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Werner Herzog

Profession Director, Writer, Producer, Actor, Sound department, Cinematographer, Camera department, Editor, Music department

Director

62 Credits
Ghost Elephants
Theatre of Thought
The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft
Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds
Family Romance, LLC
Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin
Meeting Gorbachev
Into the Inferno
Salt and Fire
Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World
Queen of the Desert
On Death Row
From One Second to the Next
Ode to the Dawn of Man
Into the Abyss
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Encounters at the End of the World
Rescue Dawn
The Wild Blue Yonder
Grizzly Man
The White Diamond
Wheel of Time
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
Invincible
My Best Fiend
Little Dieter Needs to Fly: Escape from Laos
Die Verwandlung der Welt in Musik: Bayreuth vor der Premiere
Bells From the Deep: Faith and Superstition in Russia
Lessons of Darkness
Jag Mandir
Scream of Stone
Echoes from a Somber Empire
Herdsmen of the Sun
The French as Seen by...
Cobra Verde
Werner Herzog Filmemacher
The Dark Glow of the Mountains
Ballade Vom Kleinen Soldaten
Where the Green Ants Dream
Fitzcarraldo
Huie's Sermon
God's Angry Man
Woyzeck
Nosferatu, the Vampyre
La Soufriere
Stroszek
Heart of Glass
How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck?
The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner
Every Man for Himself and God Against All
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Handicapped Future
Land of Silence and Darkness
Fata Morgana
Even Dwarfs Started Small
The Flying Doctors of East Africa
Signs of Life
Last Words
The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreuz

Writer

23 Credits
Ghost Elephants
Theatre of Thought
The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft
The Wild Blue Yonder
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
My Best Fiend
Die Verwandlung der Welt in Musik: Bayreuth vor der Premiere
Bells From the Deep: Faith and Superstition in Russia
Lessons of Darkness
Jag Mandir
Echoes from a Somber Empire
Herdsmen of the Sun
Werner Herzog Filmemacher
The Dark Glow of the Mountains
Ballade Vom Kleinen Soldaten
God's Angry Man
Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe
Heart of Glass
The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner
Land of Silence and Darkness
Even Dwarfs Started Small
The Flying Doctors of East Africa
The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreuz

written by

23 Credits
Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds
Family Romance, LLC
Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin
Meeting Gorbachev
Into the Inferno
Salt and Fire
Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World
Queen of the Desert
On Death Row
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
Encounters at the End of the World
Rescue Dawn
Grizzly Man
Invincible
Little Dieter Needs to Fly: Escape from Laos
Cobra Verde
Where the Green Ants Dream
Fitzcarraldo
Nosferatu, the Vampyre
Stroszek
Aguirre, the Wrath of God

writer

5 Credits
Into the Abyss
Wheel of Time
Woyzeck
Handicapped Future
Last Words

commentary

11 Credits
The White Diamond
Wheel of Time
Bells From the Deep: Faith and Superstition in Russia
Lessons of Darkness
Jag Mandir
Echoes from a Somber Empire
Herdsmen of the Sun
The Dark Glow of the Mountains
Ballade Vom Kleinen Soldaten
La Soufriere
Handicapped Future

concept

2 Credits
La Soufriere
How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck?

book

1 Credit
Every Man for Himself and God Against All

original screenplay

1 Credit
Fata Morgana

screenplay

1 Credit
Signs of Life

Actor

29 Credits
Orion and the Dark
The U.S. and the Holocaust
The Simpsons
The Mandalorian
Salt and Fire
Freaks of Nature
Rick and Morty
Parks and Recreation
Penguins of Madagascar
Die Andere Heimat
The Wind Rises
Jack Reacher
Metalocalypse
American Dad!
The Boondocks
Plastic Bag
The Grand
Mister Lonely
Invincible
Julien Donkey-Boy
What Dreams May Come
Scream of Stone
Es ist nicht leicht ein Gott zu sein
Gekauftes Gluck
Where the Green Ants Dream
Man of Flowers
Nosferatu, the Vampyre
Heart of Glass
Signs of Life

producer

29 Credits
Ghost Elephants
Salt and Fire
Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World
Into the Abyss
Incident at Loch Ness
Wheel of Time
Invincible
Echoes from a Somber Empire
The Dark Glow of the Mountains
Ballade Vom Kleinen Soldaten
Where the Green Ants Dream
Fitzcarraldo
Woyzeck
Nosferatu, the Vampyre
La Soufriere
Stroszek
Heart of Glass
How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck?
The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner
Every Man for Himself and God Against All
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Handicapped Future
Land of Silence and Darkness
Fata Morgana
Even Dwarfs Started Small
The Flying Doctors of East Africa
Signs of Life
Last Words
The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreuz

executive producer

12 Credits
The End
The Arc of Oblivion
Theatre of Thought
Last Exit: Space
A Gray State
POV
The Look of Silence
Red Army
The Act of Killing
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
Die Verwandlung der Welt in Musik: Bayreuth vor der Premiere
Lessons of Darkness

consulting producer

1 Credit
Love Birds

co-producer

1 Credit
Herdsmen of the Sun

Cinematographer

3 Credits
Family Romance, LLC
Ode to the Dawn of Man
Every Man for Himself and God Against All

sound

7 Credits
Ode to the Dawn of Man
Encounters at the End of the World
La Soufriere
How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck?
Handicapped Future
Fata Morgana
The Flying Doctors of East Africa

Editor

1 Credit
The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreuz

Self

83 Credits
Ghost Elephants
Conan O'Brien Must Go
60 Minutes
CBS Sunday Morning
Late Night With Seth Meyers
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
Last Exit: Space
Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds
Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian
Tattoo Uprising
Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin
Meeting Gorbachev
The Great Battle
VICE Guide to Film
Last Call With Carson Daly
Close Up With the Hollywood Reporter
Into the Inferno
Conan
Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World
Días de cine
HARDtalk
Life Itself
On Death Row
Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around
The Unbelievers
Mistaken for Strangers
Charlie Rose
Dinotasia
Doc Talk
Into the Abyss
Colbert Report
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
At The Movies
The Lonely
Court-circuit
Capturing Reality: The Art of Documentary
Imagine...
Late Night With Conan O'Brien
40 X 15
Blast!
Man of Cinema: Pierre Rissient
Encounters at the End of the World
Shootout
All in This Tea
Walking to Werner
The Henry Rollins Show
Grizzly Man
The White Diamond
Incident at Loch Ness
Wheel of Time
My Best Fiend
Little Dieter Needs to Fly: Escape from Laos
Die Verwandlung der Welt in Musik: Bayreuth vor der Premiere
Stardust Stricken - Mohsen Makhmalbaf: A Portrait
Bells From the Deep: Faith and Superstition in Russia
Lessons of Darkness
Moving Pictures
Jag Mandir
Schneeweissrosenrot
Echoes from a Somber Empire
Herdsmen of the Sun
Lightning over Braddock: A Rustbowl Fantasy
Werner Herzog Filmemacher
Tokyo-Ga
The Dark Glow of the Mountains
Ballade Vom Kleinen Soldaten
Late Night with David Letterman
The South Bank Show
Cinéma cinémas
Burden of Dreams
God's Angry Man
Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers
Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe
The Mike Douglas Show
La Soufriere
Omnibus
How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck?
The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner
Handicapped Future
Camera Three

opening narration

1 Credit
Conan O'Brien Must Go

advisor

1 Credit
The Most Unknown

creative consultant

1 Credit
The Devil's Muse

arranger

1 Credit
Even Dwarfs Started Small

camera operator

1 Credit
Family Romance, LLC

iguana/alligator footage by

1 Credit
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

cinematographer

1 Credit
Wheel of Time