Werner Herzog

Directing · Born 1942-09-05 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany

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…

Filmography

• My Best Fiend as Self
• Cave of Forgotten Dreams as Narrator (voice)
• Life Itself as Self - Filmmaker
• Grizzly Man as Self / Narrator (voice)
• Into the Inferno as Self
• What Dreams May Come as Face
• Encounters at the End of the World as Narrator (voice)
• The Transformation of the World Into Music as Self
• The White Diamond as Narrator (voice)
• Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers as Self

TV

• The Simpsons as Walter Hotenhoffer (voice)
• The Simpsons as Werner Herzog (voice)
• The Simpsons as Dr. Lund (voice)
• Rick and Morty as Shrimply Pibbles (voice)
• Parks and Recreation as Keg Jennings
• The Mandalorian as The Client
• Metalocalypse
• The Boondocks as Himself (voice)
• The Colbert Report
• The Henry Rollins Show