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Werner Herzog

Werner Herzog

Known For Directing
Birthday Sep 05, 1942 (83)
Birthplace Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Popularity 0.8 (history)
Updated Aug 28, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 fie ... lds, 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.

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Filmography

Orion and the Dark

Orion and the Dark

2024

as Narrator (voice)

The Arc of Oblivion

The Arc of Oblivion

2023

as Narrator (voice)

Last Exit: Space

Last Exit: Space

2022

as Narrator (voice)

Dear Werner (Walking on Cinema)

Dear Werner (Walking on Cinema)

2020

as Narrator (voice)

Into the Inferno

Into the Inferno

2016

as Narrator (voice)

Salt and Fire

Salt and Fire

2016

as Man with One Story (uncredited)

Freaks of Nature

Freaks of Nature

2015

as Perfect Being (voice)

Lemonade War

Lemonade War

2014

as Neighborhood Hero

Penguins of Madagascar

Penguins of Madagascar

2014

as Documentary Filmmaker (voice)

Dinotasia

Dinotasia

2012

as Narrator (voice)

Jack Reacher

Jack Reacher

2012

as Zec Chelovek

Into the Abyss

Into the Abyss

2011

as Narrator (voice)

Cave of Forgotten Dreams

Cave of Forgotten Dreams

2010

as Narrator (voice)

Happy People: A Year in the Taiga

Happy People: A Year in the Taiga

2010

as Narrator (voice)

Plastic Bag

Plastic Bag

2009

as Plastic Bag (voice)

BLAST!

BLAST!

2008

as Narrator (voice)

Mister Lonely

Mister Lonely

2008

as Father Umbrillo

Encounters at the End of the World

Encounters at the End of the World

2007

as Narrator (voice)

The Grand

The Grand

2007

as The German

The White Diamond

The White Diamond

2004

as Narrator (voice)

Julien Donkey-Boy

Julien Donkey-Boy

1999

as Father

What Dreams May Come

What Dreams May Come

1998

as Face

Little Dieter Needs to Fly

Little Dieter Needs to Fly

1997

as Narrator (voice)

Scream of Stone

Scream of Stone

1991

as TV-Regisseur

Man of Flowers

Man of Flowers

1983

as The Father

Theatre of Thought

Theatre of Thought

2022

Screenplay

Notes from a Dromedary

Notes from a Dromedary

2022

Creative Consultant

Meeting Gorbachev

Meeting Gorbachev

2019

Writer

Love Birds

Love Birds

2019

Consulting Producer

Family Romance, LLC

Family Romance, LLC

2019

Camera Operator, Writer, Director of Photography

Salt and Fire

Salt and Fire

2016

Writer

The Blimp-Maker

The Blimp-Maker

2016

Thanks

Into the Inferno

Into the Inferno

2016

Writer

Queen of the Desert

Queen of the Desert

2015

Writer

The Last Shepherd

The Last Shepherd

2013

Thanks

Into the Abyss

Into the Abyss

2011

Writer

Ode to the Dawn of Man

Ode to the Dawn of Man

2011

Cinematography, Sound

Cave of Forgotten Dreams

Cave of Forgotten Dreams

2010

Screenplay

A Night Out

A Night Out

2010

Thanks, Technical Advisor

The Devil's Muse

The Devil's Muse

2007

Creative Consultant

Rescue Dawn

Rescue Dawn

2006

Author

The Wild Blue Yonder

The Wild Blue Yonder

2005

Screenplay

What Is It?

What Is It?

2005

Thanks

The White Diamond

The White Diamond

2004

Screenplay

Invincible

Invincible

2001

Writer

Fitzcarraldo

Fitzcarraldo

1982

Screenplay

Woyzeck

Woyzeck

1979

Screenplay

Nosferatu the Vampyre

Nosferatu the Vampyre

1979

Writer

Stroszek

Stroszek

1977

Screenplay

Reeling

Reeling

2025

Executive Producer

The End

The End

2024

Executive Producer

The Arc of Oblivion

The Arc of Oblivion

2023

Executive Producer

El Poso

El Poso

2022

Producer

Last Exit: Space

Last Exit: Space

2022

Executive Producer

Theatre of Thought

Theatre of Thought

2022

Executive Producer

A Gray State

A Gray State

2017

Executive Producer

Salt and Fire

Salt and Fire

2016

Producer

The Look of Silence

The Look of Silence

2015

Executive Producer

Red Army

Red Army

2014

Executive Producer

Into the Abyss

Into the Abyss

2011

Producer

Happy People: A Year in the Taiga

Happy People: A Year in the Taiga

2010

Executive Producer

Incident at Loch Ness

Incident at Loch Ness

2004

Producer

Invincible

Invincible

2001

Producer

Location Africa

Location Africa

1987

Producer

Fitzcarraldo

Fitzcarraldo

1982

Producer

Nosferatu the Vampyre

Nosferatu the Vampyre

1979

Producer

Stroszek

Stroszek

1977

Producer

Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

On Death Row

as Werner Herzog

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Mar 09, 2012

The U.S. and the Holocaust

as Hermann Göring

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Sep 18, 2022

The Mandalorian

as The Client

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Nov 12, 2019

The Simpsons

as Walter Hotenhoffer (voice)

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Dec 17, 1989

The Simpsons

as Werner Herzog (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 17, 1989

The Simpsons

as Dr. Lund (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 17, 1989

Rick and Morty

as Shrimply Pibbles (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 02, 2013

Future States

as Plastic Bag (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 05, 2010

Parks and Recreation

as Keg Jennings

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 09, 2009

American Dad!

as Werner Herzog (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 06, 2005

Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen

as Self

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Dec 31, 2020

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Feb 25, 2014

Spécial cinéma

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 25, 1974

Grimme-Preis-Verleihung

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 16, 1964

Bayerischer Filmpreis

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Dec 01, 1979

Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian

as Self - The Client

Episodes: 2

First Aired: May 04, 2020

Sonntagsgespräch

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 10, 1985

Okay

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 04, 1979

The Colbert Report

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 17, 2005

The Henry Rollins Show

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 01, 2006

Die Harald Schmidt Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 05, 1995

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 08, 2015

Deutscher Filmpreis

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 01, 1951

Midi Première

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 06, 1975

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 02, 2015

Kulturplatz

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 01, 2004

Popularity Metrics

Popularity History


Year Month Avg Max Min
2024 5 15 20 10
2024 6 16 29 9
2024 7 22 36 10
2024 8 17 33 8
2024 9 10 20 5
2024 10 8 14 5
2024 11 11 16 5
2024 12 12 25 7
2025 1 15 27 7
2025 2 10 18 2
2025 3 4 14 0
2025 4 0 1 0
2025 5 2 4 1
2025 6 1 2 1
2025 7 1 1 0
2025 8 0 1 0
2025 9 0 1 0
2025 10 1 1 0

Trending Rank


Year Month Avg Rank Max Rank
2024 5 668 412
2024 6 458 57
2024 7 135 125
2024 12 491 109
2025 1 627 227
2025 2 504 126
2025 3 135 106
2025 7 291 33
2025 8 592 90
2025 9 389 33
2025 10 183 162

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