Werner Herzog

Q: Has Werner Herzog won any major awards?

Herzog has received numerous accolades, including the Best Director award at the Cannes Film Festival for 'Fitzcarraldo' and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the European Film Academy.

Q: What was Werner Herzog's first film?

Herzog's first feature film was 'Signs of Life' released in 1968. It marked the beginning of his influential career in cinema.

Q: What is a notable aspect of Herzog's filmmaking style?

Herzog often blends documentary and narrative styles, focusing on the psychological depth of his subjects and emphasizing themes of existential struggle.

Q: What is Werner Herzog's background?

Herzog was born in Munich, Germany, and grew up in post-war Europe. His early experiences greatly influenced his filmmaking perspective and thematic choices.

Q: How many children does Werner Herzog have?

Werner Herzog has three children. Their names are Nils Herzog, and two others whose names are not widely publicized.

Q: What is Werner Herzog's estimated net worth?

Werner Herzog's estimated net worth is around $30 million, reflecting his successful career as a filmmaker, actor, and author.

Q: What themes are prevalent in Herzog's films?

Herzog's films often explore themes of nature's power, human ambition, and existential questions, showcasing the struggle between man and the environment.

Known for

Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)

IMDb 7.8 / 10

1972 / Action, Adventure / 89mins

A few decades after the destruction of the Inca Empire, a Spanish expedition led by the infamous Aguirre leaves the mountains of Peru and...

Name

Werner Herzog

Height

5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)

Born

5 September 1942, Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Spouses

Lotte Eisner (1995–2001)

Children

3 children, including Nils Herzog

Parents

Walter Herzog, Elisabeth Herzog

Estimated Net Worth

$30 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2026	TV Soccer Meets America From immigrant roots and early pro leagues, to the thrilling 1994 FIFA World Cup and the rise of a new...	Self	Not rated
2026	TV Hulk Hogan: Real American Before he was Hulk Hogan, he was Terry Bollea. Uncover the man behind the legend in this unfiltered documentary featuring...	Self	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2026	Movie Ghost Elephants In Angola's mist-shrouded highlands, three KhoiSan master trackers embark on a spiritual quest to rediscover the legendary "ghost elephants" of...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2025	Movie Sirena A laidback Mediterranean man discovers a mute mermaid while fishing and, enchanted by her otherworldliness, brings her to his backyard...	Unknown character	Not rated
2024	Movie About a Hero After a local factory worker named Dorem Clery dies under mysterious circumstances, Werner Herzog travels to Getunkirchenburg to investigate his...	Unknown character	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2024	Movie The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft Filmmaker Werner Herzog combs through the film archives of volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft to create a film that celebrates...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2024	Movie Celebrating the Rice Media Center Through the Fondren Fellows program, the Rice Media Center Archive Project has spent the past few months sifting through material...	Self (archival footage)	Not rated
2024	Movie Orion and the Dark A boy with an active imagination faces his fears on an unforgettable journey through the night with his new friend:...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2023	Movie The Arc of Oblivion "The Arc of Oblivion" explores a quirk of humankind: in a universe that erases its tracks, we humans are hellbent...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 2.0 / 10
2022	Movie Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer With exclusive behind-the-scenes access into Herzog’s everyday life, rare archive material and in-depth interviews with celebrated collaborators – including Christian...	Self	TMDB 7.9 / 10
2022	Movie Tegoyo In 1968 legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog shot in the island of Lanzarote his film Even Dwarfs Started Small. Fifty years...	Self (Voice)	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2022	Movie Last Exit: Space Documentary about space colonization: a voyage across our planet, into the stars and beyond.	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2022	Movie Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire From Murnau to Herzog, and until modern incarnations, a mischievous exploration of a cinematographic legendary character, with Nosferatu himself as...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 4.8 / 10
2021	Movie The Extravagant Little Life of Jean-Claude D. Dreyfus Self-taught magician, transformist at the Grande Eugène cabaret, man of theater, television and cinema, Jean-Claude D. Dreyfus has been dragging...	Self (archive footage)	Not rated
2021	Movie Hannelore Elsner: More Than One Life	Self (archive footage)	Not rated
2021	Movie A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner Born in Berlin in 1896, Lotte Eisner became famous for her passionate involvement in the world of both German and...	Self	TMDB 8.5 / 10
2021	Movie Meteor: Sohrab Shahid Saless Meteor: Sohrab Shahid Saless by Mahmoud Behraznia is a documentary with a different perspective on Sohrab Shahid Saless, a leading...	Self	Not rated
2020	TV Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen	Self	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2020	Movie The Andinist An old painter recounts the story of when he met a strange mountain climber, or perhaps, an explorer from another...	The Painter (Narrator)	Not rated
2020	Movie Dear Werner (Walking on Cinema) In 1974 Werner Herzog walked from Munich to Paris, an act of faith to prevent the  death of his mentor...	Narrator (voice)	Not rated
2020	Movie Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds This remarkable journey across our planet and universe explores how meteorites, shooting stars, and deep impacts have awoken our wonder...	Self - Narrator (voice)	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2020	Movie Wim Wenders, Desperado "Wings Of Desire" and "Buena Vista Social Club", "Paris, Texas" and "The State Of Things": Wim Wenders is considered one...	Self	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2020	TV Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian Executive producer Jon Favreau invites the cast and crew of The Mandalorian to share an unprecedented look at the making...	Self - The Client	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2020	Movie AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A. Unleashed from the video vaults of the American Genre Film Archive (AGFA), AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #2: LATER IN L.A. is...	(archive footage)	Not rated
2020	Movie The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault THE AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE VAULT is a 2-disc, 500-minute odyssey that collects eight feature-length VHS mixtapes from the crackpots at...	(archive footage)	Not rated
2019	TV The Mandalorian After the fall of the Galactic Empire, lawlessness has spread throughout the galaxy. A lone gunfighter makes his way through...	The Client	TMDB 8.4 / 10
2019	Movie 90 Years of the Music Box Theatre Nominated for two Chicago/Midwest Emmy awards including Outstanding Historical Documentary and Outstanding Off-Camera Directing, "90 Years of the Music Box...	Self	Not rated
2019	Movie Tattoo Uprising An examination of the artistic and historical roots of today's tattoo explosion.	Self	Not rated
2019	Movie Meeting Gorbachev Mikhail Gorbachev, former president of the Soviet Union, sits down with filmmaker Werner Herzog to discuss his many achievements. Topics...	Self	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2019	Movie Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin When Bruce Chatwin was dying of AIDS, his friend Werner Herzog made a final visit. As a parting gift, Chatwin...	Self - Interviewer and Narrator (voice)	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2019	Movie Jihad in Hollywood Once a successful Syrian actor, Jihad Abdo is now struggling as a refugee while trying to reinvent his life and...	Self	TMDB 1.0 / 10
2018	Movie Manaslu: Mountain of Souls The great successes and tragedies in the life and work of Hans Kammerlander, the renowned mountaineer.	Self	TMDB 8.3 / 10
2018	Movie Paradox Bullets A short film which debuted in a secret location in London to coincide with the release of the NikeCraft x...	Narrator (voice)	Not rated
2018	Movie The Great Buster: A Celebration A celebration of the life and career of one of America's most influential and celebrated filmmakers and comedians—Buster Keaton—whose singular...	Self	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2018	Movie I'm a Soldier Werner Herzog visited Beijing.	Self	Not rated
2018	Movie Film Beyond Cinema: The Dumpster Kid Experiment and Other Utopias For over half a century, the filmmaker Edgar Reitz, one of the signatories of the Oberhausen Manifesto and a pioneer...	Self	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2017	Movie One Hundred Years with Juan Rulfo This documentary explores key moments in the life of writer Juan Rulfo, with artists such as Werner Herzog and Eduardo...	Self	Not rated
2017	Movie Werner We Love You When Werner Herzog was still a child, his father was beaten to death before his eyes. His mother was overwhelmed...	Self	TMDB 8.5 / 10
2017	Movie Ballad of a Righteous Merchant Chronicles the making of director Werner Herzog’s 2009 feature, My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done, providing profound insight...	Self	TMDB 2.0 / 10
2017	Movie The Man Who Killed John Wayne	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2016	Movie Salt and Fire A scientist blames the head of a large company for an ecological disaster in South America. But when a volcano...	Man with One Story (uncredited)	TMDB 4.9 / 10
2016	Movie Into the Inferno With stunning views of eruptions and lava flows, Werner Herzog captures the raw power of volcanoes and their ties to...	Self	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2016	Movie Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World Werner Herzog's exploration of the Internet and the connected world.	Self	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2016	Movie Jihad in Hollywood Once a successful Syrian actor, Jihad Abdo is now struggling as a refugee while trying to reinvent his life and...	Self	Not rated
2015	Movie Freaks of Nature In the town of Dillford, humans, vampires and zombies were all living in peace - until the alien apocalypse arrived....	Perfect Being (voice)	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2015	TV The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the #1 show in late...	Self - Guest	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2015	TV Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter Some of this year's most talked about talent open up about the challenges and triumphs of creating critically acclaimed series...	Self	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2014	Movie Penguins of Madagascar Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private join forces with undercover organization The North Wind to stop the villainous Dr. Octavius Brine...	Documentary Filmmaker (voice)	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2014	Movie Atari: Game Over The Xbox Originals documentary that chronicles the fall of the Atari Corporation through the lens of one of the biggest...	Self (archival)	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2014	Movie Lemonade War In an idyllic suburban neighborhood, Jerry runs his big business lemonade stand and has the market cornered, until ten-year-old Addie...	Neighborhood Hero	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2014	Movie Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance After the war, almost by chance, Alfonso Sansone started to produce documentary films and moved from Palermo to Rome, the...	Self (archive footage)	Not rated
2014	Movie Werner Herzog: On Death Row and Life as a Director Werner Herzog talks about making 'On Death Row' and life as a director.	Self	Not rated
2014	Movie Life Itself The surprising and entertaining life of renowned film critic and social commentator Roger Ebert (1942-2013): his early days as a...	Self - Filmmaker	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2014	TV Late Night with Seth Meyers Seth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live's" longest serving anchor on the show's wildly popular "Weekend Update," takes over as...	Self - Guest	TMDB 5.1 / 10
2013	Movie The Unbelievers Scientists Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss travel the globe promoting a scientific worldview and the rational questioning of religious belief.	Self	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2013	TV Rick and Morty Follows a sociopathic genius scientist who drags his inherently timid grandson on adventures across the universe.	Shrimply Pibbles (voice)	TMDB 8.7 / 10
2013	Movie Werner Herzog and Errol Morris on 'The Act of Killing' Directors Errol Morris and Werner Herzog describe and discuss the film The Act of Killing (2012).	Self	Not rated
2013	Movie An Appreciation of Les Blank by Werner Herzog Werner Herzog talking about his appreciation for Les Blank.	Self	Not rated
2013	Movie Home from Home – Chronicle of a Vision Follow-up to the TV trilogy “Heimat”, this time for cinemas, set again in the fictional village Schabbach in the Hunsrück...	Alexander von Humboldt	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2013	Movie Mistaken for Strangers Mistaken for Strangers follows The National on its biggest tour to date. Newbie roadie Tom (lead singer Matt Berninger’s younger...	Self (uncredited)	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2013	Movie Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around Cast and crew speak on adapting One Shot as the first Jack Reacher film, casting Tom Cruise, earning Lee Child's...	Self	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2012	Movie Jack Reacher One morning in an ordinary town, five people are shot dead in a seemingly random attack. All evidence points to...	Zec Chelovek	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2012	Movie Strawberryfields A reconstruction, the replica of a complex emotional world made of desire and aggression: a teen film. Florian Pochlatko explores...	Turnlehrer	Not rated
2012	Movie Close Up More than 150 silent short films about singers, actors and directors captured during Press Conferences in Cannes, Venice and Berlin,...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 9.5 / 10
2012	Movie 10 Questions for Werner Herzog Interview with Werner Herzog during his visit to the Indiana University Cinema.	Self	TMDB 9.5 / 10
2012	Movie The Killers: Unstaged Following the band The Killers on road to and on stage in the Bronx, New York, in a series of...	Self	TMDB 3.0 / 10
2012	Movie Dubai Winter Diary VI: Light and Reflections Gérard Courant's "Filmed Diary" of December 14, 2011, produced in Dubai (United Arab Emirates). Between December 7 and 15, 2011,...	Self	Not rated
2012	Movie Dinotasia Computer-generated animation about the daily lives of dinosaurs, narrated by Werner Herzog.	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2012	TV On Death Row A two part series on an inside look at a maximum security prison in Texas featuring interviews with death row...	Werner Herzog	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2012	Movie No Mr. Werner Herzog, this isn't your Cinématon A fake "Cinematon".	Self	Not rated
2011	Movie I, I, I José Lewgoy Documentary discussing the life and work of José Lewgoy, one of the most important Brazilian actors of all times.	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2011	Movie Into the Abyss We do not know when and how we will die. Death Row inmates do. Werner Herzog embarks on a dialogue...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2011	Movie On Borrowed Time Auteur filmmaker Paul Cox contemplates his own mortality and his life's work as he wits for a life saving liver...	Self	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2011	Movie Champions: A Comic Tale A comic tale. The issue of film education has been a Gordian link for many years in Greece. Starting from...	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2011	Movie Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood Documentary about Hans Zimmer.	Self	TMDB 1.0 / 10
2010	Movie Werner Herzog Defends Dade Werner Herzog shares his thoughts on Miami.	Self	Not rated
2010	Movie Cave of Forgotten Dreams Werner Herzog gains exclusive access to film inside the Chauvet caves of Southern France, capturing the oldest known pictorial creations...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2010	Movie Anyone who dares will take the cold off their horse	Self	Not rated
2010	Movie When Herzog Rescued Phoenix Famed film director Werner Herzog recounts the time he rescued Joaquin Phoenix from lighting a deadly cigarette.	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2010	Movie Into the Night With Harmony Korine and Gaspar Noe Two celebrities (Gaspar Noe and Harmony Korine) meet for the first time to spend an evening in each others and...	Self	Not rated
2010	Movie Happy People: A Year in the Taiga In the center of the story is the life of the indigenous people of the village Bakhtia at the river...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2010	Movie Behind the Madness: The Making of My Son, My Son The Making of 'My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done'.	Self	Not rated
2010	Movie I am My Films, Part 2... 30 Years Later Christian Weisenborn and Werner Herzog know each other for more than 40 years. His first film on Werner Herzog "I...	Self	Not rated
2010	Movie The Making of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans Behind the scenes documentary for Werner Herzog's Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans. Features interviews and on-set footage.	Himself	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2009	Movie Plastic Bag A plastic bag, thrown out in the trash, attempts to find his way back to his owner and along the...	Plastic Bag (voice)	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2009	Movie The Lonely A documentary portrait of the filmmaker Harmony Korine during the production of his third feature film, Mister Lonely (2007). Shot...	Unknown character	Not rated
2009	TV Parks and Recreation In an attempt to beautify her town — and advance her career — Leslie Knope, a mid-level bureaucrat in the...	Keg Jennings	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2008	Movie Capturing Reality From cinema-verite; pioneers Albert Maysles and Joan Churchill to maverick movie makers like Errol Morris, Werner Herzog and Nick Broomfield,...	Self	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2008	Movie 40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight A history of the Cannes Film Festival's Director's Fortnight selection.	Self	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2008	Movie BLAST! With extraordinary access, BLAST exposes a world of risky, hardcore, scientific adventure. The story follows an international team of astrophysicists...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2008	Movie Bierbichler Documentary about actor Josef Bierbichler.	Self	Not rated
2008	Movie Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers Documentary about filmmakers of the New German Cinema who were members of the legendary Filmverlag für Autoren (Film Publishing House...	Self	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2008	Movie Mister Lonely In Paris, a young American working as a Michael Jackson lookalike meets Marilyn Monroe, who invites him to her commune...	Father Umbrillo	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2008	Movie Back to Room 666 What is the future of cinema? In 1982, in Cannes, Wim Wenders invited many movie makers to answer this question....	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2007	Movie Making of a True Story: Rescue Dawn "Rescue Dawn: The Making of a True Story" is a documentary film that provides a behind-the-scenes look at the production...	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2007	Movie Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema A veteran film critic explores the legacy of Cannes Film Festival regular Pierre Rissient.	Self	TMDB 4.0 / 10
2007	Movie Encounters at the End of the World Acclaimed filmmaker Werner Herzog travels to Antarctica, where he finds a desolate, beautiful landscape, largely untouched by human hands, and...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2007	Movie Munich (Filmfest) Stories - 25 years of Munich Filmfest A cheerful, amusing and melancholic look back at the Munich film festival from the perspective of the people who make...	Self	Not rated
2007	Movie The Grand The Grand is in the tradition of improvisational comedies like Best In Show and This Is Spinal Tap. The story...	The German	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2007	Movie All In This Tea During the 1990s, David Lee Hoffman searched throughout China for the finest teas. He's a California importer who, as a...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2006	TV Metalocalypse Part-American, part-Scandinavian death-metal band Dethklok has a lingering effect on its fans, who take the words seriously and do anything...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2006	Movie 50 Films to See Before You Die Celebrating the relaunch of Film4 as a free-to-air TV channel, Channel4 counts down their list of the fop 50 films...	Self	TMDB 8.5 / 10
2006	Movie Walking to Werner Linas Phillips pays tribute to Werner Herzog in his pledge to walk from Seattle, Washington to Herzog's Los Angeles home.	Self (voice)	Not rated
2006	TV The Henry Rollins Show The Henry Rollins Show was a weekly talk show hosted by Henry Rollins on the Independent Film Channel. The show...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2005	Movie In the Edges: The 'Grizzly Man' Session With Herzog's direction, Richard Thompson leads a small group of musicians into creating Grizzly Man's evocative soundtrack.	Self	Not rated
2005	Movie Q & A with Jana Sevcikova and Werner Herzog Q & A with Jana Sevcikova and Werner Herzog.	Self	Not rated
2005	TV The Boondocks When Robert “Granddad” Freeman becomes legal guardian to his two grandsons, he moves from the tough south side of Chicago...	Himself (voice)	TMDB 8.3 / 10
2005	TV The Colbert Report The Colbert Report is an American satirical late night television program. It stars political humorist Stephen Colbert, a former correspondent...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2005	Movie Perpetuum Mobile: Voices in the Blue Space Legendary film director Werner Herzog brings together five shepherds and singers from the island of Sardinia in a Paris studio...	Self	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2005	Movie Grizzly Man Follows the story of "Grizzly Man" Timothy Treadwell and what the thirteen summers in a National Park in Alaska were...	Self / Narrator (voice)	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2005	Movie Dreams and Burdens A retrospective interview with director Werner Herzog.	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2005	TV American Dad! The series focuses on an eccentric motley crew that is the Smith family and their three housemates: Father, husband, and...	Werner Herzog (voice)	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2004	Movie Incident at Loch Ness When renowned director Werner Herzog and fellow filmmaker Zak Penn set off to explore the legend of Scotland's Loch Ness...	Self	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2004	Movie The White Diamond This 2004 documentary by Werner Herzog diaries the struggle of a passionate English inventor to design and test a unique...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2004	TV Kulturplatz	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2004	Movie The Best of Tromadance Film Festival: Volume 3 In this third volume of the Best of Tromadance, viewers can sample fifteen of the best films from the 2003...	Self (voice) ("Dribble" short)	Not rated
2004	Movie Dribble Winner of the Tromadance/Kodak Independent Soul Award, Giuseppe Andrews’ Dribble is a short film set in the director's trailer park.	Self (voice)	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2003	Movie Wheel of Time Wheel of Time is Werner Herzog's photographed look at the largest Buddhist ritual in Bodh Gaya, India.	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2002	Movie The Boxing Prince The documentary tells the life story of the boxer Norbert Grupe, who was known by his fighting name Prince of...	Self	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2001	Movie The 100 Greatest Films A countdown of the 100 greatest films, as voted by the British public via the Channel 4 website.	Self	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2000	Movie The Last Documentary Documentary by Jan Sebening and Daniel Sponsel.	Self	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2000	Movie Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor Klaus Kinski is one of the few German actors who has achieved international fame. He made headlines. And disappeared behind...	Self	Not rated
2000	Movie The Ball Is a Scumbag "Sometimes the ball is bewitched," says legendary soccer coach Rudi Gutendorf. He's the one who would know, after having coached...	Self	TMDB 8.5 / 10
1999	Movie Wings of Hope Werner Herzog returns to the South American jungle with Juliane Koepcke, the German woman who was the sole survivor of...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1999	Movie Julien Donkey-Boy Undiagnosed, untreated and generally untethered schizophrenic Julien lives with his pregnant younger sister, anorexic aspiring wrestler brother, sympathetic grandmother, and...	Father	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1999	Movie A Brief History of Errol Morris This film tells the fascinating story of one of the most critically acclaimed careers in independent documentary film making in...	Self	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1999	Movie My Best Fiend A film that describes the love-hate relationship between Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski, the deep trust between the director and...	Self	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1999	Movie In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin A strongly visual look at the life, work and obsessions od the writer Bruce Chatwin, who died of AIDS in...	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1998	Movie What Dreams May Come Chris Nielsen dies to find himself in a heaven more amazing than he could have ever dreamed of. There is...	Face	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1998	TV Sternstunde Philosophie	Self	Not rated
1997	Movie Little Dieter Needs to Fly Three decades after German-American pilot Dieter Dengler was shot down over Laos, he returns to the places where he was...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1996	Movie Stardust Stricken: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, A Portrait Director Mohsen Makhmalbaf claims to have never seen a movie before making his first film. Doubtful as it sounds, this...	Self	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1996	Movie The Transformation of the World Into Music This film was prepared as a introduction to a series of opera broadcasts on German television. It depicts the behind-the-scenes...	Self	TMDB 8.3 / 10
1995	TV Die Harald Schmidt Show The Harald Schmidt Show is a German late night talk show hosted on Sky Deutschland by comedian Harald Schmidt. The...	Self	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1995	Movie Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices Works, legend and murders of Carlo Gesualdo, a notorious Italian composer and murderer from 16th century.	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1995	Movie Burning Heart Follows the life of the famous German politician, writer, and communist activist, Gustav Regler, from his birth in 1898, in...	Unknown character	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1994	TV Placido Domingo's Tales from the Opera The series aims to portray Domingo both as artist and person: his working process, the “blood, sweat, tears” behind the...	Self - Director	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1993	Movie Dangerous Game A New York film director, working on his latest movie in Los Angeles, begins to reflect the actions in his...	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1993	Movie Bells from the Deep A group of pilgrims lie down on the thin ice of the lake Svetloyar and begin to look for the...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1992	Movie Lessons of Darkness Shortly after the Gulf War, oil fires were raging all through Kuwait. In the week before this sea of fire...	Self - Narrator (voice)	TMDB 7.9 / 10
1991	TV Film Lesson A 4-part series of interviews and demonstrations by various artists, authors and performers put on in 1991 for the Viennale...	Self	Not rated
1991	Movie Jag Mandir: The Eccentric Private Theatre of the Maharaja of Udaipur Jag Mandir is a quiet and often overlooked film in the vast oeuvre of Werner Herzog. Apparently, 20 hours of...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1991	Movie SnowwhiteRosered Documentary about the twin sister Jutta and Gisela Schmidt. In the late sixties the two women rebelled against middle class...	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1991	Movie Scream of Stone A meeting of two world famous climbers, one an experienced mountaineer the other a sport climber, and a journalist (Ivan)...	TV-Regisseur	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1990	Movie Echoes from a Sombre Empire Documentary examining Bokassa's rule in the Central African Republic using the testimony of witnesses and visits to key sites.	Self	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1990	Movie Hard to Be a God Another planet in the period of medieval times. An employee of the institute of experimental history from Earth, who is...	Mita / Richard	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1990	Movie Russian Adventure. Peter Fleischmann is Filming "Hard to Be a God"	Self	Not rated
1989	TV The Simpsons Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family;...	Dr. Lund (voice)	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1989	TV The Simpsons Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family;...	Werner Herzog (voice)	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1989	TV The Simpsons Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family;...	Walter Hotenhoffer (voice)	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1989	Movie Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun Herzog's documentary of the Wodaabe people of the Sahara/Sahel region. Particular attention is given to the tribe's spectacular courtship rituals...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1989	Movie Bride of the Orient After the death of his mother, a lonely farmer in rural Switzerland considers finally starting a family of his own....	Businger	TMDB 9.5 / 10
1989	Movie The Heart and the Legs The heart of the legs.	Self	Not rated
1989	Movie To the End of the World... and Then a Little Bit Further A documentation about Werner Herzog's motif to do movies.	Self	TMDB 8.5 / 10
1988	Movie Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe Directors Werner Herzog and Errol Morris make a bet which results in Herzog living up to his promise that he...	Self	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1987	Movie Location Africa Making-of documentary that covers "Cobra Verde," Herzog's last film with Kinski before Kinski's death. This is the documentary that registers...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1986	Movie Portrait: Werner Herzog An autobiographical short film by Werner Herzog made in 1986. Herzog tells stories about his life and career. The film...	Self	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1985	Movie Tokyo-Ga German director Wim Wenders tries to explore the Tokyo that was depicted in the films of Yasujiro Ozu and finds...	Self	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1985	Movie The Dark Glow of the Mountains Werner Herzog follows mountaineers Hans Kammerlander and Reinhold Messner during their expedition into climbing the Gasherbrum mountains, which has some...	Self (voice)	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1985	Movie Room 666 During the 1982 Cannes Film Festival, Wim Wenders asked a number of global film directors to, one at a time,...	Self	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1985	TV Sonntagsgespräch	Self	Not rated
1984	Movie Ballad of the Little Soldier A group of Miskito Indians use Nicaraguan child soldiers in their resistance against the Sandinistas.	Self (voice)	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1984	Movie Where the Green Ants Dream The Australian Aborigines (in this film anyway) believe that this is the place where the green ants go to dream,...	Lawyer (uncredited)	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1983	Movie Man of Flowers An eccentric elderly man tries to enjoy the three things in life that he considers real beauty: collecting art, collecting...	The Father	TMDB 5.2 / 10
1983	Movie God's Angry Man The documentary follows Gene Scott, famous televangelist involved with constant fights against FCC, who tried to shut down his TV...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1982	Movie Burden of Dreams The Amazon rain forest, 1979. The crew of Fitzcarraldo (1982), a film directed by German director Werner Herzog, soon finds...	Self - Filmmaker	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1980	Movie Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers A zesty paean of praise to the greater glories of garlic. This lip-smacking foray into the history, consumption, cultivation and...	Self - Film Director: Nosferatu	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1979	TV Bavarian Film Awards	Self	Not rated
1979	TV Okay	Self	Not rated
1979	Movie The Making of 'Nosferatu' Werner Herzog discusses the making of "Nosferatu" on set.	Self	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1979	Movie I Am My Films: A Portrait of Werner Herzog Interview film with German director Werner Herzog revisiting the films he made up to ca. 1977.	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1979	Movie Scénario de 'Sauve qui peut la vie' Jean-Luc Godard proposes a diary of his creative process. Looking at photos of three actors, Jacques Dutronc, Isabelle Huppert, and...	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1977	Movie La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe Werner Herzog takes a film crew to the island of Guadeloupe when he hears that the volcano on the island...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1977	Movie Journey Through History A journey through history	Self	Not rated
1976	Movie Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema BBC documentary about the rise of the New German Cinema and several of its most important figures.	Self	Not rated
1976	Movie Heart of Glass A small Bavarian village is renowned for its "Ruby Glass" glass blowing works. When the foreman of the works dies...	Glass Transporter	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1976	Movie How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck A documentary short examining the language and performance of auctioneering, filmed at the World Livestock Auctioneer Championship in Pennsylvania.	Self	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1975	Movie Lost in the Garden of the World Cannes is the town in France where Bergman meets bikinis, and the art of filmmaking meets the art of the...	Self	Not rated
1975	TV Midi Première Midi Première is a French variety show presented by Danièle Gilbert, directed by Jacques Pierre and broadcast from January 6,...	Self	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1974	Movie Tales of the Dumpster Kid The Dumpster Kid is an artistic creation: in every story society forces her to learn something. But she, fully grown...	Hurenmörder	TMDB 3.9 / 10
1974	TV Spécial cinéma Marcello Mastroianni, Isabelle Adjani, Alain Delon, Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen... the biggest stars in cinema were welcomed by Christian Defaye...	Self	TMDB 9.5 / 10
1974	Movie The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner A study of the psychology of a champion ski-flyer, whose full-time occupation is carpentry.	Self	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1971	Movie Handicapped Future A documentary by Werner Herzog exploring the different treatment accorded to the disabled in Germany and the USA.	Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1968	TV 60 Minutes America's popular television News magazine in which an ever changing team of CBS News correspondents contribute segments ranging from hard...	Self	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1968	Movie Signs of Life During World War II, three German soldiers are withdrawn from combat when one of them, Stroszek, is wounded. They are...	Soldier (uncredited)	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1968	Movie Die Erben von Papas Kino Documentary by Wilhelm Roth about the state of affairs of the Young German Cinema.	Unknown character	Not rated
1967	Movie Neuer Deutscher Film Report Interview film with the protagonists of the New German Cinema in 1966.	Unknown character	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1964	TV Grimme Award Annual awarding of the Grimme Awards.	Self	Not rated
1951	TV German Film Award	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
TBA	Movie Shards of Cinema and Philosophy Inspired by the "The wind of cinema" festival which every year deals with issues relating to the relationship between cinema...	Self	Not rated
TBA	Movie Ally A squid dreams of becoming the star of a wildlife documentary. But when an aircraft sinks into the ocean, her...	(voice)	Not rated
TBA	Movie Jösta Hagelbäck & Werner Herzog Director Jösta Hagelbäck speaks on the importance of Werner Herzog.	Self	Not rated

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2026	Movie Ghost Elephants In Angola's mist-shrouded highlands, three KhoiSan master trackers embark on a spiritual quest to rediscover the legendary "ghost elephants" of...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2026	Movie Ghost Elephants In Angola's mist-shrouded highlands, three KhoiSan master trackers embark on a spiritual quest to rediscover the legendary "ghost elephants" of...	Producer Production	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2026	Movie Ghost Elephants In Angola's mist-shrouded highlands, three KhoiSan master trackers embark on a spiritual quest to rediscover the legendary "ghost elephants" of...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2026	Movie Ghost Elephants In Angola's mist-shrouded highlands, three KhoiSan master trackers embark on a spiritual quest to rediscover the legendary "ghost elephants" of...	Writer Writing	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2025	Movie Felicidad A gardener working at a resort on the island of La Palma decides to go to the top of the...	Producer Production	Not rated
2025	Movie Mi casa amarilla	Consulting Editor Editing	Not rated
2025	Movie Reeling After a life altering accident, Ryan returns home for a birthday luau and uncovers the secret of when things took...	Executive Producer Production	Not rated
2024	Movie Theater of Thought Werner Herzog sets his sights on yet another mysterious landscape — the human brain — for clues as to why...	Screenplay Writing	Not rated
2024	Movie Theater of Thought Werner Herzog sets his sights on yet another mysterious landscape — the human brain — for clues as to why...	Executive Producer Production	Not rated
2024	Movie Theater of Thought Werner Herzog sets his sights on yet another mysterious landscape — the human brain — for clues as to why...	Director Directing	Not rated
2024	Movie The End Twenty-five years after environmental collapse left the Earth uninhabitable, Mother, Father and Son are confined to their palatial bunker, where...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2024	Movie The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft Filmmaker Werner Herzog combs through the film archives of volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft to create a film that celebrates...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2024	Movie The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft Filmmaker Werner Herzog combs through the film archives of volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft to create a film that celebrates...	Writer Writing	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2023	Movie The Arc of Oblivion "The Arc of Oblivion" explores a quirk of humankind: in a universe that erases its tracks, we humans are hellbent...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 2.0 / 10
2022	Movie Notes from a Dromedary An adolescent on a remote place narrates his story marked by a past in the Sahara being a camel, Pringles...	Creative Consultant Crew	Not rated
2022	Movie Flores del precipicio Lucia has returned to the island where all the houses are white. Fifteen years have passed since the day she...	Producer Production	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2022	Movie Last Exit: Space Documentary about space colonization: a voyage across our planet, into the stars and beyond.	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2022	Movie El Poso After a failed suicide attempt, a woman wakes up on a strange beach with the ability to talk to rocks.	Producer Production	Not rated
2020	Movie Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds This remarkable journey across our planet and universe explores how meteorites, shooting stars, and deep impacts have awoken our wonder...	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2020	Movie Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds This remarkable journey across our planet and universe explores how meteorites, shooting stars, and deep impacts have awoken our wonder...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2019	Movie Family Romance, LLC Love is a business at Family Romance, a company that rents human stand-ins for any occasion. Founder Yuichi Ishii helps...	Director of Photography Camera	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2019	Movie Family Romance, LLC Love is a business at Family Romance, a company that rents human stand-ins for any occasion. Founder Yuichi Ishii helps...	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2019	Movie Family Romance, LLC Love is a business at Family Romance, a company that rents human stand-ins for any occasion. Founder Yuichi Ishii helps...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2019	Movie Family Romance, LLC Love is a business at Family Romance, a company that rents human stand-ins for any occasion. Founder Yuichi Ishii helps...	Camera Operator Camera	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2019	Movie Meeting Gorbachev Mikhail Gorbachev, former president of the Soviet Union, sits down with filmmaker Werner Herzog to discuss his many achievements. Topics...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2019	Movie Meeting Gorbachev Mikhail Gorbachev, former president of the Soviet Union, sits down with filmmaker Werner Herzog to discuss his many achievements. Topics...	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2019	Movie Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin When Bruce Chatwin was dying of AIDS, his friend Werner Herzog made a final visit. As a parting gift, Chatwin...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2019	Movie Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin When Bruce Chatwin was dying of AIDS, his friend Werner Herzog made a final visit. As a parting gift, Chatwin...	Writer Writing	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2019	Movie Love Birds An American woman travels deep into to the Amazon jungle discouraged with her marriage & on a quest for adventure,...	Consulting Producer Production	Not rated
2019	Movie The Last Scene The story of an indigenous Ese’eja child facing the death of his grandfather. During the two days that separate the...	Executive Producer Production	Not rated
2018	Movie The Empty Goal A man recounts the story of a local legend as he travels to the jungle to make peace with his...	Thanks Crew	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2018	Movie The whole world is country The Rai fiction on Lucano and the Riace model that will never see the light.	Consulting Producer Production	Not rated
2018	Movie The Golden Gate A young charming mayor of a small South American port town proudly introducing his ambitious project that doesn't match the...	Executive Producer Production	Not rated
2017	Movie A Gray State In 2010 David Crowley, an Iraq veteran, aspiring filmmaker and charismatic up-and-coming voice in fringe politics, began production on his...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2016	Movie Salt and Fire A scientist blames the head of a large company for an ecological disaster in South America. But when a volcano...	Writer Writing	TMDB 4.9 / 10
2016	Movie Salt and Fire A scientist blames the head of a large company for an ecological disaster in South America. But when a volcano...	Producer Production	TMDB 4.9 / 10
2016	Movie Salt and Fire A scientist blames the head of a large company for an ecological disaster in South America. But when a volcano...	Director Directing	TMDB 4.9 / 10
2016	Movie Into the Inferno With stunning views of eruptions and lava flows, Werner Herzog captures the raw power of volcanoes and their ties to...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2016	Movie Into the Inferno With stunning views of eruptions and lava flows, Werner Herzog captures the raw power of volcanoes and their ties to...	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2016	Movie Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World Werner Herzog's exploration of the Internet and the connected world.	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2016	Movie Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World Werner Herzog's exploration of the Internet and the connected world.	Director Directing	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2016	Movie Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World Werner Herzog's exploration of the Internet and the connected world.	Producer Production	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2016	Movie The Blimp-Maker For the past forty years, Igor Pasternak has pursued a lighter-than-air vision: to build gigantic airships that haul cargo to...	Thanks Crew	Not rated
2015	Movie Queen of the Desert A chronicle of Gertrude Bell's life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attaché for the British Empire in...	Director Directing	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2015	Movie Queen of the Desert A chronicle of Gertrude Bell's life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attaché for the British Empire in...	Writer Writing	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2015	Movie Red Army A documentary highlighting the Soviet Union's legendary and enigmatic hockey training culture and world-dominating team through the eyes of the...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2014	Movie The Look of Silence An Indonesian man with a communist background named Ramli was brutally murdered when the "Communist" purge occurred in 1965. His...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2013	Movie From One Second to the Next Stories of serious traffic accidents caused by texting and driving are told by the perpetrators and surviving victims.	Director Directing	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2013	Movie The Last Shepherd A journey through the incredible story of Renato Zucchelli, the last travelling shepherd living in a metropolis, who conquered the...	Thanks Crew	TMDB 9.4 / 10
2012	Movie The Act of Killing In this chilling and groundbreaking documentary, former Indonesian death squad leaders reenact their real-life mass killings in the style of...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2012	Movie The Killers: Unstaged Following the band The Killers on road to and on stage in the Bronx, New York, in a series of...	Director Directing	TMDB 3.0 / 10
2012	TV On Death Row A two part series on an inside look at a maximum security prison in Texas featuring interviews with death row...	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2012	TV On Death Row A two part series on an inside look at a maximum security prison in Texas featuring interviews with death row...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2012	TV On Death Row A two part series on an inside look at a maximum security prison in Texas featuring interviews with death row...	Creator Creator	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2011	Movie Into the Abyss We do not know when and how we will die. Death Row inmates do. Werner Herzog embarks on a dialogue...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2011	Movie Into the Abyss We do not know when and how we will die. Death Row inmates do. Werner Herzog embarks on a dialogue...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2011	Movie Into the Abyss We do not know when and how we will die. Death Row inmates do. Werner Herzog embarks on a dialogue...	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2011	Movie Ode to the Dawn of Man In Cave of Forgotten Dreams, celebrated German film director Werner Herzog gained exclusive access to film the 32,000 year old...	Sound Sound	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2011	Movie Ode to the Dawn of Man In Cave of Forgotten Dreams, celebrated German film director Werner Herzog gained exclusive access to film the 32,000 year old...	Cinematography Crew	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2011	Movie Ode to the Dawn of Man In Cave of Forgotten Dreams, celebrated German film director Werner Herzog gained exclusive access to film the 32,000 year old...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2010	Movie Cave of Forgotten Dreams Werner Herzog gains exclusive access to film inside the Chauvet caves of Southern France, capturing the oldest known pictorial creations...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2010	Movie Cave of Forgotten Dreams Werner Herzog gains exclusive access to film inside the Chauvet caves of Southern France, capturing the oldest known pictorial creations...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2010	Movie Happy People: A Year in the Taiga In the center of the story is the life of the indigenous people of the village Bakhtia at the river...	Writer Writing	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2010	Movie Happy People: A Year in the Taiga In the center of the story is the life of the indigenous people of the village Bakhtia at the river...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2010	Movie Happy People: A Year in the Taiga In the center of the story is the life of the indigenous people of the village Bakhtia at the river...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2010	Movie My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done Brad has committed murder and barricaded himself inside his house. With the help of his friends and neighbours, the cops...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2010	Movie My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done Brad has committed murder and barricaded himself inside his house. With the help of his friends and neighbours, the cops...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2010	Movie A Night Out A weekly church bingo game in Greenpoint, Brooklyn provides a treasured night out for many of the neighborhood's liveliest elderly...	Technical Advisor Crew	Not rated
2010	Movie A Night Out A weekly church bingo game in Greenpoint, Brooklyn provides a treasured night out for many of the neighborhood's liveliest elderly...	Thanks Crew	Not rated
2009	Movie Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans Terrence McDonagh is a New Orleans Police sergeant, who receives a medal and a promotion to lieutenant for heroism during...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2009	Movie La Bohème Part of a series of opera shorts by different directors. Herzog combines O Soave Fanciulla ("Oh you vision of beauty"...	Director Directing	TMDB 4.9 / 10
2008	Movie Lohengrin: Bayreuth Festival Opera Richard Wagner's opera Lohengrin staged in 1987 by Werner Herzog in Bayreuth.	Stage Director Directing	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2007	Movie Encounters at the End of the World Acclaimed filmmaker Werner Herzog travels to Antarctica, where he finds a desolate, beautiful landscape, largely untouched by human hands, and...	Writer Writing	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2007	Movie Encounters at the End of the World Acclaimed filmmaker Werner Herzog travels to Antarctica, where he finds a desolate, beautiful landscape, largely untouched by human hands, and...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2007	Movie Encounters at the End of the World Acclaimed filmmaker Werner Herzog travels to Antarctica, where he finds a desolate, beautiful landscape, largely untouched by human hands, and...	Sound Sound	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2007	Movie Rescue Dawn A US Fighter pilot's epic struggle of survival after being shot down on a mission over Laos during the Vietnam...	Author Writing	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2007	Movie Rescue Dawn A US Fighter pilot's epic struggle of survival after being shot down on a mission over Laos during the Vietnam...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2007	Movie The Devil's Muse A stark look at one of Hollywood's darkest mysteries, The Black Dalia (Elizabeth Short) Murder.	Creative Consultant Crew	TMDB 2.7 / 10
2005	Movie The Wild Blue Yonder An alien narrates the story of his dying planet, his and his people's visitations to Earth and Earth's self-made demise,...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2005	Movie The Wild Blue Yonder An alien narrates the story of his dying planet, his and his people's visitations to Earth and Earth's self-made demise,...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2005	Movie Grizzly Man Follows the story of "Grizzly Man" Timothy Treadwell and what the thirteen summers in a National Park in Alaska were...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2005	Movie What Is It? The adventures of a young man whose principle interests are snails, salt, a pipe, and how to get home. As...	Thanks Crew	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2004	Movie Incident at Loch Ness When renowned director Werner Herzog and fellow filmmaker Zak Penn set off to explore the legend of Scotland's Loch Ness...	Producer Production	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2004	Movie The White Diamond This 2004 documentary by Werner Herzog diaries the struggle of a passionate English inventor to design and test a unique...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2004	Movie The White Diamond This 2004 documentary by Werner Herzog diaries the struggle of a passionate English inventor to design and test a unique...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2003	Movie Wheel of Time Wheel of Time is Werner Herzog's photographed look at the largest Buddhist ritual in Bodh Gaya, India.	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2003	Movie Wheel of Time Wheel of Time is Werner Herzog's photographed look at the largest Buddhist ritual in Bodh Gaya, India.	Director Directing	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2003	Movie Wheel of Time Wheel of Time is Werner Herzog's photographed look at the largest Buddhist ritual in Bodh Gaya, India.	Editor Editing	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2003	Movie Wheel of Time Wheel of Time is Werner Herzog's photographed look at the largest Buddhist ritual in Bodh Gaya, India.	Producer Production	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2002	Movie Ten Thousand Years Older	Director Directing	Not rated
2002	Movie Ten Thousand Years Older	Screenplay Writing	Not rated
2002	Movie Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet Ten Minutes Older is a 2002 film project consisting of two compilation feature films entitled The Trumpet and The Cello....	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2002	Movie Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet Ten Minutes Older is a 2002 film project consisting of two compilation feature films entitled The Trumpet and The Cello....	Director Directing	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2001	Movie Invincible A Jewish strongman performs in Berlin as the blond Aryan hero Siegfried.	Director Directing	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2001	Movie Invincible A Jewish strongman performs in Berlin as the blond Aryan hero Siegfried.	Producer Production	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2001	Movie Invincible A Jewish strongman performs in Berlin as the blond Aryan hero Siegfried.	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2001	Movie Pilgrimage Accompanied only by music the film alternates between shots of pilgrims near the tomb of Saint Sergei in Sergiyev Posad,...	Director Directing	TMDB 4.8 / 10
2000	Movie Tannhäuser A romantic opera in three acts with music and libretto by Richard Wagner, performed by the Orchestra of the Teatro...	Stage Director Directing	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1999	TV 2000 Years of Christianity 2000 Jahre Christentum is a German documentary series on the history of Christianity prior to the year 1999. This series...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1999	Movie Wings of Hope Werner Herzog returns to the South American jungle with Juliane Koepcke, the German woman who was the sole survivor of...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1999	Movie Wings of Hope Werner Herzog returns to the South American jungle with Juliane Koepcke, the German woman who was the sole survivor of...	Writer Writing	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1999	Movie My Best Fiend A film that describes the love-hate relationship between Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski, the deep trust between the director and...	Writer Writing	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1999	Movie My Best Fiend A film that describes the love-hate relationship between Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski, the deep trust between the director and...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1997	Movie Little Dieter Needs to Fly Three decades after German-American pilot Dieter Dengler was shot down over Laos, he returns to the places where he was...	Writer Writing	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1997	Movie Little Dieter Needs to Fly Three decades after German-American pilot Dieter Dengler was shot down over Laos, he returns to the places where he was...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1996	Movie The Transformation of the World Into Music This film was prepared as a introduction to a series of opera broadcasts on German television. It depicts the behind-the-scenes...	Director Directing	TMDB 8.3 / 10
1996	Movie The Transformation of the World Into Music This film was prepared as a introduction to a series of opera broadcasts on German television. It depicts the behind-the-scenes...	Writer Writing	TMDB 8.3 / 10
1996	Movie The Transformation of the World Into Music This film was prepared as a introduction to a series of opera broadcasts on German television. It depicts the behind-the-scenes...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 8.3 / 10
1995	Movie Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices Works, legend and murders of Carlo Gesualdo, a notorious Italian composer and murderer from 16th century.	Producer Production	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1995	Movie Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices Works, legend and murders of Carlo Gesualdo, a notorious Italian composer and murderer from 16th century.	Director Directing	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1995	Movie Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices Works, legend and murders of Carlo Gesualdo, a notorious Italian composer and murderer from 16th century.	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1993	Movie Bells from the Deep A group of pilgrims lie down on the thin ice of the lake Svetloyar and begin to look for the...	Writer Writing	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1993	Movie Bells from the Deep A group of pilgrims lie down on the thin ice of the lake Svetloyar and begin to look for the...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1992	Movie La Donna del Lago Based on a narrative poem by Sir Walter Scott and set against the backdrop of feudal Scotland, "La Donna del...	Director Directing	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1992	Movie Lessons of Darkness Shortly after the Gulf War, oil fires were raging all through Kuwait. In the week before this sea of fire...	Writer Writing	TMDB 7.9 / 10
1992	Movie Lessons of Darkness Shortly after the Gulf War, oil fires were raging all through Kuwait. In the week before this sea of fire...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 7.9 / 10
1992	Movie Lessons of Darkness Shortly after the Gulf War, oil fires were raging all through Kuwait. In the week before this sea of fire...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.9 / 10
1991	TV Film Lesson A 4-part series of interviews and demonstrations by various artists, authors and performers put on in 1991 for the Viennale...	Director Directing	Not rated
1991	Movie Jag Mandir: The Eccentric Private Theatre of the Maharaja of Udaipur Jag Mandir is a quiet and often overlooked film in the vast oeuvre of Werner Herzog. Apparently, 20 hours of...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1991	Movie Jag Mandir: The Eccentric Private Theatre of the Maharaja of Udaipur Jag Mandir is a quiet and often overlooked film in the vast oeuvre of Werner Herzog. Apparently, 20 hours of...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1991	Movie Jag Mandir: The Eccentric Private Theatre of the Maharaja of Udaipur Jag Mandir is a quiet and often overlooked film in the vast oeuvre of Werner Herzog. Apparently, 20 hours of...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1991	Movie Scream of Stone A meeting of two world famous climbers, one an experienced mountaineer the other a sport climber, and a journalist (Ivan)...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1990	Movie Echoes from a Sombre Empire Documentary examining Bokassa's rule in the Central African Republic using the testimony of witnesses and visits to key sites.	Producer Production	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1990	Movie Echoes from a Sombre Empire Documentary examining Bokassa's rule in the Central African Republic using the testimony of witnesses and visits to key sites.	Writer Writing	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1990	Movie Echoes from a Sombre Empire Documentary examining Bokassa's rule in the Central African Republic using the testimony of witnesses and visits to key sites.	Director Directing	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1989	Movie Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun Herzog's documentary of the Wodaabe people of the Sahara/Sahel region. Particular attention is given to the tribe's spectacular courtship rituals...	Writer Writing	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1989	Movie Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun Herzog's documentary of the Wodaabe people of the Sahara/Sahel region. Particular attention is given to the tribe's spectacular courtship rituals...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1989	Movie Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun Herzog's documentary of the Wodaabe people of the Sahara/Sahel region. Particular attention is given to the tribe's spectacular courtship rituals...	Co-Producer Production	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1989	TV Under the Sun BBC series exploring cultures around the world.	Director Directing	Not rated
1989	Movie Giovanna d'Arco Director Werner Herzog, one of the most highly acclaimed German film makers, joins forces with the great Italian conductor Riccardo...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1988	Movie The French as Seen by… In 1988, Figaro magazine asked a few famous directors to direct a series of short movies to celebrate the 10...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1988	Movie The Gauls Two segments make up this short film. The first portion called “The French” has two men taste testing some delicious...	Director Directing	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1988	Movie Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe Directors Werner Herzog and Errol Morris make a bet which results in Herzog living up to his promise that he...	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1987	Movie Cobra Verde A fearsome 19th century bandit, Cobra Verde cuts a swath through Brazil until he arrives at the sugar plantation of...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1987	Movie Cobra Verde A fearsome 19th century bandit, Cobra Verde cuts a swath through Brazil until he arrives at the sugar plantation of...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1987	Movie Location Africa Making-of documentary that covers "Cobra Verde," Herzog's last film with Kinski before Kinski's death. This is the documentary that registers...	Producer Production	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1986	Movie Portrait: Werner Herzog An autobiographical short film by Werner Herzog made in 1986. Herzog tells stories about his life and career. The film...	Writer Writing	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1986	Movie Portrait: Werner Herzog An autobiographical short film by Werner Herzog made in 1986. Herzog tells stories about his life and career. The film...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1985	Movie The Dark Glow of the Mountains Werner Herzog follows mountaineers Hans Kammerlander and Reinhold Messner during their expedition into climbing the Gasherbrum mountains, which has some...	Producer Production	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1985	Movie The Dark Glow of the Mountains Werner Herzog follows mountaineers Hans Kammerlander and Reinhold Messner during their expedition into climbing the Gasherbrum mountains, which has some...	Writer Writing	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1985	Movie The Dark Glow of the Mountains Werner Herzog follows mountaineers Hans Kammerlander and Reinhold Messner during their expedition into climbing the Gasherbrum mountains, which has some...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1984	Movie Ballad of the Little Soldier A group of Miskito Indians use Nicaraguan child soldiers in their resistance against the Sandinistas.	Producer Production	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1984	Movie Ballad of the Little Soldier A group of Miskito Indians use Nicaraguan child soldiers in their resistance against the Sandinistas.	Director Directing	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1984	Movie Ballad of the Little Soldier A group of Miskito Indians use Nicaraguan child soldiers in their resistance against the Sandinistas.	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1984	Movie Where the Green Ants Dream The Australian Aborigines (in this film anyway) believe that this is the place where the green ants go to dream,...	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1984	Movie Where the Green Ants Dream The Australian Aborigines (in this film anyway) believe that this is the place where the green ants go to dream,...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1984	Movie Where the Green Ants Dream The Australian Aborigines (in this film anyway) believe that this is the place where the green ants go to dream,...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1983	Movie God's Angry Man The documentary follows Gene Scott, famous televangelist involved with constant fights against FCC, who tried to shut down his TV...	Writer Writing	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1983	Movie God's Angry Man The documentary follows Gene Scott, famous televangelist involved with constant fights against FCC, who tried to shut down his TV...	Director Directing	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1983	Movie Huie's Sermon Reverend Huie Rogers is a preacher at the Bible Way Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ in Brooklyn. He is...	Director Directing	TMDB 5.2 / 10
1982	Movie Fitzcarraldo Fitzcarraldo is a dreamer who plans to build an opera house in Iquitos, in the Peruvian Amazon, so, in order...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1982	Movie Fitzcarraldo Fitzcarraldo is a dreamer who plans to build an opera house in Iquitos, in the Peruvian Amazon, so, in order...	Producer Production	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1982	Movie Fitzcarraldo Fitzcarraldo is a dreamer who plans to build an opera house in Iquitos, in the Peruvian Amazon, so, in order...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1979	Movie Woyzeck Having fathered an illegitimate child with his lover, Marie, feckless soldier Franz Woyzeck takes odd jobs around his small town...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1979	Movie Woyzeck Having fathered an illegitimate child with his lover, Marie, feckless soldier Franz Woyzeck takes odd jobs around his small town...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1979	Movie Nosferatu the Vampyre A real estate agent leaves behind his beautiful wife to go to Transylvania to visit the mysterious Count Dracula and...	Producer Production	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1979	Movie Nosferatu the Vampyre A real estate agent leaves behind his beautiful wife to go to Transylvania to visit the mysterious Count Dracula and...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1979	Movie Nosferatu the Vampyre A real estate agent leaves behind his beautiful wife to go to Transylvania to visit the mysterious Count Dracula and...	Writer Writing	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1977	Movie La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe Werner Herzog takes a film crew to the island of Guadeloupe when he hears that the volcano on the island...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1977	Movie La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe Werner Herzog takes a film crew to the island of Guadeloupe when he hears that the volcano on the island...	Sound Engineer Sound	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1977	Movie La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe Werner Herzog takes a film crew to the island of Guadeloupe when he hears that the volcano on the island...	Producer Production	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1977	Movie Stroszek Bruno Stroszek is released from prison and warned to stop drinking. He has few skills and fewer expectations: with a...	Producer Production	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1977	Movie Stroszek Bruno Stroszek is released from prison and warned to stop drinking. He has few skills and fewer expectations: with a...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1977	Movie Stroszek Bruno Stroszek is released from prison and warned to stop drinking. He has few skills and fewer expectations: with a...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1976	Movie Heart of Glass A small Bavarian village is renowned for its "Ruby Glass" glass blowing works. When the foreman of the works dies...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1976	Movie Heart of Glass A small Bavarian village is renowned for its "Ruby Glass" glass blowing works. When the foreman of the works dies...	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1976	Movie Heart of Glass A small Bavarian village is renowned for its "Ruby Glass" glass blowing works. When the foreman of the works dies...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1976	Movie How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck A documentary short examining the language and performance of auctioneering, filmed at the World Livestock Auctioneer Championship in Pennsylvania.	Director Directing	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1976	Movie How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck A documentary short examining the language and performance of auctioneering, filmed at the World Livestock Auctioneer Championship in Pennsylvania.	Producer Production	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1976	Movie How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck A documentary short examining the language and performance of auctioneering, filmed at the World Livestock Auctioneer Championship in Pennsylvania.	Sound Sound	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1976	Movie No One Will Play with Me A darkly humorous short documentary about a preschool-age boy ostracised from interactions with his classmates until a girl who has...	Writer Writing	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1976	Movie No One Will Play with Me A darkly humorous short documentary about a preschool-age boy ostracised from interactions with his classmates until a girl who has...	Director Directing	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1974	Movie The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser The film follows Kaspar Hauser, who lived the first seventeen years of his life chained in a tiny cellar with...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1974	Movie The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser The film follows Kaspar Hauser, who lived the first seventeen years of his life chained in a tiny cellar with...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1974	Movie The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser The film follows Kaspar Hauser, who lived the first seventeen years of his life chained in a tiny cellar with...	Producer Production	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1974	Movie The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner A study of the psychology of a champion ski-flyer, whose full-time occupation is carpentry.	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1974	Movie The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner A study of the psychology of a champion ski-flyer, whose full-time occupation is carpentry.	Producer Production	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1974	Movie The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner A study of the psychology of a champion ski-flyer, whose full-time occupation is carpentry.	Director Directing	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1972	Movie Aguirre, the Wrath of God A few decades after the destruction of the Inca Empire, a Spanish expedition led by the infamous Aguirre leaves the...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1972	Movie Aguirre, the Wrath of God A few decades after the destruction of the Inca Empire, a Spanish expedition led by the infamous Aguirre leaves the...	Producer Production	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1972	Movie Aguirre, the Wrath of God A few decades after the destruction of the Inca Empire, a Spanish expedition led by the infamous Aguirre leaves the...	Writer Writing	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1972	Movie Fata Morgana Shot under extreme conditions and inspired by Mayan creation theory, the film contemplates the illusion of reality and the possibility...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1972	Movie Fata Morgana Shot under extreme conditions and inspired by Mayan creation theory, the film contemplates the illusion of reality and the possibility...	Sound Sound	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1972	Movie Fata Morgana Shot under extreme conditions and inspired by Mayan creation theory, the film contemplates the illusion of reality and the possibility...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1972	Movie Fata Morgana Shot under extreme conditions and inspired by Mayan creation theory, the film contemplates the illusion of reality and the possibility...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1971	Movie Land of Silence and Darkness Through examining Fini Straubinger, an old woman who has been deaf and blind since her teens, and her work on...	Sound Recordist Crew	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1971	Movie Land of Silence and Darkness Through examining Fini Straubinger, an old woman who has been deaf and blind since her teens, and her work on...	Producer Production	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1971	Movie Land of Silence and Darkness Through examining Fini Straubinger, an old woman who has been deaf and blind since her teens, and her work on...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1971	Movie Land of Silence and Darkness Through examining Fini Straubinger, an old woman who has been deaf and blind since her teens, and her work on...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1971	Movie Even Dwarfs Started Small A group of tormented patients stage a coup at an oppressive, dismal asylum after they're not allowed out on an...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1971	Movie Even Dwarfs Started Small A group of tormented patients stage a coup at an oppressive, dismal asylum after they're not allowed out on an...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1971	Movie Even Dwarfs Started Small A group of tormented patients stage a coup at an oppressive, dismal asylum after they're not allowed out on an...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1971	Movie Handicapped Future A documentary by Werner Herzog exploring the different treatment accorded to the disabled in Germany and the USA.	Sound Sound	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1971	Movie Handicapped Future A documentary by Werner Herzog exploring the different treatment accorded to the disabled in Germany and the USA.	Producer Production	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1971	Movie Handicapped Future A documentary by Werner Herzog exploring the different treatment accorded to the disabled in Germany and the USA.	Sound Recordist Crew	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1971	Movie Handicapped Future A documentary by Werner Herzog exploring the different treatment accorded to the disabled in Germany and the USA.	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1971	Movie Handicapped Future A documentary by Werner Herzog exploring the different treatment accorded to the disabled in Germany and the USA.	Director Directing	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1970	Movie The Flying Doctors of East Africa The Flying Doctors of East Africa (German: Die Fliegenden Ärzte von Ostafrika) is a 1969 documentary film by Werner Herzog...	Producer Production	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1970	Movie The Flying Doctors of East Africa The Flying Doctors of East Africa (German: Die Fliegenden Ärzte von Ostafrika) is a 1969 documentary film by Werner Herzog...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1970	Movie The Flying Doctors of East Africa The Flying Doctors of East Africa (German: Die Fliegenden Ärzte von Ostafrika) is a 1969 documentary film by Werner Herzog...	Writer Writing	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1970	Movie The Flying Doctors of East Africa The Flying Doctors of East Africa (German: Die Fliegenden Ärzte von Ostafrika) is a 1969 documentary film by Werner Herzog...	Sound Recordist Sound	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1969	Movie Precautions Against Fanatics The film features several horse trainers and other track workers talking about their roles at the track, always eventually interrupted...	Director Directing	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1969	Movie Precautions Against Fanatics The film features several horse trainers and other track workers talking about their roles at the track, always eventually interrupted...	Writer Writing	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1969	Movie Precautions Against Fanatics The film features several horse trainers and other track workers talking about their roles at the track, always eventually interrupted...	Sound Sound	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1969	Movie Precautions Against Fanatics The film features several horse trainers and other track workers talking about their roles at the track, always eventually interrupted...	Producer Production	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1968	Movie Signs of Life During World War II, three German soldiers are withdrawn from combat when one of them, Stroszek, is wounded. They are...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1968	Movie Signs of Life During World War II, three German soldiers are withdrawn from combat when one of them, Stroszek, is wounded. They are...	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1968	Movie Signs of Life During World War II, three German soldiers are withdrawn from combat when one of them, Stroszek, is wounded. They are...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1968	Movie Last Words Early short by Werner Herzog shot while being on location in Greece shooting "Lebenszeichen".	Director Directing	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1968	Movie Last Words Early short by Werner Herzog shot while being on location in Greece shooting "Lebenszeichen".	Producer Production	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1968	Movie Last Words Early short by Werner Herzog shot while being on location in Greece shooting "Lebenszeichen".	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1967	Movie The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreuz A satire on war and on the stupid things war inspires people to do. Four young men enter an abandoned...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 5.2 / 10
1967	Movie The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreuz A satire on war and on the stupid things war inspires people to do. Four young men enter an abandoned...	Director Directing	TMDB 5.2 / 10
1967	Movie The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreuz A satire on war and on the stupid things war inspires people to do. Four young men enter an abandoned...	Editor Editing	TMDB 5.2 / 10
1962	Movie Herakles Basically, 'Herakles' is an omnium-gatherum of film clips depicting images of machismo. Some of those images are explicitly macho: we...	Editor Editing	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1962	Movie Herakles Basically, 'Herakles' is an omnium-gatherum of film clips depicting images of machismo. Some of those images are explicitly macho: we...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1962	Movie Herakles Basically, 'Herakles' is an omnium-gatherum of film clips depicting images of machismo. Some of those images are explicitly macho: we...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1962	Movie Herakles Basically, 'Herakles' is an omnium-gatherum of film clips depicting images of machismo. Some of those images are explicitly macho: we...	Sound Sound	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1962	Movie Herakles Basically, 'Herakles' is an omnium-gatherum of film clips depicting images of machismo. Some of those images are explicitly macho: we...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.0 / 10
TBA	Movie Bucking Fastard The story of two inseparable twin sisters, “Joan” and “Jean”, who live on the fringes of society. The film is...	Director Directing	Not rated
TBA	Movie Bucking Fastard The story of two inseparable twin sisters, “Joan” and “Jean”, who live on the fringes of society. The film is...	Writer Writing	Not rated
TBA	Movie The Twilight World An adaptation on the novel that tells the story of the Japanese soldier Hiro Onoda who, after the end of...	Novel Writing	Not rated
TBA	Movie The Twilight World An adaptation on the novel that tells the story of the Japanese soldier Hiro Onoda who, after the end of...	Director Directing	Not rated
TBA	Movie The hunger in the world explained to my son Every five seconds a child under the age of ten dies of hunger. Every four minutes a person loses their...	Writer Writing	Not rated

Ghost Elephants

2026 / TMDB 7.8

Sirena

2025

About a Hero

2024 / TMDB 5.5

The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft

2024 / TMDB 7.7

Celebrating the Rice Media Center

2024

Orion and the Dark

2024 / TMDB 6.5

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