1942 - Today
Werner Herzog (German: [ˈvɛʁnɐ ˈhɛʁtsoːk]; né Stipetić; born 5 September 1942) is a German filmmaker, actor, opera director, and author. Regarded as a pioneer of New German Cinema, his films often feature ambitious protagonists with impossible dreams, people with unusual talents in obscure fields, or individuals in conflict with nature. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Werner Herzog has received more than 9,904,572 page views. His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 60 in 2019). Werner Herzog is the 57th most popular film director (down from 56th in 2019), the 359th most popular biography from Germany (up from 360th in 2019) and the 5th most popular German Film Director.
Werner Herzog is a German filmmaker who is most famous for his films and documentaries. His most famous works are Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972), Fitzcarraldo (1982), and Grizzly Man (2005).
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Among film directors, Werner Herzog ranks 57 out of 1,581. Before him are Takeshi Kitano, William Wyler, Brian De Palma, Sydney Pollack, Roger Vadim, and Theo Angelopoulos. After him are Isao Takahata, Robert Zemeckis, Oliver Stone, Stephen Hillenburg, Yasujirō Ozu, and Agnès Varda.
1947 - Present
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 51
1902 - 1981
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 52
1940 - Present
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 53
1934 - 2008
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 54
1928 - 2000
HPI: 68.04
Rank: 55
1935 - 2012
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 56
1942 - Present
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 57
1935 - 2018
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 58
1952 - Present
HPI: 67.56
Rank: 59
1946 - Present
HPI: 67.55
Rank: 60
1961 - 2018
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 61
1903 - 1963
HPI: 67.32
Rank: 62
1928 - 2019
HPI: 67.31
Rank: 63
Among people born in 1942, Werner Herzog ranks 28. Before him are Brian Jones, Brian Wilson, Dino Zoff, Michael Haneke, Calvin Klein, and Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo. After him are Ian McShane, John Wayne Gacy, Javier Solana, Giorgio Agamben, Ehud Barak, and José Eduardo dos Santos.
1942 - 1969
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 22
1942 - Present
HPI: 69.58
Rank: 23
1942 - Present
HPI: 69.50
Rank: 24
1942 - Present
HPI: 69.47
Rank: 25
1942 - Present
HPI: 68.37
Rank: 26
1942 - Present
HPI: 68.07
Rank: 27
1942 - Present
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 28
1942 - Present
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 29
1942 - 1994
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 30
1942 - Present
HPI: 67.25
Rank: 31
1942 - Present
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 32
1942 - Present
HPI: 67.05
Rank: 33
1942 - 2022
HPI: 66.87
Rank: 34
Among people born in Germany, Werner Herzog ranks 359 out of 6,142. Before him are Georgy Lvov (1861), Martin Waldseemüller (1470), Franz Halder (1884), Friedrich Olbricht (1888), Walther Bothe (1891), and Johann Friedrich Struensee (1737). After him are Gregor Strasser (1892), Rudolf Carnap (1891), Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791), Paul Hausser (1880), Bruno of Cologne (1030), and Theodor Heuss (1884).
1861 - 1925
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 353
1470 - 1520
HPI: 68.01
Rank: 354
1884 - 1972
HPI: 68.00
Rank: 355
1888 - 1944
HPI: 68.00
Rank: 356
1891 - 1957
HPI: 67.98
Rank: 357
1737 - 1772
HPI: 67.95
Rank: 358
1942 - Present
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 359
1892 - 1934
HPI: 67.92
Rank: 360
1891 - 1970
HPI: 67.92
Rank: 361
1791 - 1864
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 362
1880 - 1972
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 363
1030 - 1101
HPI: 67.85
Rank: 364
1884 - 1963
HPI: 67.84
Rank: 365
Among film directors born in Germany, Werner Herzog ranks 5. Before him are Leni Riefenstahl (1902), Wim Wenders (1945), Michael Haneke (1942), and Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1945). After him are F. W. Murnau (1888), Ernst Lubitsch (1892), Wolfgang Petersen (1941), Roland Emmerich (1955), Volker Schlöndorff (1939), Max Ophüls (1902), and Robert Siodmak (1900).
1902 - 2003
HPI: 73.43
Rank: 1
1945 - Present
HPI: 69.72
Rank: 2
1942 - Present
HPI: 69.47
Rank: 3
1945 - 1982
HPI: 68.76
Rank: 4
1942 - Present
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 5
1888 - 1931
HPI: 66.65
Rank: 6
1892 - 1947
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 7
1941 - 2022
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 8
1955 - Present
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 9
1939 - Present
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 10
1902 - 1957
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 11
1900 - 1973
HPI: 60.02
Rank: 12