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Director. Writer. Producer. Has studied history, literature and theatre, but hasn't finished it. Founded his own production company in 1963. Has staged several operas, besides others in Bayreuth, Germany, and at the Milan Scala in Italy. Herzog has won numerous national and international awards for his films. See full bio »

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Werner H. Stipetic
in Munich, Bavaria, Germany
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???? Hate in America (TV series documentary) (pre-production)
 
???? Queen of the Desert (pre-production)
 
2012 The Killers: Unstaged (video)
 
2012 On Death Row (documentary)
 
2011 Into the Abyss (documentary)
 
2011 Ode to the Dawn of Man (documentary short)
 
2010 Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (documentary) (co-director)
 
2010 Cave of Forgotten Dreams (documentary)
 
2009 My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
 
2009 La bohème (documentary short)
 
2009 The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
 
2007 Encounters at the End of the World (documentary)
 
2006 Rescue Dawn
 
2005 The Wild Blue Yonder
 
2005 Grizzly Man (documentary)
 
2004 The White Diamond (documentary)
 
2003 Wheel of Time (documentary)
 
2002 Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (segment "Ten Thousand Years Older")
 
2001 Invincible
 
2001 Pilgrimage (documentary short)
 
2000 Wings of Hope (TV documentary)
 
1999 My Best Fiend - Klaus Kinski (documentary)
 
1999 2000 Jahre Christentum (TV series)
– Neue Welten - Hinter dem europäischen Horizont (1999)
 
1998 Höllenfahrten (TV series documentary)
– Flucht aus Laos (1998)
 
1997 Little Dieter Needs to Fly (documentary)
 
1996 Die Verwandlung der Welt in Musik: Bayreuth vor der Premiere (TV documentary)
 
1995 Death for Five Voices (TV documentary)
 
1993 Glocken aus der Tiefe - Glaube und Aberglaube in Rußland (documentary)
 
1992 Lessons of Darkness (documentary)
 
1991-1992 Filmstunde (TV mini-series documentary)
– Filmstunde 4 (1992)
– Filmstunde 3 (1992)
– Filmstunde 2 (1992)
– Filmstunde 1 (1991)
– Prolog (1991) (uncredited)
 
1991 Cerro Torre: Schrei aus Stein
 
1991 Jag Mandir: Das exzentrische Privattheater des Maharadscha von Udaipur (TV documentary)
 
1990 Echos aus einem düsteren Reich (documentary)
 
1989 Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun (TV documentary short)
 
1989 Giovanna d'Arco (TV movie)
 
1988 Les Français vus par (TV mini-series documentary)
– Les Gaulois (1988)
 
1987 Cobra Verde
 
1986 Werner Herzog Filmemacher (documentary short)
 
1985 Gasherbrum - Der leuchtende Berg (TV documentary)
 
1984 Ballade vom kleinen Soldaten (TV documentary)
 
1984 Wo die grünen Ameisen träumen
 
1982 Fitzcarraldo
 
1981 Huie's Predigt (TV documentary short)
 
1981 God's Angry Man (TV documentary short)
 
1979 Woyzeck
 
1979 Nosferatu the Vampyre
 
1977 La Soufrière - Warten auf eine unausweichliche Katastrophe (documentary short)
 
1977 Stroszek
 
1976 Heart of Glass
 
1976 How much Wood would a Woodchuck chuck... - Beobachtungen zu einer neuen Sprache (TV documentary short)
 
1976 No One Will Play with Me (short)
 
1974 The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
 
1974 Die große Ekstase des Bildschnitzers Steiner (documentary)
 
1972 Aguirre: The Wrath of God
 
1971 Land of Silence and Darkness (documentary)
 
1971 Fata Morgana
 
1971 Handicapped Future (TV documentary)
 
1970 Even Dwarfs Started Small
 
1969 Massnahmen gegen Fanatiker (short)
 
1969 Die fliegenden Ärzte von Ostafrika (TV documentary)
 
1968 Signs of Life
 
1968 Letzte Worte (short)
 
1967 The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreuz (short)
 
1964 Game in the Sand (short)
 
1962 Herakles (short)
 
Show ShowWriter (52 titles)
???? Queen of the Desert (screenplay) (pre-production)
 
2012 On Death Row (documentary) (written by)
 
2011 Into the Abyss (documentary) (writer - uncredited)
 
2010 Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (documentary)
 
2010 Cave of Forgotten Dreams (documentary) (written by)
 
2009 My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (written by)
 
2007 Encounters at the End of the World (documentary) (written by)
 
2006 Rescue Dawn (written by)
 
2005 The Wild Blue Yonder
 
2005 Grizzly Man (documentary) (written by)
 
2004 The White Diamond (documentary) (commentary)
 
2003 Wheel of Time (documentary) (writer)
 
2002 Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (segment Ten Thousand Years Older)
 
2002 El hambre en el mundo explicada a mi hijo (TV documentary)
 
2001 Invincible (written by)
 
2000 Wings of Hope (TV documentary)
 
1999 2000 Jahre Christentum (TV series)
– Neue Welten - Hinter dem europäischen Horizont (1999) (writer)
 
1998 Höllenfahrten (TV series documentary)
– Flucht aus Laos (1998) (writer)
 
1997 Little Dieter Needs to Fly (documentary) (writer)
 
1996 Die Verwandlung der Welt in Musik: Bayreuth vor der Premiere (TV documentary)
 
1995 Death for Five Voices (TV documentary)
 
1993 Glocken aus der Tiefe - Glaube und Aberglaube in Rußland (documentary)
 
1992 Lessons of Darkness (documentary)
 
1991 Jag Mandir: Das exzentrische Privattheater des Maharadscha von Udaipur (TV documentary)
 
1990 Echos aus einem düsteren Reich (documentary)
 
1989 Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun (TV documentary short)
 
1987 Cobra Verde
 
1986 Werner Herzog Filmemacher (documentary short)
 
1985 Gasherbrum - Der leuchtende Berg (TV documentary)
 
1984 Ballade vom kleinen Soldaten (TV documentary)
 
1984 Wo die grünen Ameisen träumen (written by)
 
1982 Fitzcarraldo
 
1981 God's Angry Man (TV documentary short)
 
1980 Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (documentary short)
 
1979 Woyzeck (writer)
 
1979 Nosferatu the Vampyre (writer)
 
1977 Stroszek
 
1976 Heart of Glass
 
1974 The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
 
1974 Die große Ekstase des Bildschnitzers Steiner (documentary)
 
1972 Aguirre: The Wrath of God (written by)
 
1971 Land of Silence and Darkness (documentary)
 
1971 Fata Morgana (original screenplay)
 
1971 Handicapped Future (TV documentary)
 
1970 Even Dwarfs Started Small
 
1969 Massnahmen gegen Fanatiker (short) (writer)
 
1969 Die fliegenden Ärzte von Ostafrika (TV documentary)
 
1968 Signs of Life (writer)
 
1968 Letzte Worte (short) (writer)
 
1967 The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreuz (short)
 
1964 Game in the Sand (short)
 
1962 Herakles (short) (screenplay)
 
Show ShowActor (24 titles)
2013 Die andere Heimat (post-production)
Humboldt
 
2012 Jack Reacher
The Zec
 
2012 Erdbeerland (short)
Turnlehrer
 
2012 Metalocalypse (TV series)
– Church of the Black Klok (2012)
– Breakup Klok (2012)
– Dethdinner (2012)
– Going Downklok (2012)
– Dethcamp (2012)
 
2011 The Simpsons (TV series)
Walter Hottenhoffer
– The Scorpion's Tale (2011) … Walter Hottenhoffer (voice)
 
2011 Ebert Presents: At the Movies (TV series)
Voice substitute: Roger Ebert
– Episode #1.1 (2011) … Voice substitute: Roger Ebert (voice)(uncredited)
 
2009 Plastic Bag (short)
Plastic Bag (voice)
 
2007 The Grand
The German
 
2007 Mister Lonely
Father Umbrillo
 
2001 Invincible
Curtain Puller/Spectator (uncredited) (voice)
 
1999 Julien Donkey-Boy
Father
 
1999 2000 Jahre Christentum (TV series)
Narrator
– Neue Welten - Hinter dem europäischen Horizont (1999) … Narrator (voice)
 
1998 What Dreams May Come
Face
 
1995 Brennendes Herz
 
1994 Tales from the Opera (TV mini-series)
Director
– Forest Fever: Il Guarany (1994) … Director
 
1991 Cerro Torre: Schrei aus Stein
TV-Regisseur
 
1989 Es ist nicht leicht ein Gott zu sein
Mita/Richard
 
1989 Bride of the Orient
Gemeindeschreiber Businger
 
1984 Wo die grünen Ameisen träumen
Lawyer (unconfirmed) (uncredited)
 
1983 Man of Flowers
The Father
 
1979 Nosferatu the Vampyre
Hand and Feet in Box with Rats (uncredited)
 
1976 Heart of Glass
Glass Transporter (uncredited)
 
1971 Geschichten vom Kübelkind
Hurenmörder
 
1968 Signs of Life
Soldat (uncredited)
 
Show ShowProducer (24 titles)
2012 The Act of Killing (documentary) (executive producer)
 
2011 Into the Abyss (documentary) (producer - uncredited)
 
2010 Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (documentary) (executive producer)
 
2004 Incident at Loch Ness (producer)
 
2003 Wheel of Time (documentary) (producer)
 
2001 Invincible (producer)
 
1995 Death for Five Voices (TV documentary) (producer)
 
1992 Lessons of Darkness (documentary) (producer)
 
1990 Echos aus einem düsteren Reich (documentary) (producer)
 
1989 Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun (TV documentary short) (co-producer)
 
1987 Location Africa (TV documentary) (producer)
 
1985 Gasherbrum - Der leuchtende Berg (TV documentary) (producer)
 
1984 Ballade vom kleinen Soldaten (TV documentary) (producer)
 
1984 Wo die grünen Ameisen träumen (producer)
 
1982 Fitzcarraldo (producer)
 
1979 Nosferatu the Vampyre (producer)
 
1976 Heart of Glass (producer)
 
1974 The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (producer)
 
1972 Aguirre: The Wrath of God (producer)
 
1971 Land of Silence and Darkness (documentary) (producer)
 
1971 Handicapped Future (TV documentary) (producer)
 
1970 Even Dwarfs Started Small (producer)
 
1968 Signs of Life (producer)
 
1962 Herakles (short) (producer)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (11 titles)
2010/II A Night Out (documentary short) (technical advisor)
 
2007 The Devil's Muse (creative consultant)
 
2003 Wheel of Time (documentary) (commentary)
 
2000 Tannhäuser (TV movie) (director: opera production)
 
1993 Glocken aus der Tiefe - Glaube und Aberglaube in Rußland (documentary) (commentary)
 
1992 La donna del lago (TV movie) (directed for stage: Opera production)
 
1991 Lohengrin (TV movie) (opera director)
 
1989 Giovanna d'Arco (TV movie) (directed for stage, stage producer)
 
1985 Gasherbrum - Der leuchtende Berg (TV documentary) (commentary)
 
1984 Ballade vom kleinen Soldaten (TV documentary) (commentary)
 
1971 Handicapped Future (TV documentary) (commentary)
 
Show ShowSound Department (6 titles)
2011 Ode to the Dawn of Man (documentary short) (sound)
 
2007 Encounters at the End of the World (documentary) (sound)
 
1971 Handicapped Future (TV documentary) (sound)
 
1969 Massnahmen gegen Fanatiker (short) (sound)
 
1969 Die fliegenden Ärzte von Ostafrika (TV documentary) (sound - uncredited)
 
1962 Herakles (short) (sound)
 
Show ShowEditor (3 titles)
1967 The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreuz (short)
 
1964 Game in the Sand (short)
 
1962 Herakles (short)
 
Show ShowCamera and Electrical Department (2 titles)
2009 The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans (iguana/alligator footage by)
 
2003 Wheel of Time (documentary) (cinematographer: Tibet)
 
Show ShowCinematographer (1 title)
2011 Ode to the Dawn of Man (documentary short)
 
Show ShowThanks (14 titles)
2013 In the Shadow of the Water Tower (documentary short) (special thanks) (completed)
 
2013 Sluizer Speaks (documentary) (thanks)
 
2013 Telephone World (very special thanks)
 
2012 Funny Show Part Two: The Video - Movie (video) (inspiration)
 
2012 The Debridement of Rome (short) (acknowledgment)
 
2010/II A Night Out (documentary short) (special thanks)
 
2009 Brian R (documentary short) (thanks)
 
2007 The Devil's Muse (special thanks)
 
2006 Walking to Werner (documentary) (special thanks)
 
2005 Among Garbage & Flowers (short) (special thanks)
 
2005 What Is It? (thanks)
 
2004 The Assassination of Richard Nixon (special thanks)
 
1997 Torrella, una vida pel cinema (documentary) (a tribute to the genius of)
 
1990 Paris Is Burning (documentary) (very special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (86 titles)
2013 The Unbelievers (documentary)
Himself
 
2009-2013 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 8 April 2013 (2013) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 4 September 2009 (2009) … Himself - Guest
 
2009-2012 Días de cine (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 29 November 2012 (2012) … Himself
– Episode dated 21 June 2012 (2012) … Himself
– Episode dated 10 May 2012 (2012) … Himself
– Episode dated 10 September 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
1991-2012 Cinema 3 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 21 June 2012 (2012) … Himself
– Episode dated 7 November 1991 (1991) … Himself
 
2012 American Dad! (TV series)
Himself
– Ricky Spanish (2012) … Himself (voice)
 
2012 Dinotasia (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2012 Doc Talk (TV series)
Himself
– IDA Award Special (2012) … Himself
 
2012 Last Call with Carson Daly (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 28 February 2012 (2012) … Himself - Guest
 
2012 On Death Row (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 Die Harald Schmidt Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.8 (2011) … Himself
 
2011 Into the Abyss (documentary)
Himself (voice)
 
2011 The Colbert Report (TV series)
Himself - 'Cave of Forgotten Dreams'
– Werner Herzog (2011) … Himself - 'Cave of Forgotten Dreams'
 
2011 Champions: A Comic Tale (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 Hans Zimmer - Der Sound für Hollywood (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (documentary) (voice)
 
2010 Cave of Forgotten Dreams (documentary)
Himself/Narrator
 
2010 Was ich bin sind meine Filme - Teil 2... nach 30 Jahren (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 The Boondocks (TV series)
Himself
– It's a Black President, Huey Freeman (2010) … Himself (voice)
 
2009 The Lonely (documentary)
 
2009 The 81st Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Documentary
 
2008 Capturing Reality (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Imagine (TV series)
Himself
– Werner Herzog: Beyond Reason (2008) … Himself
 
2008 Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 4 June 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
2008 40 x 15 (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 BLAST! (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2008 Gegenschuss - Aufbruch der Filmemacher (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Bierbichler (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Encounters at the End of the World (documentary)
Narrator
 
2007 Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 10 July 2007 (2007) … Himself
 
2007 Shootout (TV series)
Himself
– Steve Zahn/Werner Herzog (2007) … Himself
 
2007 Münchner (Filmfest-)Geschichten - 25 Jahre Filmfest München (TV documentary)
 
2007 All in This Tea (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Schegge di cinema e filosofia (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 50 Films to See Before You Die (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Walking to Werner (documentary)
Himself (voice) (also archive footage)
 
2006 The Henry Rollins Show (TV series)
Himself
– Werner Herzog/Frank Black (2006) … Himself
 
2005 In the Edges: The 'Grizzly Man' Session (video documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Q & A with Jana Sevcikova and Werner Herzog (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 Perpetuum mobile - Voces en el espacio azul (short)
Himself
 
2005 Grizzly Man (documentary)
Himself/Narrator/Interviewer (voice)
 
2004 The White Diamond (documentary)
Himself/narrator
 
2004 Incident at Loch Ness
Himself (Crew of Discovery IV)
 
2004 Meeting with Werner Herzog (video documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Dribble (short)
Himself (voice)
 
2003 Wheel of Time (documentary)
Himself (voice)
 
2002 The Boxing Prince (documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Der letzte Dokumentarfilm (documentary)
 
2000 Klaus Kinski - Ich bin kein Schauspieler (documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Wings of Hope (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2000 A Brief History of Errol Morris (documentary)
 
1999 My Best Fiend - Klaus Kinski (documentary)
Himself - Narrator/Interviewer (also archive footage)
 
1999 Der Ball ist ein Sauhund (documentary short)
Himself
 
1997 Little Dieter Needs to Fly (documentary)
Himself/Narrator (voice)
 
1996 Die Verwandlung der Welt in Musik: Bayreuth vor der Premiere (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1995 Death for Five Voices (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
 
1992 Lessons of Darkness (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1991-1992 Filmstunde (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
– Filmstunde 4 (1992) … Himself
– Filmstunde 3 (1992) … Himself
– Filmstunde 2 (1992) … Himself
– Filmstunde 1 (1991) … Himself
– Prolog (1991) … Himself (uncredited)
 
1992 La donna del lago (TV movie)
Himself - Regia
 
1991 Schneeweißrosenrot (documentary)
Himself
 
1991 Jag Mandir: Das exzentrische Privattheater des Maharadscha von Udaipur (TV documentary)
Himself (voice) (uncredited)
 
1990 Echos aus einem düsteren Reich (documentary)
Himself
 
1989 Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun (TV documentary short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1989 Bis ans Ende... und dann noch weiter. Die ekstatische Welt des Filmemachers Werner Herzog (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1989 Giovanna d'Arco (TV movie)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1987 Location Africa (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1986 Werner Herzog Filmemacher (documentary short)
Himself
 
1985 Tokyo-Ga (documentary)
Himself
 
1985 Gasherbrum - Der leuchtende Berg (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1984 Ballade vom kleinen Soldaten (TV documentary)
Himself (voice)
 
1982 Room 666 (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1982 Burden of Dreams (documentary)
Himself
 
1982 The South Bank Show (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Werner Herzog (1982) … Himself
 
1982 Cinéma cinémas (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Werner Herzog filme Lotte Eisner (1982) … Himself
 
1981 God's Angry Man (TV documentary short)
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
 
1980 Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (documentary short)
Himself
 
1980 Garlic Is As Good As Ten Mothers (documentary)
Film Director: _Nosferatu_
 
1979 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 26 June 1979 (1979) … Himself
 
1979 The Making of 'Nosferatu' (documentary short)
Himself
 
1978 I Am My Films - A Portrait of Werner Herzog (documentary)
Himself
 
1977 La Soufrière - Warten auf eine unausweichliche Katastrophe (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1976 How much Wood would a Woodchuck chuck... - Beobachtungen zu einer neuen Sprache (TV documentary short)
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
 
1974 Die große Ekstase des Bildschnitzers Steiner (documentary)
Narrator (uncredited)
 
1971 Handicapped Future (TV documentary)
Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)
 
1968 Die Erben von Papas Kino (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1966 NDF-Report (documentary short)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
2008 Back to Room 666 (documentary short)
Himself
 
2006 Miradas 2 (TV series documentary)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Vom Gehen Im Eis (Of Walking in Ice) - journal/book

Publicity Listings:

1 Biographical Movie  | 3 Print Biographies  | 6 Interviews  | 5 Articles  | See more »

Official Sites:

Official Site | See more »

Height:

6' 1" (1.85 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

On threatening to shoot Klaus Kinski on Aguirre: The Wrath of God: Yes, I did that. I said to him that there was a line that neither he nor I could cross; we had a higher duty than ourselves. I told him it was impermissible for him to walk away. I explained to him calmly that he would not survive if he tried... See more »

Trivia:

Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume Two, 1945- 1985". Pages 422-429. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1988. See more »

Trademark:

His films contain animals doing unusual things See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo