Directing
Werner Herzog
- Titles
- 215movies33TV shows
- Career
Active from 1962 to 2026, busiest in 2012 with 5 main titles.
- Directed
- 80titles as director
- Average score
69/100
- Highest rated
Lessons of Darkness91/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 66 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Wonder5.2average 3.4
- Spiritual3.6average 2.0
- Melancholy6.0average 4.7
- Historical3.5average 2.6
- Social Commentary5.9average 4.9
- Uncanny3.4average 2.5
- Politics3.2average 2.6
- Pathos5.8average 5.2
Rarely in their work
- Romance1.9, average 3.8
- Family Dynamics3.0, average 4.8
- Coming of Age1.3, average 3.0
- Crime2.1, average 3.7
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 9
- Werner Herzog 7
- Educational 5
- Political Intrigue 5
- Thought-Provoking 4
- Character-Driven 4
- Bleak 4
- Character Study 4
- Documentary 4
- Cultural Clash 3
- Psychological Descent 3
- Psychological Exploration 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Joe BiniEditorRescue Dawn, Queen of the Desert, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done, Salt and Fire, +17 more- BBeate Mainka-JellinghausEditorAguirre, the Wrath of God, Nosferatu the Vampyre, Fitzcarraldo, Fata Morgana, Heart of Glass, +17 more
Peter ZeitlingerCinematographerRescue Dawn, Queen of the Desert, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds, My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done, +15 more
Jörg Schmidt-ReitweinActorNosferatu the Vampyre, Fata Morgana, Heart of Glass, The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser, Where the Green Ants Dream, +7 more- TThomas MauchActorAguirre, the Wrath of God, Fitzcarraldo, Even Dwarfs Started Small, Stroszek, The Flying Doctors of East Africa, +6 more
Ernst ReijsegerActorGhost Elephants, Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds, My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done, Bucking Fastard, Salt and Fire, +5 more
Klaus KinskiActorAguirre, the Wrath of God, Nosferatu the Vampyre, Fitzcarraldo, Cobra Verde, My Best Fiend, +3 more- MMarco CapalboEditorGhost Elephants, Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds, Bucking Fastard, The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft, Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World, +3 more
- PPopol VuhComposerAguirre, the Wrath of God, Nosferatu the Vampyre, Fitzcarraldo, Cobra Verde, My Best Fiend, +2 more
- RRainer StandkeEditorThe Gauls, Little Dieter Needs to Fly, Echoes from a Sombre Empire, Lessons of Darkness, Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices, +2 more
Rainer KlausmannCinematographerScream of Stone, Bride of the Orient, Jag Mandir: The Eccentric Private Theatre of the Maharaja of Udaipur, Lessons of Darkness, The Dark Glow of the Mountains- MMaximiliane MainkaEditorCobra Verde, The Dark Glow of the Mountains, Ballad of the Little Soldier, Portrait: Werner Herzog, Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun
Movies and TV shows
139Upcoming
4 titles
as (voice)
Director, Novel
Director
2020s
19 titles · average score 68
Producer, Writer
Writer, Director
Executive Producer
as Narrator (voice)
Executive Producer, Screenplay
Executive Producer
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
Producer
Writer, Director
as Narrator (voice)
2010s
38 titles · average score 68
TV show · as The Client
Camera Operator, Director of Photography
Director, Writer
as Man with One Story (uncredited)
Director, Producer
Director, Writer
Writer, Director
as Zec Chelovek
as Narrator (voice)
Director, Screenplay
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
2000s
26 titles · average score 66
as Plastic Bag (voice)
Director
Author, Director
as Narrator (voice)
as The German
Director
Screenplay, Director
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
Director, Writer
Director, Writer
1990s
14 titles · average score 70
as Father
Writer, Director
Writer, Director
as Narrator (voice)
Director, Writer
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
Director, Writer
Director
as TV-Regisseur
Writer, Director
1980s
17 titles · average score 72
TV show · as Dr. Lund (voice) / Werner Herzog (voice)
Director
Director
Screenplay, Director
Director, Writer
Writer, Producer
as Lawyer (uncredited)
Producer, Director
as Narrator (voice)
Director
Director, Screenplay
1970s
16 titles · average score 76
Director, Writer
Director, Screenplay
Director, Producer
as Glass Transporter
Screenplay, Producer
Producer, Director
Producer, Director
Director, Screenplay
Producer, Screenplay
Sound Recordist, Producer
as Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)
Sound Recordist, Writer
1960s
5 titles · average score 57
Writer, Director
as Soldier (uncredited)
Screenplay, Director
Director, Screenplay
Producer, Director