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Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog, born as Werner Stipetić, is a multi-faceted German artist mainly recognized as a filmmaker but also possessing several skills such as acting, opera directing, and authoring. Born on September 5, 1942, in Munich, German Reich, Herzog is considered an icon of New German Cinema. His films manifest his distinctive storytelling style that refrains from using typical storyboards, emphasizes improvisation, and showcases the struggles of ambitious protagonists with impossible dreams. At the tender age of 19, Herzog started to work on his first film, Herakles, marking the beginning of his illustrious journey in the realm of cinema. Over time, he has produced, directed, and written more than 60 films, including critically acclaimed titles like 'Aguirre, the Wrath of God', 'Nosferatu the Vampyre', 'Fitzcarraldo', 'Lessons of Darkness', and 'Cave of Forgotten Dreams'. Accompanying his cinema achievements, Herzog has also published over 12 books. His contributions to cinema have earned him enormous praise as a groundbreaking director, with celebrated French filmmaker François Truffaut hailing him as 'the most important film director alive'.
Biography, Career & Filmography
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Given Name: Werner Stipetić
Born: Munich, German Reich
Citizenship: German
Birthday: September 5, 1942
Occupations: Filmmaker, Actor, Opera Director, Author
Years Active: 1961-present
Children: 3
Spouses: Martje Grohmann, Christine Maria Ebenberger, Lena Pisetski
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Awards and Nominations Received by Werner Herzog
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Grizzly Man
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
The White Diamond
Into the Inferno
Encounters at the End of the World
Rescue Dawn
Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World
Into the Abyss
Family Romance, LLC
Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin
Invincible
Wheel of Time
The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
Nosferatu the Vampyre
Cobra Verde
Meeting Gorbachev
The Wild Blue Yonder
Salt and Fire
Queen of the Desert
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
Theater of Thought
When Herzog Rescued Phoenix
Ode to the Dawn of Man
10 Questions for Werner Herzog
The Unbelievers
Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around
The Making of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
I am My Films, Part 2… 30 Years Later
Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood
From One Second to the Next
Werner Herzog and Errol Morris on ‘The Act of Killing’
The Killers: Unstaged
An Appreciation of Les Blank by Werner Herzog
Lemonade War
Atari: Game Over
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
One Hundred Years with Juan Rulfo
Paradox Bullets
Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin
Family Romance, LLC
Klaus Kinski: I’m not an actor
The 100 Greatest Films
The Boxing Prince
Manaslu: Mountain of Souls
Dribble
50 Films to See Before You Die
Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema
Dreams and Burdens
In the Edges: The ‘Grizzly Man’ Session
Lohengrin: Bayreuth Festival
Making of a True Story: Rescue Dawn
Jag Mandir: The Eccentric Private Theatre of the Maharaja of Udaipur
Film Hour
Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers
Huie’s Sermon
The South Bank Show: Werner Herzog
Burden of Dreams
All In This Tea
Echoes from a Sombre Empire
Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe
God’s Angry Man
Where the Green Ants Dream
The Dark Glow of the Mountain
Tokyo-Ga
Scream of Stone
Fitzcarraldo
Room 666
Man of Flowers
Ballad of the Little Soldier
Portrait: Werner Herzog
Location Africa
Giovanna d’Arco
To the End of the World… and Then a Little Bit Further
Hard to Be a God
The Gauls
Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun
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Dear Werner (Walking on Cinema)
Cobra Verde
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.
A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner
Wim Wenders, Desperado
Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire
The U.S. and the Holocaust
Meteor: Sohrab Shahid Saless
Land of Silence and Darkness
How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck
Handicapped Future
Lost in the Garden of the World
The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreuz
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
Signs of Life
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Bells from the Deep
The Making of ‘Nosferatu’
Stroszek
The Flying Doctors of East Africa
Fata Morgana
Wings of Hope
Lessons of Darkness
Precautions Against Fanatics
Capturing Reality
Even Dwarfs Started Small
I Am My Films: A Portrait of Werner Herzog
The Transformation of the World Into Music
Christ and Demons in New Spain
Last Words
La Bohème
Dangerous Game
Tegoyo
Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices
About a Hero
The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft
Back to Room 666
Herakles
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe
Little Dieter Needs to Fly
Stardust Stricken: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, A Portrait
Career Timeline
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2022
Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire
Self (archive footage)
Tegoyo
Self (Voice)
The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft
Narrator (voice)
2020
Family Romance, LLC
Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin
Self - Interviewer and Narrator
Dear Werner (Walking on Cinema)
Narrator (voice)
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.
Self
Wim Wenders, Desperado
Self
2019
Meeting Gorbachev
Self, interviewer and narrator
Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin
Self - Interviewer and Narrator (voice)
Family Romance, LLC
2017
Salt and Fire
Queen of the Desert
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
Self
One Hundred Years with Juan Rulfo
Self
2013
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
The Unbelievers
Self
Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around
Self
From One Second to the Next
Werner Herzog and Errol Morris on ‘The Act of Killing’
Self
An Appreciation of Les Blank by Werner Herzog
Self
2011
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Into the Abyss
Ode to the Dawn of Man
Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood
Self
2010
When Herzog Rescued Phoenix
Narrator (voice)
The Making of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Himself
I am My Films, Part 2… 30 Years Later
Self
2008
Encounters at the End of the World
Capturing Reality
Self
Back to Room 666
Self (archive footage)
2007
Rescue Dawn
Cobra Verde
Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema
Self
Making of a True Story: Rescue Dawn
Self
All In This Tea
2005
Grizzly Man
The White Diamond
Wheel of Time
Dreams and Burdens
Self
In the Edges: The ‘Grizzly Man’ Session
Self
1996
The Transformation of the World Into Music
Self
Stardust Stricken: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, A Portrait
Self
1991
Jag Mandir: The Eccentric Private Theatre of the Maharaja of Udaipur
Narrator (voice)
Film Hour
Self
Scream of Stone
TV-Regisseur
1989
Giovanna d’Arco
To the End of the World… and Then a Little Bit Further
Self
Hard to Be a God
Mita / Richard
Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun
Narrator (voice)
1982
The South Bank Show: Werner Herzog
Self
Burden of Dreams
Self - Filmmaker
Fitzcarraldo
Room 666
Self
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