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