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Birth Name: Werner Herzog Stipetić

Age: 81, born 5 September 1942

Country of origin: Germany

Currently Residing In: United States

Height: 6' 1"

Relationship Status: Married

Partner: Lena Herzog

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Description: Werner Herzog is a German screenwriter, film director, author, actor, and opera director. Herzog is a figure of the New German Cinema, along with Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Margarethe von Trotta, Volker Schlöndorff, Werner Schröter, and Wim Wenders. Herzog's films often feature ambitious protagonists with impossible dreams, people with unique talents in obscure fields, or individuals who are in conflict with nature. 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 compro ... (more)

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2. American Dad! (2005)

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4. Parks and Recreation

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5. The Colbert Report (2005)

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1. Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972)

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2. Nosferatu the Vampyre

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3. Rescue Dawn (2006)

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4. Grizzly Man (2005)

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5. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

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1. Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972)

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3. Rescue Dawn (2006)

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4. Grizzly Man (2005)

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5. Fitzcarraldo

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1. What Dreams May Come (1998)

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2. Nosferatu the Vampyre

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3. Jack Reacher (2012)

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4. Grizzly Man (2005)

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5. The Wind Rises (2013)

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1. The Dark Glow of the Mountains

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3. How much Wood would a Woodchuck chuck

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4. Les Français vus par (1988- )

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5. Wodaabe - Die Hirten der Sonne. Nomaden am Südrand der Sahara

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4. Tod für fünf Stimmen

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Most Accomplished Active Directors - 2024 (100 person items)

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Top Ten Films - Werner Herzog (12 movies items)

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Big Directors I Still Ain't Seen Shit From (51 person items)

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Most-accomplished Active Directors (2021 Edition) (50 person items)

"2020 Rank: #32 2019 Rank: #31 2018 Rank: #28 2017 Rank: #28 2016 Rank: #31 2015 Rank: #34 2014 Rank: #38 2013 Rank: #39 2012 Rank: #45 2011 Rank: #50 2010 Rank: #29 on Future Directing Greats 2009 Rank: #48 on Future Directing Greats Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972) The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974) Fitzcarraldo (1982) Lessons of Darkness (1992) My Best Friend (1999) Grizzly Man (2005) The Wild Blue Yonder (2006) Rescue Dawn (2007) Encounters at the End of the World (2008) The Cave "

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Star Wars : an All-Star cast (68 person items)

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Most-accomplished Active Directors (2020 Edition) (50 person items)

"2019 Rank: #31 2018 Rank: #28 2017 Rank: #28 2016 Rank: #31 2015 Rank: #34 2014 Rank: #38 2013 Rank: #39 2012 Rank: #45 2011 Rank: #50 2010 Rank: #29 on Future Directing Greats 2009 Rank: #48 on Future Directing Greats Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972) The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974) Fitzcarraldo (1982) Lessons of Darkness (1992) My Best Friend (1999) Grizzly Man (2005) The Wild Blue Yonder (2006) Rescue Dawn (2007) Encounters at the End of the World (2008) The Cave of Forgotten Dr"

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The Favourite Films of Critics and Filmmakers (32 movies items)

"1. Cane Toads: An Unnatural History (1988, Mark Lewis) 2. Fast, Cheap & Out of Control (1997, Errol Morris) 3. Forest of Bliss (1986, Robert Gardner) 4. Good News: Von Kolporteuren, toten Hunden und anderen Wienern (1990, Ulrich Seidl) 5. Letter from Siberia (1958, Chris Marker) 6. Les Maitres Fous (1955, Jean Rouch) 7. Nanook of the North (1922, Robert Flaherty) 8. Spend It All (1972, Les Blank) "

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Most Accomplished Active Directors (2019 Edition) (50 person items)

"2018 Rank: #28 2017 Rank: #28 2016 Rank: #31 2015 Rank: #34 2014 Rank: #38 2013 Rank: #39 2012 Rank: #45 2011 Rank: #50 2010 Rank: #29 on Future Directing Greats 2009 Rank: #48 on Future Directing Greats Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972) The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974) Fitzcarraldo (1982) Lessons of Darkness (1992) My Best Friend (1999) Grizzly Man (2005) The Wild Blue Yonder (2006) Rescue Dawn (2007) Encounters at the End of the World (2008) The Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2011) Ha"

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"Man! How much I love Herzog's positive outlook on life!"

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Most Accomplished Active Directors (2018 Edition) (50 person items)

"2017 Rank: #28 2016 Rank: #31 2015 Rank: #34 2014 Rank: #38 2013 Rank: #39 2012 Rank: #45 2011 Rank: #50 2010 Rank: #29 on Future Directing Greats 2009 Rank: #48 on Future Directing Greats a. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972) b. The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974) c. Fitzcarraldo (1982) d. Lessons of Darkness (1992) e. My Best Friend (1999) f. Grizzly Man (2005) g. The Wild Blue Yonder (2006) h. Rescue Dawn (2007) i. Encounters at the End of the World (2008) j. The Cave of Forgotten Dre"

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Favorite Directors (47 person items)

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Films that Director's Never Got to Make or Wanted (81 person items)

"1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (had the chance to direct but declined according to himself) 1978 Gates of Heaven (pet cemetery film that he talked about doing for ages and promised to eat his shoe if some film student did his film before himself. He had to eat his shoe) 2005 Brokeback Mountain (had the chance to direct but declined according to himself)"

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Directors - ranked&rated (22 person items)

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Most Accomplished Active Directors (2017 Edition) (50 person items)

"2016 Rank: #31 2015 Rank: #34 2014 Rank: #38 2013 Rank: #39 2012 Rank: #45 2011 Rank: #50 2010 Rank: #29 on Future Directing Greats 2009 Rank: #48 on Future Directing Greats a. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972) b. The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974) c. Fitzcarraldo (1982) d. Lessons of Darkness (1992) e. My Best Friend (1999) f. Grizzly Man (2005) g. The Wild Blue Yonder (2006) h. Rescue Dawn (2007) i. Encounters at the End of the World (2008) j. The Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2011) k. H"

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Most Accomplished Active Directors (2016 Edition) (50 person items)

"2015 Rank: #34 2014 Rank: #38 2013 Rank: #39 2012 Rank: #45 2011 Rank: #50 (Debut) 2010 Rank: #29 on Future Directing Greats 2009 Rank: #48 on Future Directing Greats a. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972) b. Fitzcarraldo (1982) c. My Best Friend (1999) d. Grizzly Man (2005) e. The Wild Blue Yonder (2006) f. Rescue Dawn (2007) g. Encounters at the End of the World (2008) h. The Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2011) i. Into the Abyss (2012) j. Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World (2"