Werner Herzog

Werner Herzog

Directing

Born September 5, 1942 · Munich, Allemagne

79 films as director · Active 1962–2026

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 of…

Known for

Rick and Morty

Rick and Morty

2013

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

1989

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

1989

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

1989

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

American Dad!

American Dad!

2005

The Colbert Report

The Colbert Report

2005

Directed(79)

Ghost Elephants

2026Ghost Elephants★ 7.7

Theater of Thought

2024Theater of Thought

The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft

2024The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft★ 7.7

Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds

2020Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds★ 6.5

Meeting Gorbachev

2019Meeting Gorbachev★ 6.5

Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin

2019Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin★ 7.0

Family Romance, LLC

2019Family Romance, LLC★ 6.2

Into the Inferno

2016Into the Inferno★ 6.9

Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World

2016Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World★ 6.6

Salt and Fire

2016Salt and Fire★ 4.9

Queen of the Desert

2015Queen of the Desert★ 5.8

From One Second to the Next

2013From One Second to the Next★ 7.0

The Killers: Unstaged

2012The Killers: Unstaged★ 3.0

Into the Abyss

2011Into the Abyss★ 6.9

Ode to the Dawn of Man

2011Ode to the Dawn of Man★ 7.1

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

2010My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done★ 6.1

Happy People: A Year in the Taiga

2010Happy People: A Year in the Taiga★ 7.3

Cave of Forgotten Dreams

2010Cave of Forgotten Dreams★ 7.1

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

2009Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans★ 6.2

La Bohème

2009La Bohème★ 4.9

Encounters at the End of the World

2007Encounters at the End of the World★ 7.5

Rescue Dawn

2007Rescue Dawn★ 7.0

Grizzly Man

2005Grizzly Man★ 7.5

The Wild Blue Yonder

2005The Wild Blue Yonder★ 6.0

The White Diamond

2004The White Diamond★ 6.9

Wheel of Time

2003Wheel of Time★ 6.4

Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet

2002Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet★ 6.9

Ten Thousand Years Older

2002Ten Thousand Years Older

Invincible

2001Invincible★ 6.2

Pilgrimage

2001Pilgrimage★ 4.8

My Best Fiend

1999My Best Fiend★ 7.3

Wings of Hope

1999Wings of Hope★ 7.0

Little Dieter Needs to Fly

1997Little Dieter Needs to Fly★ 7.5

The Transformation of the World Into Music

1996The Transformation of the World Into Music★ 8.3

Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices

1995Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices★ 6.8

Bells from the Deep

1993Bells from the Deep★ 7.1

Lessons of Darkness

1992Lessons of Darkness★ 7.9

1992La Donna del Lago★ 8.0

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

1991Jag Mandir: The Eccentric Private Theatre of the Maharaja of Udaipur★ 6.4

Scream of Stone

1991Scream of Stone★ 6.3

Echoes from a Sombre Empire

1990Echoes from a Sombre Empire★ 7.2

Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun

1989Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun★ 7.3

Giovanna d'Arco

1989Giovanna d'Arco★ 7.5

The French as Seen by…

1988The French as Seen by…★ 6.9

The Gauls

1988The Gauls★ 8.0

Cobra Verde

1987Cobra Verde★ 6.9

Portrait: Werner Herzog

1986Portrait: Werner Herzog★ 7.1

The Dark Glow of the Mountains

1985The Dark Glow of the Mountains★ 7.6

Where the Green Ants Dream

1984Where the Green Ants Dream★ 6.9

Ballad of the Little Soldier

1984Ballad of the Little Soldier★ 6.6

God's Angry Man

1983God's Angry Man★ 5.7

Huie's Sermon

1983Huie's Sermon★ 5.2

Fitzcarraldo

1982Fitzcarraldo★ 7.6

Woyzeck

1979Woyzeck★ 6.6

Nosferatu the Vampyre

1979Nosferatu the Vampyre★ 7.3

Stroszek

1977Stroszek★ 7.3

La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe

1977La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe★ 7.3

Heart of Glass

1976Heart of Glass★ 6.6

How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck

1976How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck★ 6.5

No One Will Play with Me

1976No One Will Play with Me★ 5.8

The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

1974The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser★ 7.3

The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner

1974The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner★ 7.2

Aguirre, the Wrath of God

1972Aguirre, the Wrath of God★ 7.4

Fata Morgana

1972Fata Morgana★ 6.5

Even Dwarfs Started Small

1971Even Dwarfs Started Small★ 6.4

Land of Silence and Darkness

1971Land of Silence and Darkness★ 7.5

Handicapped Future

1971Handicapped Future★ 6.8

The Flying Doctors of East Africa

1970The Flying Doctors of East Africa★ 7.2

Precautions Against Fanatics

1969Precautions Against Fanatics★ 5.9

Signs of Life

1968Signs of Life★ 6.6

Last Words

1968Last Words★ 5.5

The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreuz

1967The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreuz★ 5.2

Herakles

1962Herakles★ 6.0

The Twilight World

—The Twilight World

Bucking Fastard

—Bucking Fastard

Acting(191)

2026Soccer Meets AmericaSelf

2026Hulk Hogan: Real AmericanSelf

2026Ghost ElephantsNarrator (voice)

2024About a Hero

2024The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice KrafftNarrator (voice)

2024Celebrating the Rice Media CenterSelf (archival footage)

2024Orion and the DarkNarrator (voice)

2023The Arc of OblivionNarrator (voice)

2022Werner Herzog: Radical DreamerSelf

2022TegoyoSelf (Voice)

2022Last Exit: SpaceNarrator (voice)

2022Nosferatu: A Film Like a VampireSelf (archive footage)

2021The Extravagant Little Life of Jean-Claude D. DreyfusSelf (archive footage)

2021Hannelore Elsner: More Than One LifeSelf (archive footage)

2021A Life for Movies: Lotte EisnerSelf

2021Meteor: Sohrab Shahid SalessSelf

2020Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und TräumenSelf

2020The AndinistThe Painter (Narrator)

2020Dear Werner (Walking on Cinema)Narrator (voice)

2020Fireball: Visitors from Darker WorldsSelf - Narrator (voice)

2020Wim Wenders, DesperadoSelf

2020Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The MandalorianSelf - The Client

2020AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.(archive footage)

2020The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault(archive footage)

2019The MandalorianThe Client

201990 Years of the Music Box TheatreSelf

2019Tattoo UprisingSelf

2019Meeting GorbachevSelf

2019Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce ChatwinSelf - Interviewer and Narrator (voice)

2019Jihad in HollywoodSelf

2018Manaslu: Mountain of SoulsSelf

2018Paradox BulletsNarrator (voice)

2018The Great Buster: A CelebrationSelf

2018I'm a SoldierSelf

2018Film Beyond Cinema: The Dumpster Kid Experiment and Other UtopiasSelf

2017One Hundred Years with Juan RulfoSelf

2017Werner We Love YouSelf

2017Ballad of a Righteous MerchantSelf

2017The Man Who Killed John WayneSelf (archive footage)

2016Salt and FireMan with One Story (uncredited)

2016Into the InfernoSelf

2016Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected WorldSelf

2016Jihad in HollywoodSelf

2015Freaks of NaturePerfect Being (voice)

2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf - Guest

2015Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterSelf

2014Penguins of MadagascarDocumentary Filmmaker (voice)

2014Atari: Game OverSelf (archival)

2014Lemonade WarNeighborhood Hero

2014Alfonso Sansone: Producer by ChanceSelf (archive footage)

2014Werner Herzog: On Death Row and Life as a DirectorSelf

2014Life ItselfSelf - Filmmaker

2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf - Guest

2013The UnbelieversSelf

2013Rick and MortyShrimply Pibbles (voice)

2013Werner Herzog and Errol Morris on 'The Act of Killing'Self

2013An Appreciation of Les Blank by Werner HerzogSelf

2013Home from Home – Chronicle of a VisionAlexander von Humboldt

2013Mistaken for StrangersSelf (uncredited)

2013Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes AroundSelf

2012Jack ReacherZec Chelovek

2012StrawberryfieldsTurnlehrer

2012Close UpSelf (archive footage)

201210 Questions for Werner HerzogSelf

2012The Killers: UnstagedSelf

2012Dubai Winter Diary VI: Light and ReflectionsSelf

2012DinotasiaNarrator (voice)

2012On Death RowWerner Herzog

2012No Mr. Werner Herzog, this isn't your CinématonSelf

2011I, I, I José LewgoySelf

2011Into the AbyssNarrator (voice)

2011On Borrowed TimeSelf

2011Champions: A Comic TaleSelf

2011Hans Zimmer: The Sound of HollywoodSelf

2010Werner Herzog Defends DadeSelf

2010Cave of Forgotten DreamsNarrator (voice)

2010Anyone who dares will take the cold off their horseSelf

2010When Herzog Rescued PhoenixNarrator (voice)

2010Into the Night With Harmony Korine and Gaspar NoeSelf

2010Happy People: A Year in the TaigaNarrator (voice)

2010Behind the Madness: The Making of My Son, My SonSelf

2010I am My Films, Part 2... 30 Years LaterSelf

2010The Making of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New OrleansHimself

2009Plastic BagPlastic Bag (voice)

2009Parks and RecreationKeg Jennings

2008Capturing RealitySelf

200840 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' FortnightSelf

2008BLAST!Narrator (voice)

2008BierbichlerSelf

2008Counter Shot: Departure of the FilmmakersSelf

2008Mister LonelyFather Umbrillo

2008Back to Room 666Self (archive footage)

2007Making of a True Story: Rescue DawnSelf

2007Pierre Rissient: Man of CinemaSelf

2007Encounters at the End of the WorldNarrator (voice)

2007Munich (Filmfest) Stories - 25 years of Munich FilmfestSelf

2007The GrandThe German

2007All In This Tea

2006Metalocalypse

200650 Films to See Before You DieSelf

2006Walking to WernerSelf (voice)

2006The Henry Rollins Show

2005In the Edges: The 'Grizzly Man' SessionSelf

2005Q & A with Jana Sevcikova and Werner HerzogSelf

2005The BoondocksHimself (voice)

2005The Colbert Report

2005Perpetuum Mobile: Voices in the Blue SpaceSelf

2005Grizzly ManSelf / Narrator (voice)

2005Dreams and BurdensSelf

2005American Dad!Werner Herzog (voice)

2004Incident at Loch NessSelf

2004The White DiamondNarrator (voice)

2004KulturplatzSelf

2004The Best of Tromadance Film Festival: Volume 3Self (voice) ("Dribble" short)

2004DribbleSelf (voice)

2003Wheel of TimeNarrator (voice)

2002The Boxing PrinceSelf

2001The 100 Greatest FilmsSelf

2000The Last DocumentarySelf

2000Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actorSelf

2000The Ball Is a ScumbagSelf

1999Wings of HopeSelf

1999Julien Donkey-BoyFather

1999A Brief History of Errol MorrisSelf

1999My Best FiendSelf

1999In the Footsteps of Bruce ChatwinSelf

1998What Dreams May ComeFace

1998Sternstunde PhilosophieSelf

1997Little Dieter Needs to FlyNarrator (voice)

1996Stardust Stricken: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, A PortraitSelf

1996The Transformation of the World Into MusicSelf

1995Die Harald Schmidt ShowSelf

1995Gesualdo: Death for Five VoicesNarrator (voice)

1995Burning Heart

1994Placido Domingo's Tales from the OperaSelf - Director

1993Dangerous GameSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)

1993Bells from the DeepNarrator (voice)

1992Lessons of DarknessSelf - Narrator (voice)

1991Film LessonSelf

1991Jag Mandir: The Eccentric Private Theatre of the Maharaja of UdaipurNarrator (voice)

1991SnowwhiteRoseredSelf

1991Scream of StoneTV-Regisseur

1990Echoes from a Sombre EmpireSelf

1990Hard to Be a GodMita / Richard

1990Russian Adventure. Peter Fleischmann is Filming "Hard to Be a God"Self

1989The SimpsonsWalter Hotenhoffer (voice)

1989Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the SunNarrator (voice)

1989Bride of the OrientBusinger

1989The Heart and the LegsSelf

1989To the End of the World... and Then a Little Bit FurtherSelf

1988Werner Herzog Eats His ShoeSelf

1987Location AfricaSelf

1986Portrait: Werner HerzogSelf

1985Tokyo-GaSelf

1985The Dark Glow of the MountainsSelf (voice)

1985Room 666Self

1985SonntagsgesprächSelf

1984Ballad of the Little SoldierSelf (voice)

1984Where the Green Ants DreamLawyer (uncredited)

1983Man of FlowersThe Father

1983God's Angry ManNarrator (voice)

1982Burden of DreamsSelf - Filmmaker

1980Garlic Is as Good as Ten MothersSelf - Film Director: Nosferatu

1979Bavarian Film AwardsSelf

1979The Making of 'Nosferatu'Self

1979I Am My Films: A Portrait of Werner HerzogSelf

1979Scénario de 'Sauve qui peut la vie'Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1978Ciné regardsSelf

1977La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable CatastropheNarrator (voice)

1977Journey Through HistorySelf

1976Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German CinemaSelf

1976Heart of GlassGlass Transporter

1976How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck ChuckSelf

1975Lost in the Garden of the WorldSelf

1975Midi PremièreSelf

1974Tales of the Dumpster KidHurenmörder

1974Spécial cinémaSelf

1974The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver SteinerSelf

1971Handicapped FutureInterviewer (voice) (uncredited)

196860 MinutesSelf

1968Signs of LifeSoldier (uncredited)

1968Die Erben von Papas Kino

1967Neuer Deutscher Film Report

1964Grimme AwardSelf

1951German Film AwardSelf

Jösta Hagelbäck & Werner HerzogSelf

Shards of Cinema and PhilosophySelf

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