Directing
Werner Herzog
- Titles
- 214movies33TV shows
- Career
Active from 1962 to 2026, busiest in 2012 with 5 main titles.
- Directed
- 79titles 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.
- Wonder5.1average 3.4
- Spiritual3.7average 2.0
- Melancholy6.1average 4.7
- Historical3.7average 2.6
- Uncanny3.4average 2.5
- Social Commentary5.9average 4.9
- 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 3.0
- Crime2.1, average 3.7
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 10
- Werner Herzog 7
- Educational 5
- Political Intrigue 5
- Documentary 4
- Thought-Provoking 4
- Character-Driven 4
- Character Study 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, Queen of the Desert, Rescue Dawn, 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, Where the Green Ants Dream, +17 more
Peter ZeitlingerCinematographerBad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Queen of the Desert, Rescue Dawn, Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds, Bucking Fastard, +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, 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 VuhComposerNosferatu the Vampyre, Aguirre, the Wrath of God, The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser, Fitzcarraldo, Cobra Verde, +2 more
- RRainer StandkeEditorLessons of Darkness, Little Dieter Needs to Fly, Echoes from a Sombre Empire, The Gauls, Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices, +2 more
- MMaximiliane MainkaEditorCobra Verde, The Dark Glow of the Mountains, Ballad of the Little Soldier, Portrait: Werner Herzog, Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun
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
Movies and TV shows
77Upcoming
1 title
Director, Novel
2020s
5 titles · average score 69
79
Producer, Director
54
Writer, Director
69
as Narrator (voice)
70
Director, Executive Producer
75
Writer, Director
2010s
14 titles · average score 67
67
Writer, Director
73
Director, Writer
67
Director, Writer
76
Director, Producer
37
as Man with One Story (uncredited)
78
Director, Writer
40
Director, Writer
78
as Narrator (voice)
55
Screenplay, Director
81
as Narrator (voice)
78
as Narrator (voice)
2000s
14 titles · average score 71
53
Director
77
Director, Author
82
as Narrator (voice)
84
Director
63
Screenplay, Director
81
as Narrator (voice)
72
as Narrator (voice)
79
Writer, Director
63
Director, Writer
55
Director
Stage Director
1990s
11 titles · average score 74
75
Writer, Director
72
Director, Writer
87
as Narrator (voice)
Writer, Executive Producer
66
as Narrator (voice)
75
as Narrator (voice)
91
Director, Writer
Director
62
as TV-Regisseur
72
Writer, Producer
1980s
12 titles · average score 69
76
as Narrator (voice)
Director
66
Director
Director
70
Screenplay, Director
69
Director, Writer
75
Producer, Director
73
as Lawyer (uncredited)
68
Writer, Producer
61
as Narrator (voice)
55
Director
80
Director, Screenplay
1970s
15 titles · average score 76
81
Producer, Director
78
Screenplay, Director
87
Screenplay, Director
76
as Narrator (voice)
80
as Glass Transporter
60
Director, Writer
85
Producer, Director
78
Director, Producer
88
Director, Writer
67
Producer, Sound
84
Director, Screenplay
83
Producer, Director
1960s
5 titles · average score 57
57
Writer, Producer
68
as Soldier (uncredited)
57
Screenplay, Director
46
Screenplay, Director
58
Editor, Sound