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Werner Herzog Filmography

Can you guess Werner Herzog's filmography?
Pink = Oscar Nominee
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#1
Short Films Directed
1962
Herakles
1964
Spiel im Sand
1967
Die beispiellose Verteidigung der Festung Deutschkreutz
1968
Last Words
1969
Precautions Against Fanatics
1976
Mit mir will niemand spielen
 
 
#2
Short Film Screenplays
1962
Herakles
1964
Spiel im Sand
1967
Die beispiellose Verteidigung der Festung Deutschkreutz
1968
Last Words
1969
Precautions Against Fanatics
 
 
#3
Short Film Productions
1962
Herakles
1964
Spiel im Sand
1967
Die beispiellose Verteidigung der Festung Deutschkreutz
1968
Last Words
1969
Precautions Against Fanatics
2018
The Golden Gate
2018
Tutto il mondo è paese
 
 
#4
Short Films Edited
1962
Herakles
1964
Spiel im Sand
1967
Die beispiellose Verteidigung der Festung Deutschkreutz
 
 
#5
Films Directed
1968
Signs of Life
1970
Even Dwarfs Started Small
1972
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
1974
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
1976
Heart of Glass
1977
Stroszek
1979
Nosferatu the Vampyre
1979
Woyzeck
1982
Fitzcarraldo
1984
Where the Green Ants Dream
1987
Cobra Verde
1991
Scream of Stone
2001
Invincible
2002
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
2005
The Wild Blue Yonder
2006
Rescue Dawn
2009
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
2009
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
2015
Queen of the Desert
2016
Salt and Fire
2019
Family Romance, LLC
TBA
Bucking Fastard
TBA
The Twilight World
 
 
#6
Film Screenplays
1968
Signs of Life
1970
Even Dwarfs Started Small
1972
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
1976
Heart of Glass
1977
Stroszek
1979
Nosferatu the Vampyre
1979
Woyzeck
1982
Fitzcarraldo
1984
Where the Green Ants Dream
1987
Cobra Verde
2001
Invincible
2002
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
2005
The Wild Blue Yonder
2006
Rescue Dawn
2009
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
2015
Queen of the Desert
2016
Salt and Fire
2019
Family Romance, LLC
TBA
Bucking Fastard
 
 
#7
Film Productions
1968
Signs of Life
1970
Even Dwarfs Started Small
1972
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
1974
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
1976
Heart of Glass
1977
Stroszek
1979
Nosferatu the Vampyre
1979
Woyzeck
1982
Fitzcarraldo
1984
Where the Green Ants Dream
2001
Invincible
2016
Salt and Fire
2024
The End
2025
Reeling
 
 
#8
Film Cameos
1968
Signs of Life
1976
Heart of Glass
1979
Nosferatu the Vampyre
1983
Man of Flowers
1984
Where the Green Ants Dream
1991
Scream of Stone
2001
Invincible
2014
Penguins of Madagascar
2015
Freaks of Nature
2016
Salt and Fire
2024
Orion and the Dark
#9
TV Show Appearances
1968
Camera Three
1979
The Mike Douglas Show
 
 
#10
TV Documentaries Directed
1970
The Flying Doctors of East Africa
1971
Behinderte Zukunft
1976
How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck...
1981
Glaube und Währung - Dr. Gene Scott, Fernsehprediger
1981
Huie's Sermon
1989
Herdsmen of the Sun
1991
Jag Mandir
1992
Lessons of Darkness
1995
Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices
1996
The Transformation of the World into Music
1999
Julianes Sturz in den Dschungel
 
 
#11
TV Documentaries Written
1970
The Flying Doctors of East Africa
1971
Behinderte Zukunft
1981
Glaube und Währung - Dr. Gene Scott, Fernsehprediger
1989
Herdsmen of the Sun
1991
Jag Mandir
1992
Lessons of Darkness
1995
Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices
1996
The Transformation of the World into Music
1999
Julianes Sturz in den Dschungel
2002
El hambre en el mundo explicada a mi hijo
 
 
#12
TV Documentary Productions
1970
The Flying Doctors of East Africa
1971
Behinderte Zukunft
1976
How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck...
1987
Location Africa
1989
Herdsmen of the Sun
1992
Lessons of Darkness
1995
Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices
1996
The Transformation of the World into Music
 
 
#13
Documentaries Directed
1971
Fata Morgana
1971
Land of Silence and Darkness
1974
The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner
1984
Ballad of the Little Soldier
1984
The Dark Glow of the Mountains
1990
Echoes from a Somber Empire
1993
Bells from the Deep: Faith and Superstition in Russia
1997
Little Dieter Needs to Fly
1999
My Best Fiend
2003
Wheel of Time
2004
The White Diamond
2005
Grizzly Man
2007
Encounters at the End of the World
2010
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
2010
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
2011
Into the Abyss
2012
The Killers: Unstaged
2016
Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World
2016
Into the Inferno
2018
Meeting Gorbachev
2019
Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin
2020
Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds
2022
The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft
2022
Theatre of Thought
2025
Ghost Elephants
 
 
#14
Documentaries Written
1971
Fata Morgana
1971
Land of Silence and Darkness
1974
The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner
1984
Ballad of the Little Soldier
1984
The Dark Glow of the Mountains
1990
Echoes from a Somber Empire
1993
Bells from the Deep: Faith and Superstition in Russia
1997
Little Dieter Needs to Fly
1999
My Best Fiend
2003
Wheel of Time
2004
The White Diamond
2005
Grizzly Man
2007
Encounters at the End of the World
2010
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
2010
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
2011
Into the Abyss
2016
Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World
2016
Into the Inferno
2018
Meeting Gorbachev
2019
Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin
2020
Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds
2022
The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft
2022
Theatre of Thought
2025
Ghost Elephants
#15
Documentary Productions
1971
Fata Morgana
1971
Land of Silence and Darkness
1974
The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner
1984
Ballad of the Little Soldier
1984
The Dark Glow of the Mountains
1990
Echoes from a Somber Empire
2003
Wheel of Time
2004
Incident at Loch Ness
2010
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
2011
Into the Abyss
2012
The Act of Killing
2014
Red Army
2014
The Look of Silence
2016
Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World
2017
A Gray State
2022
Theatre of Thought
2022
Last Exit: Space
2023
The Arc of Oblivion
TBA
Caro Nanni
 
 
#16
TV Documentary Appearances
1971
Behinderte Zukunft
1987
Location Africa
1989
To the End of the World... and Then a Little Bit Further
1996
The Transformation of the World into Music
1999
Julianes Sturz in den Dschungel
1999
In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin
 
 
#17
Film Acting Roles
1971
Geschichten vom Kübelkind
1989
Bride of the Orient
1989
Hard to Be a God
1996
Brennendes Herz
1998
What Dreams May Come
1999
Julien Donkey-Boy
2007
Mister Lonely
2007
The Grand
2012
Jack Reacher
2013
The Wind Rises
2013
Home from Home: Chronicle of a Vision
 
 
#18
Film Story
1974
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
 
 
#19
Documentaries Narrated
1974
The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner
1984
Ballad of the Little Soldier
1984
The Dark Glow of the Mountains
1987
Bikini - Mon amour
1993
Bells from the Deep: Faith and Superstition in Russia
2003
Wheel of Time
2004
The White Diamond
2005
Grizzly Man
2007
Encounters at the End of the World
2010
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
2010
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
2011
Into the Abyss
2012
Dinotasia
2020
Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds
2020
Dear Werner
2022
The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft
2022
Last Exit: Space
 
 
#20
TV Documentaries Narrated
1976
How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck...
1981
Glaube und Währung - Dr. Gene Scott, Fernsehprediger
1989
Herdsmen of the Sun
1991
Jag Mandir
1992
Lessons of Darkness
1995
Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices
 
 
#21
Documentary Series Appearances
1976
Omnibus
1982
The South Bank Show
2008
Imagine
2012-2013
On Death Row
2020
Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian
2025
60 Minutes
 
 
#22
Short Documentaries Directed
1977
La Soufrière
1986
Portrait Werner Herzog
2001
Pilgrimage
2009
La Bohème
2011
Ode to the Dawn of Man
2013
From One Second to the Next
#23
Short Documentary Narrated
1977
La Soufrière
 
 
#24
Short Documentary Productions
1977
La Soufrière
2019
The Last Scene
2019
Love Birds
 
 
#25
Short Documentaries Written
1980
Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe
1986
Portrait Werner Herzog
 
 
#26
Short Documentary Appearances
1980
Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe
1986
Portrait Werner Herzog
 
 
#27
TV Mini-Series Directed
1988
The French as Seen by...
 
 
#28
Documentary Appearances
1989
Il cuore e le gambe (Herzog)
1990
Echoes from a Somber Empire
1999
My Best Fiend
2004
Incident at Loch Ness
2006
Walking to Werner
2016
Into the Inferno
2018
Meeting Gorbachev
2019
Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin
2022
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
 
 
#29
TV Film Cameo
1990
Joan of Arc
 
 
#30
TV Films Directed
1990
Joan of Arc
1991
Lohengrin
1992
La donna del lago
TBA
Fordlandia
 
 
#31
Documentary Series Directed
1991
Under the Sun
1998
Hell Ride
1999
2000 Years of Christianity
2012-2013
On Death Row
 
 
#32
Documentary Mini-Series Directed
1991-1992
Filmstunde
 
 
#33
TV Film Acting Role
1992
La donna del lago
 
 
#34
Documentary Series Written
1998
Hell Ride
1999
2000 Years of Christianity
2012
On Death Row
 
 
#35
Documentary Series Narrated
1999
2000 Years of Christianity
 
 
#36
Short Film Acting Roles
2004
Dribble
2009
Plastic Bag
2010
When Herzog Rescued Phoenix
2012
Erdbeerland
2014
Lemonade War
2018
Paradox Bullets
 
 
#37
TV Show Cameos
2010
The Boondocks
2011, 2019, 2020, 2021
The Simpsons
2012
American Dad!
2015
Parks and Recreation
2015
Rick and Morty
 
 
#38
TV Show Acting Role
2012
Metalocalypse
 
 
#39
Documentary Series Production
2014, 2016
P.O.V.
 
 
#40
Documentary Mini-Series Appearances
2016
Masterclass
2022
The U.S. and the Holocaust
 
 
#41
Web Series Acting Role
2019
The Mandalorian
2024-Present
Conan O'Brien Must Go
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2 Comments
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Level 62
Jul 20, 2024
Herzog is the man!
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Level 19
Nov 24, 2025
I think it's "Echoes from a Sombre Empire" rather than "Echoes from a Somber Empire".

Anyway this man is way too fascinating !