandalorian The Client (2019)
Salt and Fire Man with One Story (2016)
Freaks of Nature Perfect Being (2015)
Rick and Morty Shrimply Pibbles (2015)
Parks and Recreation Keg Jeggings (2015)
Penguins of Madagascar Documentary Filmmaker (2014)
Lemonade War Neighborhood Hero (2014)
Home from Home: Chronicle of a Vision Alexander von Humboldt (2013)
The Wind Rises Castorp (2013)
Jack Reacher The Zec (2012)
Erdbeerland Turnlehrer (2012)
Metalocalypse Ishnifus Meaddle (2012)
American Dad! Werner Herzog (2012)
The Boondocks Werner Herzog (2010)
Plastic Bag Plastic Bag (2009)
The Grand The German (2007)
Mister Lonely Father Umbrillo (2007)
Invincible Curtain Puller / Spectator (2001)
Julien Donkey-Boy Father (1999)
What Dreams May Come Face (1998)
Brennendes Herz (1996)
Scream of Stone TV-Regisseur (1991)
Es ist nicht leicht ein Gott zu sein Mita / Richard (1989)
Bride of the Orient Gemeindeschreiber Businger (1989)
Where the Green Ants Dream Lawyer (1984)
Man of Flowers Charles' Father (1983)
Nosferatu the Vampyre Hand and Feet in Box with Rats (1979)
Heart of Glass Glass Transporter (1976)
Geschichten vom Kübelkind Hurenmörder (1971)
Actor

Signs of Life Soldat (1968)
Soundtrack

Filme muito breve: Miguel Franco (1918-1988) (2019)
Additional Crew

My Chicken Carla Dreams of Flying (2018)
The Most Unknown (2018)
A Night Out (2010)
The Devil's Muse (2007)
Wheel of Time (2003)
Tannhäuser (2000)
Glocken aus der Tiefe - Glaube und Aberglaube in Rußland (1993)
La donna del lago (1992)
Lohengrin (1991)
Joan of Arc (1989)
The Dark Glow of the Mountains (1985)
Additional Crew

Ballad of the Little Soldier (1984)
Handicapped Future (1971)
Archive footage

Im Reich der Filme (2020)
Diminishing Returns (2017-2019)
Mythos Geschichte (2016)
Le Fossoyeur de Films (2016)
O Homem que Matou John Wayne (2015)
Alfonso Sansone produttore per caso (2014)
Welcome to the Basement (2012-2013)
Back to Room 666 (2008)
Archive footage

Miradas 2 (2006)
Dangerous Game (1993)
Sound Department

Ode to the Dawn of Man (2011)
Encounters at the End of the World (2007)
Handicapped Future (1971)
The Flying Doctors of East Africa (1970)
Sound Department

Precautions Against Fanatics (1969)
Herakles (1962)
Editor

The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreuz (1967)
Game in the Sand (1964)
Editor

Herakles (1962)
Camera and Electrical Department

Family Romance, LLC (2019)
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
Wheel of Time (2003)
Cinematographer

Family Romance, LLC (2019)
Ode to the Dawn of Man (2011)

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In 1961, he worked nights in a steel factory to raise money for his films. In 1966, he was employed by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

Your film is like your children. You might want a child with certain qualities, but you are never going to get the exact specification right. The film has a privilege to live its own life and develop its own character. To suppress this is dangerous....