Werner Herzog

1942-

Biography: life and films

Werner Herzog is a German film director, screenwriter, producer and actor whose birth name is Werner Herzog Stipetic. He was born in Munich, Germany on 5th September 1942.

His best films as an actor include Lektionen in Finsternis (1992), Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997), Mein liebster Feind - Klaus Kinski (1999), The White Diamond (2004) and Grizzly Man (2005), and whose best work as a film director include Even Dwarfs Started Small (1970), Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes (1972), The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974), Fitzcarraldo (1982) and Glocken aus der Tiefe - Glaube und Aberglaube in Rußland (1995).

Werner Herzog has so far appeared in 31 films, directed 31 films (including 2 shorts) and scripted 28 films.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Wim Wenders (2 films), Les Blank (2) and Harmony Korine (2).

His most frequent genres include: drama (24 films), Documentary (19), Biography (7), War (4), comedy-drama (3), Horror (2) and Fantasy (2).

Our average rating for Werner Herzog over all films is: 3.5

Filmography

Key: a = actor; d = director; w = writer

Lebenszeichen (1968) [a,d,w]

Even Dwarfs Started Small (1970) [d,w]

Fata Morgana (1971) [d,w]

Geschichten vom Kübelkind (1971) [a]

Land des Schweigens und der Dunkelheit (1971) [d,w]

Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes (1972) [d,w]

Die Große Ekstase des Bildschnitzers Steiner (1974) [a,d,w]

The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974) [d,w]

Herz aus Glas (1976) [a,d,w]

Stroszek (1977) [d,w]

Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht (1979) [a,d,w]

Was ich bin, sind meine Filme (1979) [a]

Woyzeck (1979) [d,w]

Garlic Is As Good As Ten Mothers (1980) [a]

Burden of Dreams (1982) [a]

Fitzcarraldo (1982) [d,w]

Man of Flowers (1983) [a]

Wo die grünen Ameisen träumen (1984) [a,d,w]

Tokyo-Ga (1985) [a]

Cobra Verde (1987) [d,w]

Es ist nicht leicht ein Gott zu sein (1989) [a]

Gekauftes Glück (1989) [a]

Echos aus einem düsteren Reich (1990) [a,d,w]

Cerro Torre: Schrei aus Stein (1991) [a,d]

Schneeweißrosenrot (1991) [a]

Lektionen in Finsternis (1992) [a,d,w]

Brennendes Herz (1995) [a]

Glocken aus der Tiefe - Glaube und Aberglaube in Rußland (1995) [d,w]

Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997) [a,d,w]

What Dreams May Come (1998) [a]

Julien Donkey-Boy (1999) [a]

Mein liebster Feind - Klaus Kinski (1999) [a,d,w]

Der letzte Dokumentarfilm (2000) [a]

Invincible (2001) [a,d,w]

Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (2002) [d,w]

Wheel of Time (2003) [a,d,w]

The White Diamond (2004) [a,d,w]

Grizzly Man (2005) [a,d,w]

The Wild Blue Yonder (2005) [d,w]

Rescue Dawn (2006) [d,w]

Encounters at the End of the World (2007) [d,w]

Mister Lonely (2007) [a]

The Grand (2007) [a]

Bad Lieutenant (2009) [d]

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2009) [d,w]

Freaks of Nature (2015) [a]

Queen of the Desert (2015) [d,w]



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