Werner Herzog

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

188

Gender

Male

Birthday

1942-09-05 (83 years old)

Place of Birth

Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Werner Herzog

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 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

  • The Simpsons

    The Simpsons

  • The Simpsons

    The Simpsons

  • The Simpsons

    The Simpsons

  • American Dad!

    American Dad!

  • Rick and Morty

    Rick and Morty

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • The Mandalorian

    The Mandalorian

  • Parks and Recreation

    Parks and Recreation

  • The Colbert Report

    The Colbert Report

  • Die Harald Schmidt Show

    Die Harald Schmidt Show

  • Midi Première

    Midi Première

  • Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

  • The Boondocks

    The Boondocks

  • Spécial cinéma

    Spécial cinéma

  • Grimme Award

    Grimme Award

  • Penguins of Madagascar

    Penguins of Madagascar

  • Jack Reacher

    Jack Reacher

  • Champions: A Comic Tale

    Champions: A Comic Tale

  • Dangerous Game

    Dangerous Game

  • Kulturplatz

    Kulturplatz

  • Room 666

    Room 666

  • The Unbelievers

    The Unbelievers

  • Mister Lonely

    Mister Lonely

  • The Last Documentary

    The Last Documentary

  • Bavarian Film Awards

    Bavarian Film Awards

  • The Lonely

    The Lonely

  • Signs of Life

    Signs of Life

  • German Film Award

    German Film Award

  • The Boxing Prince

    The Boxing Prince

  • Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian

    Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian

  • Metalocalypse

    Metalocalypse

  • Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer

    Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer

  • Meeting Gorbachev

    Meeting Gorbachev

  • Encounters at the End of the World

    Encounters at the End of the World

  • Location Africa

    Location Africa

  • Orion and the Dark

    Orion and the Dark

  • What Dreams May Come

    What Dreams May Come

  • Where the Green Ants Dream

    Where the Green Ants Dream

  • Man of Flowers

    Man of Flowers

  • Journey Through History

    Journey Through History

  • SnowwhiteRosered

    SnowwhiteRosered

  • Burning Heart

    Burning Heart

  • Freaks of Nature

    Freaks of Nature

  • Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe

    Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe

  • The Henry Rollins Show

    The Henry Rollins Show

  • Tales of the Dumpster Kid

    Tales of the Dumpster Kid

  • Okay

    Okay

  • Echoes from a Sombre Empire

    Echoes from a Sombre Empire

  • Grizzly Man

    Grizzly Man

  • Strawberryland

    Strawberryland

  • Plastic Bag

    Plastic Bag

  • Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen

    Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen

  • My Best Fiend

    My Best Fiend

  • Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor

    Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor

  • Heart of Glass

    Heart of Glass

  • Burden of Dreams

    Burden of Dreams

  • Dinotasia

    Dinotasia

  • Into the Abyss

    Into the Abyss

  • Tegoyo

    Tegoyo

  • The U.S. and the Holocaust

    The U.S. and the Holocaust

  • Jihad in Hollywood

    Jihad in Hollywood

  • The Killers: Unstaged

    The Killers: Unstaged

  • Bride of the Orient

    Bride of the Orient

  • Jihad in Hollywood

    Jihad in Hollywood

  • Meteor: Sohrab Shahid Saless

    Meteor: Sohrab Shahid Saless

  • Portrait: Werner Herzog

    Portrait: Werner Herzog

  • On Borrowed Time

    On Borrowed Time

  • Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around

    Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around

  • The Great Buster: A Celebration

    The Great Buster: A Celebration

  • The Grand

    The Grand

  • Tattoo Uprising

    Tattoo Uprising

  • 50 Films to See Before You Die

    50 Films to See Before You Die

  • Life Itself

    Life Itself

  • Cave of Forgotten Dreams

    Cave of Forgotten Dreams

  • Handicapped Future

    Handicapped Future

  • Julien Donkey-Boy

    Julien Donkey-Boy

  • Salt and Fire

    Salt and Fire

  • On Death Row

    On Death Row

  • Film Hour

    Film Hour

  • Atari: Game Over

    Atari: Game Over

  • 40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight

    40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight

  • Close Up

    Close Up

  • Paradox Bullets

    Paradox Bullets

  • Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds

    Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds

  • Dribble

    Dribble

  • Anyone who dares will take the cold off their horse

    Anyone who dares will take the cold off their horse

  • Little Dieter Needs to Fly

    Little Dieter Needs to Fly

  • Incident at Loch Ness

    Incident at Loch Ness

  • Home from Home – Chronicle of a Vision

    Home from Home – Chronicle of a Vision

  • Stardust Stricken: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, A Portrait

    Stardust Stricken: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, A Portrait

  • Last Exit: Space

    Last Exit: Space

  • Happy People: A Year in the Taiga

    Happy People: A Year in the Taiga

  • Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World

    Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World

  • Tokyo-Ga

    Tokyo-Ga

  • The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft

    The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft

  • Ballad of a Righteous Merchant

    Ballad of a Righteous Merchant

  • Into the Inferno

    Into the Inferno

  • Sonntagsgespräch

    Sonntagsgespräch

  • Lessons of Darkness

    Lessons of Darkness

  • The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault

    The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault

  • Hard to Be a God

    Hard to Be a God

  • I, I, I José Lewgoy

    I, I, I José Lewgoy

  • Film Lesson

    Film Lesson

  • The 100 Greatest Films

    The 100 Greatest Films

  • How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck

    How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck

  • Scénario de 'Sauve qui peut la vie'

    Scénario de 'Sauve qui peut la vie'

  • Kinski

    Kinski

  • Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema

    Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema

  • The Arc of Oblivion

    The Arc of Oblivion

  • The Valley

    The Valley

  • In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin

    In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin

  • All In This Tea

    All In This Tea

  • Wim Wenders, Desperado

    Wim Wenders, Desperado

  • Wings of Hope

    Wings of Hope

  • The Dark Glow of the Mountain

    The Dark Glow of the Mountain

  • La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe

    La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe

  • Capturing Reality

    Capturing Reality

  • The White Diamond

    The White Diamond

  • Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema

    Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema

  • Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire

    Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire

  • One Hundred Years with Juan Rulfo

    One Hundred Years with Juan Rulfo

  • Bells from the Deep

    Bells from the Deep

  • Scream of Stone

    Scream of Stone

  • Tales from the Opera

    Tales from the Opera

  • Wheel of Time

    Wheel of Time

  • BLAST!

    BLAST!

  • About a Hero

    About a Hero

  • Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

    Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

  • 90 Years of the Music Box Theatre

    90 Years of the Music Box Theatre

  • Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices

    Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices

  • Jag Mandir: The Eccentric Private Theatre of the Maharaja of Udaipur

    Jag Mandir: The Eccentric Private Theatre of the Maharaja of Udaipur

  • Munich (Filmfest) Stories - 25 years of Munich Filmfest

    Munich (Filmfest) Stories - 25 years of Munich Filmfest

  • The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner

    The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner

  • Making of a True Story: Rescue Dawn

    Making of a True Story: Rescue Dawn

  • Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin

    Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin

  • God's Angry Man

    God's Angry Man

  • The Making of 'Nosferatu'

    The Making of 'Nosferatu'

  • A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner

    A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner

  • Manaslu: Mountain of Souls

    Manaslu: Mountain of Souls

  • Ballad of the Little Soldier

    Ballad of the Little Soldier

  • I Am My Films: A Portrait of Werner Herzog

    I Am My Films: A Portrait of Werner Herzog

  • No Mr. Werner Herzog, this isn't your Cinématon

    No Mr. Werner Herzog, this isn't your Cinématon

  • An Appreciation of Les Blank by Werner Herzog

    An Appreciation of Les Blank by Werner Herzog

  • The Ball Is a Scumbag

    The Ball Is a Scumbag

  • Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood

    Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood

  • Jösta Hagelbäck & Werner Herzog

    Jösta Hagelbäck & Werner Herzog

  • Film Beyond Cinema: The Dumpster Kid Experiment and Other Utopias

    Film Beyond Cinema: The Dumpster Kid Experiment and Other Utopias

  • I am My Films, Part 2... 30 Years Later

    I am My Films, Part 2... 30 Years Later

  • Werner Herzog: On Death Row and Life as a Director

    Werner Herzog: On Death Row and Life as a Director

  • Russian Adventure. Peter Fleischmann is Filming "Hard to Be a God"

    Russian Adventure. Peter Fleischmann is Filming "Hard to Be a God"

  • Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun

    Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun

  • Ghost Elephants

    Ghost Elephants

  • To the End of the World... and Then a Little Bit Further

    To the End of the World... and Then a Little Bit Further

  • The Man Who Killed John Wayne

    The Man Who Killed John Wayne

  • Lost in the Garden of the World

    Lost in the Garden of the World

  • Q & A with Jana Sevcikova and Werner Herzog

    Q & A with Jana Sevcikova and Werner Herzog

  • Lemonade War

    Lemonade War

  • Neuer Deutscher Film Report

    Neuer Deutscher Film Report

  • The Making of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

    The Making of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

  • Bierbichler

    Bierbichler

  • AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.

    AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.

  • Back to Room 666

    Back to Room 666

  • Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance

    Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance

  • 10 Questions for Werner Herzog

    10 Questions for Werner Herzog

  • Perpetuum Mobile: Voices in the Blue Space

    Perpetuum Mobile: Voices in the Blue Space

  • Dubai Winter Diary VI: Light and Reflections

    Dubai Winter Diary VI: Light and Reflections

  • Walking to Werner

    Walking to Werner

  • I'm a Soldier

    I'm a Soldier

  • The Extravagant Little Life of Jean-Claude D. Dreyfus

    The Extravagant Little Life of Jean-Claude D. Dreyfus

  • In the Edges: The 'Grizzly Man' Session

    In the Edges: The 'Grizzly Man' Session

  • The Andinist

    The Andinist

  • Behind the Madness: The Making of My Son, My Son

    Behind the Madness: The Making of My Son, My Son

  • Werner Herzog and Errol Morris on 'The Act of Killing'

    Werner Herzog and Errol Morris on 'The Act of Killing'

  • Mistaken for Strangers

    Mistaken for Strangers

  • Dreams and Burdens

    Dreams and Burdens

  • A Brief History of Errol Morris

    A Brief History of Errol Morris

  • Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers

    Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers

  • The Transformation of the World Into Music

    The Transformation of the World Into Music

  • When Herzog Rescued Phoenix

    When Herzog Rescued Phoenix

  • The Heart and the Legs

    The Heart and the Legs

  • The Best of Tromadance Film Festival: Volume 3

    The Best of Tromadance Film Festival: Volume 3

  • Hannelore Elsner: More Than One Life

    Hannelore Elsner: More Than One Life

  • Die Erben von Papas Kino

    Die Erben von Papas Kino

  • Dear Werner (Walking on Cinema)

    Dear Werner (Walking on Cinema)

  • Werner Herzog Defends Dade

    Werner Herzog Defends Dade

  • Celebrating the Rice Media Center

    Celebrating the Rice Media Center

  • Shards of Cinema and Philosophy

    Shards of Cinema and Philosophy