Biography
Werner Herzog
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 cr…
Career works
189
Movies
159
Series
30
Career average
6.9/10
Birth date
09/05/1942
Place of birth
Munich, Allemagne
Filmography highlights
Movies
Ghost Elephants
2026 · 7.7
Sirena
2025
About a Hero
2024 · 5.5
The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft
2024 · 7.7
Celebrating the Rice Media Center
2024
Orion and the Dark
2024 · 6.5
The Arc of Oblivion
2023 · 2.0
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
2022 · 7.9
Tegoyo
2022 · 6.0
Last Exit: Space
2022 · 6.8
Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire
2022 · 4.8
The Extravagant Little Life of Jean-Claude D. Dreyfus
2021
Hannelore Elsner: More Than One Life
2021
A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner
2021 · 8.5
Meteor: Sohrab Shahid Saless
2021
Series
Soccer Meets America
2026
Hulk Hogan: Real American
2026 · 7.6
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
2020 · 7.4
The Mandalorian
2019 · 8.4
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · 6.1
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 · 6.2
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · 5.2
Rick and Morty
2013 · 8.7
On Death Row
2012 · 6.8
Parks and Recreation
2009 · 8.0
Metalocalypse
2006 · 7.6
The Henry Rollins Show
2006 · 6.0
The Boondocks
2005 · 8.2
The Colbert Report
2005 · 6.9
American Dad!
2005 · 7.0