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 situ
Now screening in Brussels
1982
Also by Werner Herzog
Ghost Elephants
2026
The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft
2022
Theater of Thought
2022
Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin
2019
Family Romance, LLC
2019
Meeting Gorbachev
2018
Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World
2016
Into the Inferno
2016
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
2010
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
2010
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call – New Orleans
2009
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
2009
Encounters at the End of the World
2007
Rescue Dawn
2006
Grizzly Man
2005
The White Diamond
2004
My Best Fiend
1999
Little Dieter Needs to Fly
1997
Lessons of Darkness
1992
The Dark Glow of the Mountains
1985
Nosferatu the Vampyre
1979
Stroszek
1977
Heart of Glass
1976
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
1974
The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner
1974
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
1972
Fata Morgana
1971
Land of Silence and Darkness
1971
Even Dwarfs Started Small
1970
Last Words
1968
Les courts des grands V
1968
Signs of Life
1968
Bucking Fastard