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 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)
The Grand (2007)
as The German
The Unbelievers (2013)
as Self
Encounters at the End of the World (2007)
as Narrator (voice)
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer (2022)
as Self
Tegoyo (2022)
as Self (Voice)
Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010)
as Narrator (voice)
SnowwhiteRosered (1991)
as Self
Heart of Glass (1976)
as Glass Transporter
My Best Fiend (1999)
as Self
Into the Night With Harmony Korine and Gaspar Noe (2010)
as Self
Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World (2016)
as Self
Lessons of Darkness (1992)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Andinist (2020)
as The Painter (Narrator)
Where the Green Ants Dream (1984)
as Lawyer (uncredited)
Dinotasia (2012)
as Narrator (voice)
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant (2017)
as Self
Close Up (2012)
as Self (archive footage)
The Lonely (2009)
Actor
50 Films to See Before You Die (2006)
as Self
Into the Abyss (2011)
as Narrator (voice)
Mister Lonely (2008)
as Father Umbrillo
The Great Buster: A Celebration (2018)
as Self
Dangerous Game (1993)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Salt and Fire (2016)
as Man with One Story (uncredited)
Incident at Loch Ness (2004)
as Self
Sirena (2025)
Actor
Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around (2013)
as Self
Room 666 (1985)
as Self
Julien Donkey-Boy (1999)
as Father
Bride of the Orient (1989)
as Businger
The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft (2024)
as Narrator (voice)
Scream of Stone (1991)
as TV-Regisseur
Tokyo-Ga (1985)
as Self
Life Itself (2014)
as Self - Filmmaker
Burning Heart (1995)
Actor
Handicapped Future (1971)
as Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)
The Dark Glow of the Mountains (1985)
as Self (voice)
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault (2020)
as (archive footage)
Portrait: Werner Herzog (1986)
as Self
Last Exit: Space (2022)
as Narrator (voice)
Wim Wenders, Desperado (2020)
as Self
Into the Inferno (2016)
as Self
Burden of Dreams (1982)
as Self - Filmmaker
Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor (2000)
as Self
Meeting Gorbachev (2019)
as Self
Hard to Be a God (1990)
as Mita / Richard
Anyone who dares will take the cold off their horse (2010)
as Self
Signs of Life (1968)
as Soldier (uncredited)
Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin (2019)
as Self - Interviewer and Narrator (voice)
Atari: Game Over (2014)
as Self (archival)
Ally (—)
as (voice)
Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
God's Angry Man (1983)
as Narrator (voice)
Dribble (2004)
as Self (voice)
I, I, I José Lewgoy (2011)
as Self
The Making of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2010)
as Himself
About a Hero (2024)
Actor
Munich (Filmfest) Stories - 25 years of Munich Filmfest (2007)
as Self
Ballad of the Little Soldier (1984)
as Self (voice)
Tales of the Dumpster Kid (1974)
as Hurenmörder
40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight (2008)
as Self
The 100 Greatest Films (2001)
as Self
Home from Home – Chronicle of a Vision (2013)
as Alexander von Humboldt
Wheel of Time (2003)
as Narrator (voice)
Meteor: Sohrab Shahid Saless (2021)
as Self
Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (1988)
as Self
Paradox Bullets (2018)
as Narrator (voice)
Making of a True Story: Rescue Dawn (2007)
as Self
Plastic Bag (2009)
as Plastic Bag (voice)
On Borrowed Time (2011)
as Self
Man of Flowers (1983)
as The Father
Strawberryfields (2012)
as Turnlehrer
Scénario de 'Sauve qui peut la vie' (1979)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood (2011)
as Self
BLAST! (2008)
as Narrator (voice)
Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema (2007)
as Self
Jihad in Hollywood (2016)
as Self
The White Diamond (2004)
as Narrator (voice)
Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997)
as Narrator (voice)
Wings of Hope (1999)
as Self
A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner (2021)
as Self
The Making of 'Nosferatu' (1979)
as Self
Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices (1995)
as Narrator (voice)
Werner We Love You (2017)
as Self
Lemonade War (2014)
as Neighborhood Hero
Dubai Winter Diary VI: Light and Reflections (2012)
as Self
In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin (1999)
as Self
Tattoo Uprising (2019)
as Self
Jihad in Hollywood (2019)
as Self
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (2010)
as Narrator (voice)
Journey Through History (1977)
as Self
Echoes from a Sombre Empire (1990)
as Self
Capturing Reality (2008)
as Self
Jag Mandir: The Eccentric Private Theatre of the Maharaja of Udaipur (1991)
as Narrator (voice)
Bells from the Deep (1993)
as Narrator (voice)
Jösta Hagelbäck & Werner Herzog (—)
as Self
The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner (1974)
as Self
Perpetuum Mobile: Voices in the Blue Space (2005)
as Self
90 Years of the Music Box Theatre (2019)
as Self
Manaslu: Mountain of Souls (2018)
as Self
All In This Tea (2007)
Actor
The Extravagant Little Life of Jean-Claude D. Dreyfus (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
Stardust Stricken: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, A Portrait (1996)
as Self
Dear Werner (Walking on Cinema) (2020)
as Narrator (voice)
Werner Herzog and Errol Morris on 'The Act of Killing' (2013)
as Self
Champions: A Comic Tale (2011)
as Self
Lost in the Garden of the World (1975)
as Self
Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers (2008)
as Self
The Best of Tromadance Film Festival: Volume 3 (2004)
as Self (voice) ("Dribble" short)
Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers (1980)
as Self - Film Director: Nosferatu
I am My Films, Part 2... 30 Years Later (2010)
as Self
I Am My Films: A Portrait of Werner Herzog (1979)
as Self
La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe (1977)
as Narrator (voice)
The Transformation of the World Into Music (1996)
as Self
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema (1976)
as Self
Shards of Cinema and Philosophy (—)
as Self
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A. (2020)
as (archive footage)
Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance (2014)
as Self (archive footage)
The Ball Is a Scumbag (2000)
as Self
Neuer Deutscher Film Report (1967)
Actor
Location Africa (1987)
as Self
Die Erben von Papas Kino (1968)
Actor
Hannelore Elsner: More Than One Life (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
The Killers: Unstaged (2012)
as Self
Behind the Madness: The Making of My Son, My Son (2010)
as Self
One Hundred Years with Juan Rulfo (2017)
as Self
Q & A with Jana Sevcikova and Werner Herzog (2005)
as Self
Back to Room 666 (2008)
as Self (archive footage)
A Brief History of Errol Morris (1999)
as Self
How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck (1976)
as Self
Russian Adventure. Peter Fleischmann is Filming "Hard to Be a God" (1990)
as Self
When Herzog Rescued Phoenix (2010)
as Narrator (voice)
An Appreciation of Les Blank by Werner Herzog (2013)
as Self
In the Edges: The 'Grizzly Man' Session (2005)
as Self
Werner Herzog: On Death Row and Life as a Director (2014)
as Self
To the End of the World... and Then a Little Bit Further (1989)
as Self
The Boxing Prince (2002)
as Self
The Arc of Oblivion (2023)
as Narrator (voice)
The Heart and the Legs (1989)
as Self
The Man Who Killed John Wayne (2017)
as Self (archive footage)
Film Beyond Cinema: The Dumpster Kid Experiment and Other Utopias (2018)
as Self
The Last Documentary (2000)
as Self
Bierbichler (2008)
as Self
Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun (1989)
as Narrator (voice)
Walking to Werner (2006)
as Self (voice)
10 Questions for Werner Herzog (2012)
as Self
I'm a Soldier (2018)
as Self
Celebrating the Rice Media Center (2024)
as Self (archival footage)
No Mr. Werner Herzog, this isn't your Cinématon (2012)
as Self
Werner Herzog Defends Dade (2010)
as Self
Dreams and Burdens (2005)
as Self
Adequate Images (2026)
Actor
Mistaken for Strangers (2013)
as Self (uncredited)