Werner Herzog
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 si
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.
French filmmaker François Truffaut once called Herzog "the most important film director alive." American film critic Roger Ebert said that Herzog "has never created a single film that is compromised, shameful, made for pragmatic reasons, or uninteresting. Even his failures are spectacular." He was named one of the world's 100 most influential people by Time magazine in 2009.
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Born
Sep 05, 1942
Munich, Allemagne
Known For
Directing
Movies
161 acting
219 crew
Popularity
3.2
Known For
Penguins of Madagascar
2014
as Documentary Filmmaker (voice)
Jack Reacher
2012
as Zec Chelovek
Orion and the Dark
2024
as Narrator (voice)
What Dreams May Come
1998
as Face
Grizzly Man
2005
as Self / Narrator (voice)
Freaks of Nature
2015
as Perfect Being (voice)
My Best Fiend
1999
as Self
Encounters at the End of the World
2007
as Narrator (voice)
Heart of Glass
1976
as Glass Transporter
Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World
2016
as Self
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