Personal Info
Known For:
Directing
Birthday:
September 5, 1942
Place of Birth:
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
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Werner Herzog
Biography
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 similar situations as characters in his films.
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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Known For
Filmography
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | The U.S. and the Holocaust | Hermann Göring |
| 2020 | Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian | Self - The Client |
| 2020 | Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen | Self |
| 2019 | The Mandalorian | The Client |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self |
| 2015 | Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter | Self |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self |
| 2013 | Rick and Morty | Shrimply Pibbles (voice) |
| 2012 | On Death Row | Werner Herzog |
| 2010 | Future States | Plastic Bag (voice) |
| 2009 | Parks and Recreation | Keg Jennings |
| 2006 | The Henry Rollins Show | |
| 2006 | Metalocalypse | |
| 2005 | The Colbert Report | |
| 2005 | American Dad! | Werner Herzog (voice) |
| 2004 | Kulturplatz | Self |
| 1995 | Die Harald Schmidt Show | Self |
| 1989 | The Simpsons | Walter Hotenhoffer (voice) |
| 1989 | The Simpsons | Werner Herzog (voice) |
| 1989 | The Simpsons | Dr. Lund (voice) |
| 1985 | Sonntagsgespräch | Self |
| 1979 | Okay | Self |
| 1979 | Bayerischer Filmpreis | Self |
| 1975 | Midi Première | Self |
| 1974 | Spécial cinéma | Self |
| 1964 | Grimme Awards Ceremony | Self |
| 1951 | Deutscher Filmpreis | Self |