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Werner Herzog

Werner Herzog is known for Jack Reacher (2012), Penguins of Madagascar (2014), What Dreams May Come (1998).

Biography

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.

Questions about Werner Herzog

How many Werner Herzog films are in the catalogue?

The CineQuiz catalogue has 177 films with Werner Herzog, from 1962 to 2026.

What is the best rated Werner Herzog film?

The best rated Werner Herzog film in the catalogue is Lessons of Darkness (1992), rated 7.9.

What was the first Werner Herzog film?

The first Werner Herzog film in the catalogue is Signs of Life, from 1968.

Who has Werner Herzog worked with the most?

In the catalogue, Werner Herzog shares the most credits with Joe Bini (16 films), Peter Zeitlinger (15 films) and Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus (14 films).

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AWARDS 7 Wins 2 Nominations

Known for

Trivia

Also works as
film director · film producer · screenwriter · film editor · author · cinematographer · voice actor · documentary filmmaker · opera director · film screenwriter · director · translator · writer · musician
Studied at
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München · Theodor-Heuss-Gymnasium Heilbronn
Notable works
Signs of Life · Even Dwarfs Started Small · Aguirre, the Wrath of God · The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser · Heart of Glass · Stroszek · Nosferatu the Vampyre · Woyzeck · Fitzcarraldo · Where the Green Ants Dream · Cobra Verde · Scream of Stone · Invincible · Rescue Dawn · Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans · My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done? · Queen of the Desert · Salt and Fire · Family Romance, LLC · The Flying Doctors of East Africa · Handicapped Future · Land of Silence and Darkness · Fata Morgana · The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner · How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck · Huie's Sermon · God's Angry Man · Ballad of the Little Soldier · The Dark Glow of the Mountains · Wodaabe – Herdsmen of the Sun · Echoes from a Somber Empire · Jag Mandir · Lessons of Darkness · Bells from the Deep · The Transformation of the World into Music · Little Dieter Needs to Fly · Wings of Hope · My Best Fiend · Wheel of Time · The White Diamond · Grizzly Man · Encounters at the End of the World · Cave of Forgotten Dreams · Into the Abyss · Into the Inferno · Meeting Gorbachev · Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds · The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft · Theatre of Thought · Ghost Elephants
Spouse
Lena Herzog
Siblings
Sigrid Herzog

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Full filmography

192 films — 177 in the catalogue

Series and TV shows

19 titles

People data: TMDb.

Cast