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Werner Herzog

Directing Born Sep 5, 1942 Munich, Allemagne 350 credits
350
Total Credits
2026
51 Years Career Span
73
Vault Titles
10
Key Co-Stars

Biography

Werner Herzog is a German film director, screenwriter, author, actor, and opera director. He is 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. Herzog has produced, written, and directed more than sixty feature films since starting work on his first film Herakles in 1961. He is known for his unique filmmaking process, which includes disregarding storyboards, emphasizing improvisation, and placing the cast and crew into similar situations as characters in his films. Werner Herzog was born on September 5, 1942, in Munich, Germany.

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Career

Career overview

Werner Herzog is a German film director. He has produced, written, and directed more than sixty feature films since starting work on his first film, Herakles, in 1961. Herzog is known for his unique filmmaking process, which includes disregarding storyboards, emphasizing improvisation, and placing the cast and crew into similar situations as characters in his films.

Herzog's films often feature ambitious protagonists with impossible dreams, people with unique talents in obscure fields, or individuals in conflict with nature. He is regarded as a pioneer of New German Cinema, a movement that also includes other notable directors such as Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Wim Wenders, Volker Schlöndorff, and Margarethe von Trotta.

Herzog's contributions to the revival of German cinema in the 1960s and 1970s are significant. He has been recognized as one of the most important contemporary film directors, with a distinctive style that has made a lasting impact on the industry.

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Known for

Film

Ghost Elephants

as Narrator (voice)
Film

Ghost Elephants

2026
Film

Ghost Elephants

2026
Film

Ghost Elephants

2026
Film

Ghost Elephants

2026
Film

Orion and the Dark

as Narrator (voice)
Film

Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer

as Self

The Mandalorian

as The Client
Film

The Last Scene

2019

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as Self - Guest

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

as Self
Film

Freaks of Nature

as Perfect Being (voice)

Frequent co-stars

Huerequeque Enrique Bohórquez 2 shared titles
Thomas Mauch 2 shared titles
Tom McGrath 1 shared title
Chris Miller 1 shared title
Christopher Knights 1 shared title
Conrad Vernon 1 shared title
John Malkovich 1 shared title
Benedict Cumberbatch 1 shared title
Ken Jeong 1 shared title
Annet Mahendru 1 shared title

Career timeline

Ghost ElephantsGhost Elephants · DirectorGhost Elephants · WriterGhost Elephants · ProducerGhost Elephants · Screenplay
SirenaReeling · Executive ProducerFelicidad · ProducerMi casa amarilla · Consulting Editor
Orion and the DarkThe End · Executive ProducerAbout a HeroThe Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice KrafftThe Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft · Director
The Arc of OblivionThe Arc of Oblivion · Executive Producer
El Poso · ProducerTegoyoWerner Herzog: Radical DreamerNosferatu: A Film Like a VampireLast Exit: Space
A Life for Movies: Lotte EisnerMeteor: Sohrab Shahid SalessThe Extravagant Little Life of Jean-Claude D. DreyfusHannelore Elsner: More Than One Life
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The MandalorianFireball: Visitors from Darker WorldsFireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds · DirectorFireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds · WriterWim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen
The MandalorianThe Last Scene · Executive ProducerFamily Romance, LLC · DirectorFamily Romance, LLC · WriterFamily Romance, LLC · Director of Photography
The whole world is country · Consulting ProducerParadox BulletsThe Great Buster: A CelebrationThe Golden Gate · Executive ProducerManaslu: Mountain of Souls
Ballad of a Righteous MerchantA Gray State · Executive ProducerWerner We Love YouOne Hundred Years with Juan RulfoThe Man Who Killed John Wayne
Salt and FireSalt and Fire · DirectorSalt and Fire · WriterSalt and Fire · ProducerJihad in Hollywood
The Late Show with Stephen ColbertClose Up with The Hollywood ReporterFreaks of NatureQueen of the Desert · DirectorQueen of the Desert · Writer
Late Night with Seth MeyersPenguins of MadagascarThe Look of Silence · Executive ProducerLife ItselfAtari: Game Over
Rick and MortyThe UnbelieversThe Last Shepherd · ThanksHome from Home – Chronicle of a VisionFrom One Second to the Next · Director
Jack ReacherThe Act of Killing · Executive ProducerDinotasiaOn Death RowOn Death Row · Writer
Into the AbyssInto the Abyss · DirectorInto the Abyss · WriterInto the Abyss · ProducerI, I, I José Lewgoy
Cave of Forgotten DreamsCave of Forgotten Dreams · DirectorCave of Forgotten Dreams · ScreenplayInto the Night With Harmony Korine and Gaspar NoeAnyone who dares will take the cold off their horse
Parks and RecreationBad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans · DirectorThe LonelyLa Bohème · DirectorPlastic Bag
BLAST!Capturing RealityMister Lonely40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' FortnightBack to Room 666
Rescue Dawn · AuthorRescue Dawn · DirectorPierre Rissient: Man of CinemaEncounters at the End of the WorldEncounters at the End of the World · Director
MetalocalypseThe Henry Rollins Show50 Films to See Before You DieWalking to Werner
American Dad!The Colbert ReportThe BoondocksGrizzly ManGrizzly Man · Director
KulturplatzIncident at Loch NessIncident at Loch Ness · ProducerDribbleThe White Diamond
Wheel of TimeWheel of Time · DirectorWheel of Time · WriterWheel of Time · ProducerWheel of Time · Editor
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet · DirectorTen Minutes Older: The Trumpet · WriterThe Boxing PrinceTen Thousand Years Older · DirectorTen Thousand Years Older · Screenplay
Invincible · DirectorInvincible · WriterInvincible · ProducerPilgrimage · DirectorThe 100 Greatest Films
Tannhäuser · Stage DirectorThe Ball Is a ScumbagKlaus Kinski: I'm not an actorThe Last Documentary
My Best FiendMy Best Fiend · DirectorMy Best Fiend · WriterJulien Donkey-BoyWings of Hope
What Dreams May ComeSternstunde Philosophie
Little Dieter Needs to FlyLittle Dieter Needs to Fly · DirectorLittle Dieter Needs to Fly · Writer

Full Filmography

350 titles
  • Ghost Elephants (2026) as Narrator (voice)
  • Ghost Elephants (2026) Director
  • Ghost Elephants (2026) Writer
  • Ghost Elephants (2026) Producer
  • Ghost Elephants (2026) Screenplay
  • Hulk Hogan: Real American (2026) as Self
  • Soccer Meets America (2026) as Self
  • Sirena (2025)
  • Reeling (2025) Executive Producer
  • Felicidad (2025) Producer
  • Mi casa amarilla (2025) Consulting Editor
  • Orion and the Dark (2024) as Narrator (voice)
  • The End (2024) Executive Producer
  • About a Hero (2024)
  • The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft (2024) as Narrator (voice)
  • The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft (2024) Director
  • The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft (2024) Writer
  • Theater of Thought (2024) Director
  • Theater of Thought (2024) Executive Producer
  • Theater of Thought (2024) Screenplay
  • Celebrating the Rice Media Center (2024) as Self (archival footage)
  • The Arc of Oblivion (2023) as Narrator (voice)
  • The Arc of Oblivion (2023) Executive Producer
  • El Poso (2022) Producer
  • Tegoyo (2022) as Self (Voice)
  • Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer (2022) as Self
  • Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire (2022) as Self (archive footage)
  • Last Exit: Space (2022) as Narrator (voice)
  • Last Exit: Space (2022) Executive Producer
  • Notes from a Dromedary (2022) Creative Consultant
  • Flores del precipicio (2022) Producer
  • A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner (2021) as Self
  • Meteor: Sohrab Shahid Saless (2021) as Self
  • The Extravagant Little Life of Jean-Claude D. Dreyfus (2021) as Self (archive footage)
  • Hannelore Elsner: More Than One Life (2021) as Self (archive footage)
  • Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian (2020) as Self - The Client
  • Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds (2020) as Self - Narrator (voice)
  • Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds (2020) Director
  • Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds (2020) Writer
  • Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen (2020) as Self
  • Dear Werner (Walking on Cinema) (2020) as Narrator (voice)
  • Wim Wenders, Desperado (2020) as Self
  • AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A. (2020) as (archive footage)
  • The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault (2020) as (archive footage)
  • The Andinist (2020) as The Painter (Narrator)
  • The Mandalorian (2019) as The Client
  • The Last Scene (2019) Executive Producer
  • Family Romance, LLC (2019) Director
  • Family Romance, LLC (2019) Writer
  • Family Romance, LLC (2019) Director of Photography
  • Family Romance, LLC (2019) Camera Operator
  • Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin (2019) as Self - Interviewer and Narrator (voice)
  • Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin (2019) Director
  • Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin (2019) Writer
  • Jihad in Hollywood (2019) as Self
  • Tattoo Uprising (2019) as Self
  • Meeting Gorbachev (2019) as Self
  • Meeting Gorbachev (2019) Director
  • Meeting Gorbachev (2019) Writer
  • Love Birds (2019) Consulting Producer
  • 90 Years of the Music Box Theatre (2019) as Self
  • The whole world is country (2018) Consulting Producer
  • Paradox Bullets (2018) as Narrator (voice)
  • The Great Buster: A Celebration (2018) as Self
  • The Golden Gate (2018) Executive Producer
  • Manaslu: Mountain of Souls (2018) as Self
  • The Empty Goal (2018) Thanks
  • Film Beyond Cinema: The Dumpster Kid Experiment and Other Utopias (2018) as Self
  • I'm a Soldier (2018) as Self
  • Ballad of a Righteous Merchant (2017) as Self
  • A Gray State (2017) Executive Producer
  • Werner We Love You (2017) as Self
  • One Hundred Years with Juan Rulfo (2017) as Self
  • The Man Who Killed John Wayne (2017) as Self (archive footage)
  • Salt and Fire (2016) as Man with One Story (uncredited)
  • Salt and Fire (2016) Director
  • Salt and Fire (2016) Writer
  • Salt and Fire (2016) Producer
  • Jihad in Hollywood (2016) as Self
  • Into the Inferno (2016) as Self
  • Into the Inferno (2016) Director
  • Into the Inferno (2016) Writer
  • Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World (2016) as Self
  • Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World (2016) Director
  • Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World (2016) Producer
  • Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World (2016) Writer
  • The Blimp-Maker (2016) Thanks
  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) as Self - Guest
  • Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015) as Self
  • Freaks of Nature (2015) as Perfect Being (voice)
  • Queen of the Desert (2015) Director
  • Queen of the Desert (2015) Writer
  • Red Army (2015) Executive Producer
  • Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) as Self - Guest
  • Penguins of Madagascar (2014) as Documentary Filmmaker (voice)
  • The Look of Silence (2014) Executive Producer
  • Life Itself (2014) as Self - Filmmaker
  • Atari: Game Over (2014) as Self (archival)
  • Werner Herzog: On Death Row and Life as a Director (2014) as Self
  • Lemonade War (2014) as Neighborhood Hero
  • Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance (2014) as Self (archive footage)
  • Rick and Morty (2013) as Shrimply Pibbles (voice)
  • The Unbelievers (2013) as Self
  • The Last Shepherd (2013) Thanks
  • Home from Home – Chronicle of a Vision (2013) as Alexander von Humboldt
  • From One Second to the Next (2013) Director
  • Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around (2013) as Self
  • Werner Herzog and Errol Morris on 'The Act of Killing' (2013) as Self
  • An Appreciation of Les Blank by Werner Herzog (2013) as Self
  • Mistaken for Strangers (2013) as Self (uncredited)
  • Jack Reacher (2012) as Zec Chelovek
  • The Act of Killing (2012) Executive Producer
  • Dinotasia (2012) as Narrator (voice)
  • On Death Row (2012) as Werner Herzog
  • On Death Row (2012) Writer
  • On Death Row (2012) Director
  • On Death Row (2012) Creator
  • The Killers: Unstaged (2012) as Self
  • The Killers: Unstaged (2012) Director
  • Close Up (2012) as Self (archive footage)
  • Strawberryfields (2012) as Turnlehrer
  • 10 Questions for Werner Herzog (2012) as Self
  • No Mr. Werner Herzog, this isn't your Cinématon (2012) as Self
  • Dubai Winter Diary VI: Light and Reflections (2012) as Self
  • Into the Abyss (2011) as Narrator (voice)
  • Into the Abyss (2011) Director
  • Into the Abyss (2011) Writer
  • Into the Abyss (2011) Producer
  • I, I, I José Lewgoy (2011) as Self
  • On Borrowed Time (2011) as Self
  • Ode to the Dawn of Man (2011) Director
  • Ode to the Dawn of Man (2011) Cinematography
  • Ode to the Dawn of Man (2011) Sound
  • Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood (2011) as Self
  • Champions: A Comic Tale (2011) as Self
  • Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010) as Narrator (voice)
  • Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010) Director
  • Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010) Screenplay
  • Into the Night With Harmony Korine and Gaspar Noe (2010) as Self
  • Anyone who dares will take the cold off their horse (2010) as Self
  • Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (2010) as Narrator (voice)
  • Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (2010) Executive Producer
  • Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (2010) Director
  • Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (2010) Writer
  • My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2010) Director
  • My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2010) Screenplay
  • When Herzog Rescued Phoenix (2010) as Narrator (voice)
  • The Making of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2010) as Himself
  • I am My Films, Part 2... 30 Years Later (2010) as Self
  • A Night Out (2010) Technical Advisor
  • A Night Out (2010) Thanks
  • Werner Herzog Defends Dade (2010) as Self
  • Behind the Madness: The Making of My Son, My Son (2010) as Self
  • Parks and Recreation (2009) as Keg Jennings
  • Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009) Director
  • The Lonely (2009)
  • La Bohème (2009) Director
  • Plastic Bag (2009) as Plastic Bag (voice)
  • BLAST! (2008) as Narrator (voice)
  • Capturing Reality (2008) as Self
  • Mister Lonely (2008) as Father Umbrillo
  • 40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight (2008) as Self
  • Back to Room 666 (2008) as Self (archive footage)
  • Lohengrin: Bayreuth Festival Opera (2008) Stage Director
  • Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers (2008) as Self
  • Bierbichler (2008) as Self
  • Rescue Dawn (2007) Author
  • Rescue Dawn (2007) Director
  • Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema (2007) as Self
  • Encounters at the End of the World (2007) as Narrator (voice)
  • Encounters at the End of the World (2007) Director
  • Encounters at the End of the World (2007) Writer
  • Encounters at the End of the World (2007) Sound
  • The Grand (2007) as The German
  • All In This Tea (2007)
  • Making of a True Story: Rescue Dawn (2007) as Self
  • The Devil's Muse (2007) Creative Consultant
  • Munich (Filmfest) Stories - 25 years of Munich Filmfest (2007) as Self
  • Metalocalypse (2006)
  • The Henry Rollins Show (2006)
  • 50 Films to See Before You Die (2006) as Self
  • Walking to Werner (2006) as Self (voice)
  • American Dad! (2005) as Werner Herzog (voice)
  • The Colbert Report (2005)
  • The Boondocks (2005) as Himself (voice)
  • Grizzly Man (2005) as Self / Narrator (voice)
  • Grizzly Man (2005) Director
  • The Wild Blue Yonder (2005) Director
  • The Wild Blue Yonder (2005) Screenplay
  • What Is It? (2005) Thanks
  • In the Edges: The 'Grizzly Man' Session (2005) as Self
  • Dreams and Burdens (2005) as Self
  • Perpetuum Mobile: Voices in the Blue Space (2005) as Self
  • Q & A with Jana Sevcikova and Werner Herzog (2005) as Self
  • Kulturplatz (2004) as Self
  • Incident at Loch Ness (2004) as Self
  • Incident at Loch Ness (2004) Producer
  • Dribble (2004) as Self (voice)
  • The White Diamond (2004) as Narrator (voice)
  • The White Diamond (2004) Director
  • The White Diamond (2004) Screenplay
  • The Best of Tromadance Film Festival: Volume 3 (2004) as Self (voice) ("Dribble" short)
  • Wheel of Time (2003) as Narrator (voice)
  • Wheel of Time (2003) Director
  • Wheel of Time (2003) Writer
  • Wheel of Time (2003) Producer
  • Wheel of Time (2003) Editor
  • Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (2002) Director
  • Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (2002) Writer
  • The Boxing Prince (2002) as Self
  • Ten Thousand Years Older (2002) Director
  • Ten Thousand Years Older (2002) Screenplay
  • Invincible (2001) Director
  • Invincible (2001) Writer
  • Invincible (2001) Producer
  • Pilgrimage (2001) Director
  • The 100 Greatest Films (2001) as Self
  • Tannhäuser (2000) Stage Director
  • The Ball Is a Scumbag (2000) as Self
  • Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor (2000) as Self
  • The Last Documentary (2000) as Self
  • My Best Fiend (1999) as Self
  • My Best Fiend (1999) Director
  • My Best Fiend (1999) Writer
  • Julien Donkey-Boy (1999) as Father
  • Wings of Hope (1999) as Self
  • Wings of Hope (1999) Director
  • Wings of Hope (1999) Writer
  • 2000 Years of Christianity (1999) Director
  • In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin (1999) as Self
  • A Brief History of Errol Morris (1999) as Self
  • What Dreams May Come (1998) as Face
  • Sternstunde Philosophie (1998) as Self
  • Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997) as Narrator (voice)
  • Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997) Director
  • Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997) Writer
  • Stardust Stricken: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, A Portrait (1996) as Self
  • The Transformation of the World Into Music (1996) as Self
  • The Transformation of the World Into Music (1996) Director
  • The Transformation of the World Into Music (1996) Writer
  • The Transformation of the World Into Music (1996) Executive Producer
  • Die Harald Schmidt Show (1995) as Self
  • Burning Heart (1995)
  • Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices (1995) as Narrator (voice)
  • Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices (1995) Director
  • Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices (1995) Writer
  • Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices (1995) Producer
  • Placido Domingo's Tales from the Opera (1994) as Self - Director
  • Bells from the Deep (1993) as Narrator (voice)
  • Bells from the Deep (1993) Director
  • Bells from the Deep (1993) Writer
  • Dangerous Game (1993) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Lessons of Darkness (1992) as Self - Narrator (voice)
  • Lessons of Darkness (1992) Director
  • Lessons of Darkness (1992) Writer
  • Lessons of Darkness (1992) Executive Producer
  • La Donna del Lago (1992) Director
  • SnowwhiteRosered (1991) as Self
  • Jag Mandir: The Eccentric Private Theatre of the Maharaja of Udaipur (1991) as Narrator (voice)
  • Jag Mandir: The Eccentric Private Theatre of the Maharaja of Udaipur (1991) Director
  • Jag Mandir: The Eccentric Private Theatre of the Maharaja of Udaipur (1991) Producer
  • Jag Mandir: The Eccentric Private Theatre of the Maharaja of Udaipur (1991) Screenplay
  • Film Lesson (1991) as Self
  • Film Lesson (1991) Director
  • Scream of Stone (1991) as TV-Regisseur
  • Scream of Stone (1991) Director
  • Echoes from a Sombre Empire (1990) as Self
  • Echoes from a Sombre Empire (1990) Director
  • Echoes from a Sombre Empire (1990) Writer
  • Echoes from a Sombre Empire (1990) Producer
  • Hard to Be a God (1990) as Mita / Richard
  • Russian Adventure. Peter Fleischmann is Filming "Hard to Be a God" (1990) as Self
  • The Simpsons (1989) as Walter Hotenhoffer (voice)
  • The Simpsons (1989) as Werner Herzog (voice)
  • The Simpsons (1989) as Dr. Lund (voice)
  • Under the Sun (1989) Director
  • Bride of the Orient (1989) as Businger
  • Giovanna d'Arco (1989) Director
  • To the End of the World... and Then a Little Bit Further (1989) as Self
  • The Heart and the Legs (1989) as Self
  • Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun (1989) as Narrator (voice)
  • Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun (1989) Director
  • Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun (1989) Writer
  • Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun (1989) Co-Producer
  • The French as Seen by… (1988) Director
  • Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (1988) as Self
  • Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (1988) Writer
  • The Gauls (1988) Director
  • Cobra Verde (1987) Director
  • Cobra Verde (1987) Screenplay
  • Location Africa (1987) as Self
  • Location Africa (1987) Producer
  • Portrait: Werner Herzog (1986) as Self
  • Portrait: Werner Herzog (1986) Director
  • Portrait: Werner Herzog (1986) Writer
  • The Dark Glow of the Mountains (1985) as Self (voice)
  • The Dark Glow of the Mountains (1985) Director
  • The Dark Glow of the Mountains (1985) Writer
  • The Dark Glow of the Mountains (1985) Producer
  • Room 666 (1985) as Self
  • Tokyo-Ga (1985) as Self
  • Sonntagsgespräch (1985) as Self
  • Where the Green Ants Dream (1984) as Lawyer (uncredited)
  • Where the Green Ants Dream (1984) Director
  • Where the Green Ants Dream (1984) Producer
  • Where the Green Ants Dream (1984) Writer
  • Ballad of the Little Soldier (1984) as Self (voice)
  • Ballad of the Little Soldier (1984) Director
  • Ballad of the Little Soldier (1984) Writer
  • Ballad of the Little Soldier (1984) Producer
  • Huie's Sermon (1983) Director
  • Man of Flowers (1983) as The Father
  • God's Angry Man (1983) as Narrator (voice)
  • God's Angry Man (1983) Director
  • God's Angry Man (1983) Writer
  • Fitzcarraldo (1982) Director
  • Fitzcarraldo (1982) Producer
  • Fitzcarraldo (1982) Screenplay
  • Burden of Dreams (1982) as Self - Filmmaker
  • Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers (1980) as Self - Film Director: Nosferatu
  • Bavarian Film Awards (1979) as Self
  • Okay (1979) as Self
  • Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) Director
  • Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) Producer
  • Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) Writer
  • The Making of 'Nosferatu' (1979) as Self
  • I Am My Films: A Portrait of Werner Herzog (1979) as Self
  • Woyzeck (1979) Director
  • Woyzeck (1979) Screenplay
  • Scénario de 'Sauve qui peut la vie' (1979) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Ciné regards (1978) as Self
  • Journey Through History (1977) as Self
  • Stroszek (1977) Director
  • Stroszek (1977) Screenplay
  • Stroszek (1977) Producer
  • La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe (1977) as Narrator (voice)
  • La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe (1977) Director
  • La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe (1977) Sound Engineer
  • La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe (1977) Producer
  • No One Will Play with Me (1976) Director
  • No One Will Play with Me (1976) Writer
  • Heart of Glass (1976) as Glass Transporter
  • Heart of Glass (1976) Director
  • Heart of Glass (1976) Writer
  • Heart of Glass (1976) Producer
  • How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck (1976) as Self
  • How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck (1976) Director
  • How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck (1976) Producer
  • How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck (1976) Sound
  • Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema (1976) as Self

Frequently Asked Questions

What movies or TV shows is Werner Herzog best known for?

Werner Herzog is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Ghost Elephants (2026), Ghost Elephants (2026), Ghost Elephants (2026), Ghost Elephants (2026).

When and where was Werner Herzog born?

Werner Herzog was born on September 5, 1942 in Munich, Allemagne.

How many credits does Werner Herzog have?

Werner Herzog has accumulated over 350 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1976 to 2026.

What is Werner Herzog's background in cinema and television?

Werner Herzog is a German film director, screenwriter, author, actor, and opera director. He is 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. Herzog has produced, wr...