Werner Herzog
Directing
Born: Sep 05, 1942
From: Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Credits: 30 titles
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 …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orion and the Dark | Narrator (voice) | 2024 | 6.5 |
| The Arc of Oblivion | Narrator (voice) | 2023 | 2.0 |
| Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire | Self (archive footage) | 2022 | 4.8 |
| Hannelore Elsner: More Than One Life | Self (archive footage) | 2021 | — |
| The Extravagant Little Life of Jean-Claude D. Dreyfus | Self (archive footage) | 2021 | — |
| Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance | Self (archive footage) | 2014 | — |
| Strawberryfields | Turnlehrer | 2012 | — |
| Close Up | Self (archive footage) | 2012 | 9.5 |
| Jack Reacher | Zec Chelovek | 2012 | 6.659 |
| Into the Abyss | Narrator (voice) | 2011 | 6.877 |
| Cave of Forgotten Dreams | Narrator (voice) | 2010 | 7.084 |
| The Lonely | 2009 | — | |
| Plastic Bag | Plastic Bag (voice) | 2009 | 7.5 |
| Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers | Self | 2008 | 6.7 |
| Mister Lonely | Father Umbrillo | 2008 | 6.547 |
| The Grand | The German | 2007 | 5.832 |
| Making of a True Story: Rescue Dawn | Self | 2007 | 8.0 |
| All In This Tea | 2007 | 7.4 | |
| 50 Films to See Before You Die | Self | 2006 | 8.5 |
| The White Diamond | Narrator (voice) | 2004 | 6.909 |
| Incident at Loch Ness | Self | 2004 | 5.83 |
| The 100 Greatest Films | Self | 2001 | 5.5 |
| My Best Fiend | Self | 1999 | 7.334 |
| The Transformation of the World Into Music | Self | 1996 | 8.333 |
| Jag Mandir: The Eccentric Private Theatre of the Maharaja of Udaipur | Narrator (voice) | 1991 | 6.357 |
| Hard to Be a God | Mita / Richard | 1990 | 6.064 |
| Tokyo-Ga | Self | 1985 | 7.1 |
| Burden of Dreams | Self - Filmmaker | 1982 | 7.556 |
| La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe | Narrator (voice) | 1977 | 7.325 |
| Heart of Glass | Glass Transporter | 1976 | 6.527 |
| Known for | Directing |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1942 |
| From | Munich, Bavaria, Germany |