Werner Herzog
Known for: Directing
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.
Filmography
Series
Rick and Morty
Shrimply Pibbles (voice)
2013
Series
The Simpsons
Walter Hotenhoffer (voice)
1989
Series
The Simpsons
Werner Herzog (voice)
1989
Series
The Simpsons
Dr. Lund (voice)
1989
Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
Series
American Dad!
Werner Herzog (voice)
2005
Series
The Colbert Report
2005
Series
The Mandalorian
The Client
2019
Series
Parks and Recreation
Keg Jennings
2009
Series
60 Minutes
Self
1968
Series
Die Harald Schmidt Show
Self
1995
Series
Ciné regards
Self
1978
Series
The Boondocks
Himself (voice)
2005
Series
Spécial cinéma
Self
1974
Series
Midi Première
Self
1975
Film
Penguins of Madagascar
Documentary Filmmaker (voice)
2014
Film
Jack Reacher
Zec Chelovek
2012
Series
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2015
German Film Award
Self
1951
Grimme Award
Self
1964
Series
Kulturplatz
Self
2004
Series
Metalocalypse
2006
Series
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
Self - The Client
2020
Sternstunde Philosophie
Self
1998
Bavarian Film Awards
Self
1979
Film
What Dreams May Come
Face
1998
Film
Orion and the Dark
Narrator (voice)
2024
Series
Hulk Hogan: Real American
Self
2026
Film
Ghost Elephants
Narrator (voice)
2026
Series
The Henry Rollins Show
2006
Film
Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds
Self - Narrator (voice)
2020
Film
The Andinist
The Painter (Narrator)
2020
Film
Freaks of Nature
Perfect Being (voice)
2015
Film
Grizzly Man
Self / Narrator (voice)
2005
Okay
Self
1979
Film
Encounters at the End of the World
Narrator (voice)
2007
Film
Where the Green Ants Dream
Lawyer (uncredited)
1984
Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen
Self
2020
Film
The Grand
The German
2007
Film
My Best Fiend
Self
1999
Film
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
Self
2022
Film
Lessons of Darkness
Self - Narrator (voice)
1992
Film
SnowwhiteRosered
Self
1991
The Lonely
2009
Film
50 Films to See Before You Die
Self
2006
Film
The Unbelievers
Self
2013
Film
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
Self
2017
Film
Lost in the Garden of the World
Self
1975
Film
Heart of Glass
Glass Transporter
1976
Film
Burning Heart
1995
Film
The Great Buster: A Celebration
Self
2018
Film
Hard to Be a God
Mita / Richard
1990
Film
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Narrator (voice)
2010
Film
Bride of the Orient
Businger
1989
Film
Tokyo-Ga
Self
1985
Film
Signs of Life
Soldier (uncredited)
1968
Film
Dinotasia
Narrator (voice)
2012
Film
Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire
Self (archive footage)
2022
Film
Dangerous Game
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1993
Film
I, I, I José Lewgoy
Self
2011
Series
Soccer Meets America
Self
2026
Film
Burden of Dreams
Self - Filmmaker
1982
Film
Salt and Fire
Man with One Story (uncredited)
2016
Film
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
(archive footage)
2020
Film
Julien Donkey-Boy
Father
1999
Film
The White Diamond
Narrator (voice)
2004
Film
Echoes from a Sombre Empire
Self
1990
Film
Strawberryfields
Turnlehrer
2012
Film
Sirena
2025
Film
Into the Inferno
Self
2016
Series
On Death Row
Werner Herzog
2012
Film
Into the Abyss
Narrator (voice)
2011
Film
Close Up
Self (archive footage)
2012
Film
Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World
Self
2016
Film
Jag Mandir: The Eccentric Private Theatre of the Maharaja of Udaipur
Narrator (voice)
1991
Film
The Dark Glow of the Mountains
Self (voice)
1985
Film
Life Itself
Self - Filmmaker
2014
Film
Scream of Stone
TV-Regisseur
1991
Film
Room 666
Self
1985
Series
Film Lesson
Self
1991
Film
Dear Werner (Walking on Cinema)
Narrator (voice)
2020
Film
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
Narrator (voice)
2010
Film
The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft
Narrator (voice)
2024
Film
Werner We Love You
Self
2017
Film
Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema
Self
2007
Film
Mister Lonely
Father Umbrillo
2008
Film
Making of a True Story: Rescue Dawn
Self
2007
Into the Night With Harmony Korine and Gaspar Noe
Self
2010
Film
Wheel of Time
Narrator (voice)
2003
Film
Handicapped Future
Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)
1971
Film
Last Exit: Space
Narrator (voice)
2022
Film
Tales of the Dumpster Kid
Hurenmörder
1974
Film
Anyone who dares will take the cold off their horse
Self
2010
Film
Atari: Game Over
Self (archival)
2014
Placido Domingo's Tales from the Opera
Self - Director
1994
Film
Wim Wenders, Desperado
Self
2020
Film
Portrait: Werner Herzog
Self
1986
Film
Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe
Self
1988
In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin
Self
1999
Film
The Making of 'Nosferatu'
Self
1979
Film
Paradox Bullets
Narrator (voice)
2018
Film
God's Angry Man
Narrator (voice)
1983
Film
Ballad of the Little Soldier
Self (voice)
1984
Film
Plastic Bag
Plastic Bag (voice)
2009
Film
Incident at Loch Ness
Self
2004
Shards of Cinema and Philosophy
Self
Film
Meeting Gorbachev
Self
2019
Film
A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner
Self
2021
Film
Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin
Self - Interviewer and Narrator (voice)
2019
Film
Tegoyo
Self (Voice)
2022
Film
Ally
(voice)
Sonntagsgespräch
Self
1985
Film
Little Dieter Needs to Fly
Narrator (voice)
1997
Film
Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around
Self
2013
Film
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.
(archive footage)
2020
Film
Bells from the Deep
Narrator (voice)
1993
Film
Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers
Self
2008
Film
Tattoo Uprising
Self
2019
Film
Stardust Stricken: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, A Portrait
Self
1996
Film
Journey Through History
Self
1977
Film
Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood
Self
2011
Film
The 100 Greatest Films
Self
2001
Film
Man of Flowers
The Father
1983
Film
The Killers: Unstaged
Self
2012
When Herzog Rescued Phoenix
Narrator (voice)
2010
Film
Manaslu: Mountain of Souls
Self
2018
Film
Neuer Deutscher Film Report
1967
Film
Home from Home – Chronicle of a Vision
Alexander von Humboldt
2013
A Brief History of Errol Morris
Self
1999
Dribble
Self (voice)
2004
Film
Wings of Hope
Self
1999
Film
Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers
Self - Film Director: Nosferatu
1980
Film
Jihad in Hollywood
Self
2019
Film
I Am My Films: A Portrait of Werner Herzog
Self
1979
Film
About a Hero
2024
Film
Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices
Narrator (voice)
1995
Perpetuum Mobile: Voices in the Blue Space
Self
2005
The Heart and the Legs
Self
1989
Film
Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor
Self
2000
Film
Jihad in Hollywood
Self
2016
Film
The Ball Is a Scumbag
Self
2000
Film
Capturing Reality
Self
2008
Film
How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck
Self
1976
Film
Meteor: Sohrab Shahid Saless
Self
2021
Film
Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance
Self (archive footage)
2014
Film
On Borrowed Time
Self
2011
Film
BLAST!
Narrator (voice)
2008
Film
The Making of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Himself
2010
Film
Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun
Narrator (voice)
1989
Film
90 Years of the Music Box Theatre
Self
2019
Lemonade War
Neighborhood Hero
2014
Film
The Transformation of the World Into Music
Self
1996
Werner Herzog: On Death Row and Life as a Director
Self
2014
Film
La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe
Narrator (voice)
1977
Film
The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner
Self
1974
Film
Scénario de 'Sauve qui peut la vie'
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1979
Jösta Hagelbäck & Werner Herzog
Self
Film
All In This Tea
2007
Film
10 Questions for Werner Herzog
Self
2012
Film
40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight
Self
2008
Back to Room 666
Self (archive footage)
2008
Munich (Filmfest) Stories - 25 years of Munich Filmfest
Self
2007
Film
Die Erben von Papas Kino
1968
Q & A with Jana Sevcikova and Werner Herzog
Self
2005
Film
The Extravagant Little Life of Jean-Claude D. Dreyfus
Self (archive footage)
2021
Film
One Hundred Years with Juan Rulfo
Self
2017
Film
Celebrating the Rice Media Center
Self (archival footage)
2024
Film
The Boxing Prince
Self
2002
Film
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
Self
1976
Film
Hannelore Elsner: More Than One Life
Self (archive footage)
2021
Film
In the Edges: The 'Grizzly Man' Session
Self
2005
Film
Location Africa
Self
1987
Film
Champions: A Comic Tale
Self
2011
Film
The Best of Tromadance Film Festival: Volume 3
Self (voice) ("Dribble" short)
2004
Film
I am My Films, Part 2... 30 Years Later
Self
2010
Film
Dubai Winter Diary VI: Light and Reflections
Self
2012
Film
Werner Herzog and Errol Morris on 'The Act of Killing'
Self
2013
Film
The Arc of Oblivion
Narrator (voice)
2023
Film
I'm a Soldier
Self
2018
Film
The Man Who Killed John Wayne
Self (archive footage)
2017
Film
Film Beyond Cinema: The Dumpster Kid Experiment and Other Utopias
Self
2018
Werner Herzog Defends Dade
Self
2010
Behind the Madness: The Making of My Son, My Son
Self
2010
Russian Adventure. Peter Fleischmann is Filming "Hard to Be a God"
Self
1990
Dreams and Burdens
Self
2005
Walking to Werner
Self (voice)
2006
Film
Bierbichler
Self
2008
Film
An Appreciation of Les Blank by Werner Herzog
Self
2013
Film
To the End of the World... and Then a Little Bit Further
Self
1989
Film
No Mr. Werner Herzog, this isn't your Cinématon
Self
2012
The Last Documentary
Self
2000
Film
Mistaken for Strangers
Self (uncredited)
2013