Werner Herzog
Acteur, Regisseur, Schrijver, Producer, Redacteur
5 september 1942 (83 years)
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.
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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.
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Movies & Shows on Plex
Known For
Cinematografie
| 2025 | Ghost Elephants · as Narrator (voice) |
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| 2024 | Orion and the Dark · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2023 | The Arc of Oblivion · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2022 | The U.S. and the Holocaust · as Hermann Göring |
| 2022 | The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2022 | Last Exit: Space · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2020 | Dear Werner · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2019 | The Mandalorian · as The Client |
| 2016 | Salt and Fire · as Man With One Story (uncredited)Op Plex |
| 2015 | Freaks of Nature · as Perfect Being (voice) |
| 2014 | Penguins of Madagascar · as Documentary Filmmaker (voice) |
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| 2013 | Rick and Morty · as Shrimply Pibbles (voice) |
| 2013 | Home from Home: Chronicle of a Vision · as Alexander Von Humboldt |
| 2013 | The Wind Rises · as Castorp |
| 2012 | Jack Reacher · as Zec Chelovek |
| 2012 | Erdbeerland · as Turnlehrer |
| 2012 | Dinotasia · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2011 | Into the Abyss · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2010 | Cave of Forgotten Dreams · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2010 | Ebert Presents At The Movies · as Voice Substitute: Roger Ebert |
| 2010 | Happy People: A Year in the Taiga · as Narrator (voice)Op Plex |
| 2009 | Plastic Bag · as Plastic Bag (voice) |
| 2009 | Parks and Recreation · as Keg Jennings |
| 2008 | Blast! · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2007 | Mister Lonely · as Father Umbrillo |
| 2007 | Encounters at the End of the World · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2007 | The Grand · as The German |
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| 2005 | American Dad! · as Werner Herzog (voice) |
| 2004 | The White Diamond · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2003 | Wheel of Time · as Narrator (voice)Op Plex |
| 2001 | Invincible · as Curtain Puller |
| 2000 | 2000 Jahre Christentum · as Narrator |
| 1999 | Julien Donkey-Boy · as Father |
| 1998 | What Dreams May Come · as Face |
| 1997 | Little Dieter Needs to Fly · as Narrator (voice)Op Plex |
| 1995 | Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1993 | Bells from the Deep: Faith and Superstition in Russia · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1991 | Jag Mandir: The Eccentric Private Theatre of the Maharaja of Udaipur · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1991 | Scream of Stone · as Tv-Regisseur |
| 1989 | Herdsmen of the Sun · as Narrator (voice)Op Plex |
| 1989 | The Simpsons · as Walter Hotenhoffer (voice) |
| 1989 | Hard to Be a God · as Mita / Richard |
| 1989 | Bride of the Orient · as Businger |
| 1984 | Where the Green Ants Dream · as Lawyer (uncredited)Op Plex |
| 1983 | Man of Flowers · as The Father |
| 1981 | God's Angry Man · as Narrator (voice)Op Plex |
| 1979 | Nosferatu the Vampyre · as Hand And Feet In Box With RatsOp Plex |
| 1977 | La Soufrière · as Narrator (voice)Op Plex |
| 1976 | Heart of Glass · as Glass TransporterOp Plex |
| 1971 | Geschichten vom Kübelkind · as Hurenmörder |
| 1971 | Handicapped Future · as Interviewer (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1968 | Signs of Life · as Soldier (uncredited)Op Plex |
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| 2016 | Salt and FireOp Plex |
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| 2012 | On Death RowOp Plex |
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| 2005 | The Wild Blue YonderOp Plex |
| 2005 | Grizzly ManOp Plex |
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| 2003 | Wheel of TimeOp Plex |
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| 1999 | My Best FiendOp Plex |
| 1997 | Little Dieter Needs to FlyOp Plex |
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| 1992 | Lessons of DarknessOp Plex |
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| 1990 | Echoes From a Somber EmpireOp Plex |
| 1989 | Herdsmen of the SunOp Plex |
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| 1987 | Cobra VerdeOp Plex |
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| 1984 | Ballad of the Little SoldierOp Plex |
| 1984 | Where the Green Ants DreamOp Plex |
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| 1981 | God's Angry ManOp Plex |
| 1979 | WoyzeckOp Plex |
| 1979 | Nosferatu the VampyreOp Plex |
| 1977 | La SoufrièreOp Plex |
| 1977 | StroszekOp Plex |
| 1976 | Heart of GlassOp Plex |
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| 1974 | The Enigma of Kaspar HauserOp Plex |
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| 1972 | Aguirre, the Wrath of GodOp Plex |
| 1971 | Land of Silence and DarknessOp Plex |
| 1971 | Fata MorganaOp Plex |
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| 1970 | Even Dwarfs Started SmallOp Plex |
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| 1968 | Signs of LifeOp Plex |
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| 2022 | Theatre of Thought · as Screenplay |
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| 2016 | Salt and FireOp Plex |
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| 2012 | On Death RowOp Plex |
| 2011 | |
| 2010 | Cave of Forgotten Dreams · as Screenplay |
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| 2009 | My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done · as Screenplay |
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| 2005 | The Wild Blue Yonder · as ScreenplayOp Plex |
| 2004 | The White Diamond · as Screenplay |
| 2003 | Wheel of TimeOp Plex |
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| 1999 | My Best FiendOp Plex |
| 1997 | Little Dieter Needs to FlyOp Plex |
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| 1992 | Lessons of DarknessOp Plex |
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| 1990 | Echoes From a Somber EmpireOp Plex |
| 1989 | Herdsmen of the SunOp Plex |
| 1987 | Cobra Verde · as ScreenplayOp Plex |
| 1984 | |
| 1984 | Ballad of the Little SoldierOp Plex |
| 1984 | Where the Green Ants DreamOp Plex |
| 1982 | Fitzcarraldo · as Screenplay |
| 1981 | God's Angry ManOp Plex |
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| 1979 | Woyzeck · as ScreenplayOp Plex |
| 1979 | Nosferatu the VampyreOp Plex |
| 1977 | Stroszek · as ScreenplayOp Plex |
| 1976 | Heart of GlassOp Plex |
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| 1974 | The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser · as ScreenplayOp Plex |
| 1974 | The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner · as ScreenplayOp Plex |
| 1972 | Aguirre, the Wrath of GodOp Plex |
| 1971 | Land of Silence and Darkness · as ScreenplayOp Plex |
| 1971 | Fata Morgana · as ScreenplayOp Plex |
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| 1970 | Even Dwarfs Started Small · as ScreenplayOp Plex |
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| 1968 | Signs of LifeOp Plex |
| 1968 | Last Words · as Screenplay |
| 1967 | The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreuz · as Screenplay |
| 1962 | Herakles · as Screenplay |
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| 2024 | The End · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | The Arc of Oblivion · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | Theatre of Thought · as Executive Producer |
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| 2022 | Last Exit: Space · as Executive Producer |
| 2017 | A Gray State · as Executive Producer |
| 2016 | Salt and FireOp Plex |
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| 2014 | The Look of Silence · as Executive ProducerOp Plex |
| 2014 | Red Army · as Executive Producer |
| 2012 | The Act of Killing · as Executive Producer |
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| 2010 | Happy People: A Year in the Taiga · as Executive ProducerOp Plex |
| 2004 | Incident at Loch NessOp Plex |
| 2003 | Wheel of TimeOp Plex |
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| 1996 | The Transformation of the World Into Music · as Executive Producer |
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| 1992 | Lessons of Darkness · as Executive ProducerOp Plex |
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| 1990 | Echoes From a Somber EmpireOp Plex |
| 1989 | Herdsmen of the Sun · as Co-ProducerOp Plex |
| 1988 | P.O.V. · as Executive Producer |
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| 1984 | Ballad of the Little SoldierOp Plex |
| 1984 | Where the Green Ants DreamOp Plex |
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| 1979 | WoyzeckOp Plex |
| 1979 | Nosferatu the VampyreOp Plex |
| 1977 | La SoufrièreOp Plex |
| 1977 | StroszekOp Plex |
| 1976 | Heart of GlassOp Plex |
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| 1974 | The Enigma of Kaspar HauserOp Plex |
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| 1972 | Aguirre, the Wrath of GodOp Plex |
| 1971 | Land of Silence and DarknessOp Plex |
| 1971 | Fata MorganaOp Plex |
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| 1970 | Even Dwarfs Started SmallOp Plex |
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| 1968 | Signs of LifeOp Plex |
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| 2003 | Wheel of TimeOp Plex |
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| 2019 | Family Romance, LLC · as Director Of Photography |
| 2011 | Ode to the Dawn of Man · as Cinematographer |
| 2011 | Ode to the Dawn of Man · as Sound |
| 2007 | Encounters at the End of the World · as Sound |
| 2006 | Rescue Dawn · as Author |
| 2005 | Grizzly Man · as Written ByOp Plex |
| 1977 | La Soufrière · as Sound EngineerOp Plex |
| 1977 | La Soufrière · as ConceptOp Plex |
| 1976 | How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck... · as SoundOp Plex |
| 1976 | How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck... · as ConceptOp Plex |
| 1974 | The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser · as CinematographerOp Plex |
| 1971 | Fata Morgana · as SoundOp Plex |
| 1971 | Handicapped Future · as Sound |
| 1970 | The Flying Doctors of East Africa · as Sound Recordist |
| 1969 | Precautions Against Fanatics · as Sound |
| 1962 | Herakles · as Sound |