Directing
Werner Herzog
- Titles
- 217movies33TV 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 65 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Spiritual3.7average 2.0
- Wonder5.1average 3.4
- Melancholy6.1average 4.7
- Historical3.7average 2.6
- Social Commentary5.9average 4.9
- Uncanny3.4average 2.5
- Pathos5.9average 5.2
- Politics3.2average 2.6
Rarely in their work
- Romance1.9, average 3.8
- Family Dynamics3.0, average 4.7
- Coming of Age1.3, average 2.9
- Crime2.1, average 3.7
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 10
- Werner Herzog 7
- Educational 5
- Political Intrigue 5
- Thought-Provoking 4
- Character-Driven 4
- Character Study 4
- Documentary 4
- Bleak 4
- Existential Reflection 3
- Cultural Clash 3
- Philosophical 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Joe BiniEditorBad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Rescue Dawn, Queen of the Desert, Grizzly Man, My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done, +17 more- BBeate Mainka-JellinghausEditorNosferatu the Vampyre, Aguirre, the Wrath of God, The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser, Fitzcarraldo, Even Dwarfs Started Small, +17 more
Peter ZeitlingerCinematographerBad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Rescue Dawn, Queen of the Desert, Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds, Grizzly Man, +15 more
Jörg Schmidt-ReitweinActorNosferatu the Vampyre, The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser, Where the Green Ants Dream, Fata Morgana, Heart of Glass, +7 more- TThomas MauchActorAguirre, the Wrath of God, Fitzcarraldo, Even Dwarfs Started Small, Signs of Life, Stroszek, +6 more
Ernst ReijsegerActorGhost Elephants, Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds, Bucking Fastard, My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, +5 more
Klaus KinskiActorNosferatu the Vampyre, Aguirre, the Wrath of God, Fitzcarraldo, My Best Fiend, Cobra Verde, +3 more- MMarco CapalboEditorGhost Elephants, Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds, Bucking Fastard, Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World, The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft, +3 more
- PPopol VuhComposerNosferatu the Vampyre, Aguirre, the Wrath of God, The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser, Fitzcarraldo, My Best Fiend, +2 more
- RRainer StandkeEditorLessons of Darkness, Little Dieter Needs to Fly, Echoes from a Sombre Empire, The Gauls, Bells from the Deep, +2 more
Rainer KlausmannCinematographerScream of Stone, Bride of the Orient, Lessons of Darkness, The Dark Glow of the Mountains, Jag Mandir: The Eccentric Private Theatre of the Maharaja of Udaipur- 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
262000s
26 titles · average score 67
74
Plastic Bag (2009)
as Plastic Bag (voice)
53
La Bohème (2009)
Director
82
Parks and Recreation (2009)
TV show · as Keg Jennings
56
Mister Lonely (2008)
as Father Umbrillo
BLAST! (2008)
as Narrator (voice)
Lohengrin: Bayreuth Festival Opera (2008)
Stage Director
77
Rescue Dawn (2007)
Director, Author
82
Encounters at the End of the World (2007)
as Narrator (voice)
44
The Grand (2007)
as The German
47
The Devil's Muse (2007)
Creative Consultant
81
Metalocalypse (2006)
TV show
84
Grizzly Man (2005)
Director
63
The Wild Blue Yonder (2005)
Screenplay, Director
60
American Dad! (2005)
TV show · as Werner Herzog (voice)
71
The Colbert Report (2005)
TV show
51
What Is It? (2005)
Thanks
81
The White Diamond (2004)
as Narrator (voice)
55
Incident at Loch Ness (2004)
Producer
72
Wheel of Time (2003)
as Narrator (voice)
79
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (2002)
Writer, Director
Ten Thousand Years Older (2002)
Director, Screenplay
63
Invincible (2001)
Director, Writer
55
Pilgrimage (2001)
Director
Tannhäuser (2000)
Stage Director