Although primarily known as a filmmaker, Werner Herzog has also written multiple books and other works.
Bibliography
Books
Writer Fitzcarraldo: The Original Story (Fjord Pr, January 1983, ) Of Walking in Ice (Free Association, New York, 2007, ) Conquest of the Useless: Reflections from the Making of Fitzcarraldo (Eroberung des Nutzlosen) (German: 2004; English: Ecco, 2009, ) Werner Herzog: A Guide for the Perplexed, Conversations with Paul Cronin (Faber and Faber Ltd., London, 2014, ) The Twilight World (Das Dämmern der Welt) (German: Hanser, Munich, 2021; English, translated by Michael Hofmann: Bodley Head, London, 2022, ) Every Man for Himself and God Against All: A Memoir (Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle) (German: Hanser, Munich, 2022; English, translated by Michael Hofmann: Vintage Publishing, London, 2023, ) The Future of Truth (Die Zukunft der Wahrheit) (German: Hanser, Munich, 2024, ; English, translated by Michael Hofmann: Bodley Head, London, 2025, )
Co-writer Lena Herzog. Pilgrims: Becoming the Path Itself (Periplus Publishing London Ltd., 2002, )
Screenplays
Writer Drehbücher II: Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes: Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle, Land des Schweigens und der Dunkelheit (Hanser 1977) Drehbücher I: Lebenszeichen, Auch Zwerge haben klein angefangen, Fata Morgana (Hanser 1977) Drehbücher III: Stroszek, Nosferatu (Hanser 1979) Screenplays: Aguirre, The Wrath of God, Every Man For Himself and God Against All & Land of Silence and Darkness (translated by Alan Greenberg & Martje Herzog; Tanam, New York, 1981, ) Fitzcarraldo, Nosferatu, Stroszek (Mazarine 1982) Wo Die Grünen Ameisen Träumen (Hanser 1984, ) Nosferatu (Ulbulibri, 1984) Cobra Verde (Jade-Flammarion 2001, )
Co-writer With Alan Greenberg and Herbert Achternbusch. Heart of Glass. 1976
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