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Werner Herzog
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Academy Awards, USA (1)
American Society of Cinematographers, USA (1)
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) (1)
Austrian People's Education TV Award (1)
Bavarian Film Awards (2)
Berlin International Film Festival (4)
Biarritz International Festival of Audiovisual Programming (1)
BAFTA Awards (1)
Cannes Film Festival (9)
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival (3)
César Awards, France (1)
Chicago International Film Festival (3)
CINE Competition (1)
Cleveland International Film Festival (2)
Krakow Film Festival (2)
Directors Guild of America, USA (1)
Primetime Emmy Awards (1)
European Film Awards (2)
French Syndicate of Cinema Critics (1)
German Film Awards (8)
Gijón International Film Festival (4)
Gotham Awards (2)
Guild of German Art House Cinemas (2)
Hof International Film Festival (1)
Film Independent Spirit Awards (2)
International Documentary Association (5)
Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival (1)
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards (1)
Locarno Film Festival (1)
London Film Festival (1)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (1)
Mar del Plata International Film Festival (1)
Melbourne International Film Festival (1)
Munich Film Festival (1)
News & Documentary Emmy Awards (4)
San Francisco International Film Festival (1)
San Sebastián International Film Festival (1)
Shanghai International Film Festival (1)
Sundance Film Festival (2)
São Paulo International Film Festival (1)
Taormina International Film Festival (2)
Tokyo International Film Festival (1)
Valladolid International Film Festival (3)
Venice Film Festival (8)
German Film Critics Association Awards (2)
Kerala International Film Festival (1)
Lima Latin American Film Festival (1)
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival (1)
CPH:DOX (1)
Sant Jordi Awards (1)
Chlotrudis Awards (2)
Dublin International Film Festival (1)
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (1)
Dubai International Film Festival (1)
Reykjavik International Film Festival (1)
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US (6)
Telluride Film Festival (1)
Alliance of Women Film Journalists (1)
Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards (1)
Sakhalin International Film Festival (1)
Behind the Voice Actors Awards (2)
International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA) (2)
Biografilm Festival (1)
Parajanov-Vartanov Institute Awards (1)
Gold Derby Awards (1)
Torino Film Festival (2)
Critics' Choice Documentary Awards (2)
DOC LA (1)
ZagrebDox (1)
Docville (1)
Prêmio Guarani (1)
New Mexico Film Critics (1)
Cahiers du Cinéma (2)
BBC Four World Cinema Awards (1)
The Guardian's Best Films (1)
Filming Italy Sardegna Festival (1)
65 wins & 73 nominations
Academy Awards, USA
2009 Nominee
Oscar
Best Documentary, Features
Encounters at the End of the World
Shared with:
Henry Kaiser
American Society of Cinematographers, USA
2020 Winner
Board of the Governors Award
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA)
1997 Winner
Special Jury Award
Little Dieter Needs to Fly
Austrian People's Education TV Award
2021 Winner
TV Award
Lifetime Achievement
Bavarian Film Awards
2018 Winner
Honorary Award
1988 Winner
Bavarian Film Award
Best Production (Produzentenpreis)
Cobra Verde
Shared with:
Lucki Stipetic
Berlin International Film Festival
2015 Nominee
Golden Berlin Bear
Queen of the Desert
1979 Nominee
Golden Berlin Bear
Nosferatu the Vampyre
1968 Winner
Silver Berlin Bear
Special Prize
Signs of Life
For a first work.
1968 Nominee
Golden Berlin Bear
Signs of Life
Biarritz International Festival of Audiovisual Programming
1999 Winner
Silver FIPA
Documentary and Essay
Little Dieter Needs to Fly
BAFTA Awards
1983 Nominee
BAFTA Film Award
Best Foreign Language Film
Fitzcarraldo
West Germany.
Cannes Film Festival
2002 Nominee
Un Certain Regard Award
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
Shared with:
Kaige Chen
·
Víctor Erice
·
Jim Jarmusch
·
Aki Kaurismäki
·
Spike Lee
·
Wim Wenders
1984 Nominee
Palme d'Or
Where the Green Ants Dream
1982 Winner
Best Director
Fitzcarraldo
1982 Nominee
Palme d'Or
Fitzcarraldo
1979 Nominee
Palme d'Or
Woyzeck
4 more
All
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
2005 Nominee
Best Film
The Wild Blue Yonder
2005 Winner
Carnet Jove - Special Mention
The Wild Blue Yonder
2005 Winner
New Visions Award - Special Mention
Grizzly Man
César Awards, France
1976 Nominee
César
Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Chicago International Film Festival
1999 Nominee
Gold Hugo
Best Documentary
My Best Fiend
1991 Nominee
Gold Hugo
Best Feature
Scream of Stone
1975 Nominee
Gold Hugo
Best Feature
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
CINE Competition
2013 Winner
CINE Golden Eagle
Documentary
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Cleveland International Film Festival
2019 Nominee
Nesnady and Schwartz Documentary Competition
Best Documentary
Meeting Gorbachev
2016 Nominee
Nesnady and Schwartz Documentary Competition
Best Documentary
Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World
Krakow Film Festival
2002 Winner
Dragon of Dragons Honorary Award
1978 Winner
Special Mention
International Competition
La Soufrière
Directors Guild of America, USA
2006 Winner
DGA Award
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary
Grizzly Man
Primetime Emmy Awards
1999 Nominee
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Non-Fiction Special
Little Dieter Needs to Fly
Shared with:
Lucki Stipetic
·
André Singer
·
Nancy Abraham
·
Sheila Nevins
European Film Awards
2019 Winner
Lifetime Achievement Award
1999 Nominee
European Film Award
European Documentary
My Best Fiend
French Syndicate of Cinema Critics
1976 Winner
Critics Award
Best Foreign Film
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
West Germany.
German Film Awards
2013 Winner
Honorary Award
1984 Nominee
Film Award in Gold
Best Screenplay (Bestes Drehbuch)
Where the Green Ants Dream
1979 Nominee
Film Award in Gold
Best Direction (Beste Regie)
Nosferatu the Vampyre
1978 Winner
Film Award in Silver
Best Short Film (Bester Kurzfilm)
La Soufrière
A premium of DEM 30,000.-.
1975 Nominee
Film Award in Silver
Outstanding Feature Film (Bester Spielfilm)
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
A premium of DEM 150,000.-.
3 more
All
Gijón International Film Festival
2022 Nominee
Albar
Best Film
The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft
2022 Winner
Special Jury Award
Best Film
The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft
2022 Winner
Audience Award
Best Film
The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft
2019 Nominee
Grand Prix Asturias
Best Film
Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin
Gotham Awards
2008 Nominee
Gotham Independent Film Award
Best Documentary
Encounters at the End of the World
Shared with:
Henry Kaiser
2005 Nominee
Gotham Independent Film Award
Best Documentary
Grizzly Man
Shared with:
Erik Nelson
Guild of German Art House Cinemas
1984 Winner
Guild Film Award - Gold
German Film (Deutscher Film)
Fitzcarraldo
1981 Winner
Guild Film Award - Silver
German Film (Deutscher Film)
Woyzeck
Hof International Film Festival
1993 Winner
Prize of the City of Hof
Film Independent Spirit Awards
2009 Nominee
Independent Spirit Award
Best Documentary
Encounters at the End of the World
2006 Nominee
Independent Spirit Award
Best Documentary
Grizzly Man
International Documentary Association
2019 Nominee
Video Source Award
Meeting Gorbachev
Shared with:
André Singer
·
Lucki Stipetic
·
Svetlana Palmer
2013 Nominee
IDA Award
Best Feature
The Act of Killing
Shared with:
Joshua Oppenheimer
·
Signe Byrge Sørensen
·
Errol Morris
·
Torstein Grude
·
André Singer
·
Joram ten Brink
·
Bjarte Mørner Tveit
2012 Winner
IDA Award
Best Limited Series
On Death Row
Shared with:
Erik Nelson
·
Robert Erickson
·
Dave Harding
·
Amy Briamonte
·
André Singer
·
Lucki Stipetic
·
Nick N. Raslan
·
Henry Schleiff
·
Sara Kozak
2008 Winner
Career Achievement Award
1998 Winner
IDA Award
Feature Documentaries
Little Dieter Needs to Fly
Shared with:
André Singer
·
Lucki Stipetic
Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival
1971 Winner
Interfilm Award
Land of Silence and Darkness
Tied with
Where Our Strength Lies (1971)
.
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
2000 Nominee
Sierra Award
Best Documentary
Little Dieter Needs to Fly
Locarno Film Festival
2013 Winner
Leopard of Honor
London Film Festival
2011 Winner
Grierson Award
Into the Abyss
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
2005 Winner
LAFCA Award
Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film
Grizzly Man
Mar del Plata International Film Festival
2006 Nominee
Best Film
International Competition
The Wild Blue Yonder
Melbourne International Film Festival
1993 Winner
Grand Prix
Lessons of Darkness
Munich Film Festival
2016 Winner
One Future Prize - Honorable Mention
Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World
News & Documentary Emmy Awards
2017 Nominee
Emmy
Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary
Into the Inferno
Shared with:
André Singer
·
Lucki Stipetic
·
Richard Melman
·
Vanessa Dylyn
2017 Nominee
Emmy
Outstanding Investigative Documentary
P.O.V.
The Look of Silence
For episode "The Look of Silence"
Shared with:
Joshua Oppenheimer
·
Errol Morris
·
Justine Nagan
·
André Singer
·
Christopher White
·
Signe Byrge Sørensen
·
Anonymous
·
Torstein Grude
·
Kaarle Aho
2017 Nominee
Emmy
Best Documentary
P.O.V.
The Look of Silence
For episode "The Look of Silence"
Shared with:
Joshua Oppenheimer
·
Errol Morris
·
Justine Nagan
·
André Singer
·
Christopher White
·
Signe Byrge Sørensen
·
Anonymous
·
Torstein Grude
·
Kaarle Aho
2007 Nominee
Emmy
Outstanding Science, Technology and Nature Programming
Grizzly Man
Shared with:
Kevin L. Beggs
·
Billy Campbell
·
Phil Fairclough
·
Andrea Meditch
·
Tom Ortenberg
·
Erik Nelson
·
Jewel Palovak
San Francisco International Film Festival
1999 Winner
Golden Spire
Television - History
Little Dieter Needs to Fly
San Sebastián International Film Festival
1982 Winner
OCIC Award
Fitzcarraldo
Shanghai International Film Festival
2016 Nominee
Golden Goblet
Best Film
Salt and Fire
Sundance Film Festival
2005 Winner
Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize
Grizzly Man
2005 Nominee
Grand Jury Prize
World Cinema - Documentary
Grizzly Man
São Paulo International Film Festival
1999 Winner
Audience Award
Best Documentary
My Best Fiend
Taormina International Film Festival
1977 Winner
Special Jury Prize
Stroszek
1977 Nominee
Golden Charybdis
Stroszek
Tokyo International Film Festival
2011 Winner
Earth Grand Prix - Special Award
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
Shared with:
Dmitry Vasyukov
Valladolid International Film Festival
1991 Nominee
Golden Spike
Best Film
Scream of Stone
1977 Nominee
Golden Spike
Best Film
Heart of Glass
1972 Nominee
Golden Spike
Best Film
Land of Silence and Darkness
Venice Film Festival
2009 Winner
Christopher D. Smithers Foundation Special Award
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
2009 Nominee
Golden Lion
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
2009 Nominee
Golden Lion
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
2005 Winner
FIPRESCI Prize
Parallel Sections
The Wild Blue Yonder
2005 Nominee
Venice Horizons Award
Best Film
The Wild Blue Yonder
3 more
All
German Film Critics Association Awards
2017 Nominee
German Film Critics Award
Best Film (Bester Spielfilm)
Salt and Fire
1978 Winner
German Film Critics Award
Best Film (Bester Spielfilm)
Stroszek
Kerala International Film Festival
2010 Winner
Lifetime Achievement Award
Lima Latin American Film Festival
2015 Winner
Lifetime Achievement Award
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival
2006 Winner
Outstanding Achievement Award
CPH:DOX
2005 Winner
CPH:DOX Award
The White Diamond
Sant Jordi Awards
2009 Winner
Career Award
Chlotrudis Awards
2010 Nominee
Chlotrudis Award
Best Director
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
2006 Nominee
Chlotrudis Award
Best Director
Grizzly Man
Dublin International Film Festival
2010 Winner
Dublin Film Critics Special Jury Prize
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
2005 Nominee
Grand Prize
The Wild Blue Yonder
Dubai International Film Festival
2011 Winner
Lifetime Achievement Award
Reykjavik International Film Festival
2023 Nominee
A Different Tomorrow
Best Documentary
Theatre of Thought
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US
2016 Winner
Cinema Eye Honors Award
The Influentials
Grizzly Man
2015 Winner
Cinema Eye Honors Award
The Influentials
Grizzly Man
2014 Winner
Cinema Eye Honors Award
The Influentials
Grizzly Man
2012 Nominee
Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
2009 Nominee
Cinema Eye Honors Award
Outstanding Achievement in Direction
Encounters at the End of the World
1 more
All
Telluride Film Festival
1975 Winner
Silver Medallion Award
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
2012 Nominee
EDA Award
Best Documentary Feature Film
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards
2010 Nominee
DFCC
Best Director
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
3rd place
Sakhalin International Film Festival
2019 Nominee
Grand Prix
Family Romance, LLC
Behind the Voice Actors Awards
2016 Nominee
BTVA Television Voice Acting Award
Best Vocal Ensemble in a Television Series
Rick and Morty
Shared with:
Justin Roiland
·
Sarah Chalke
·
Chris Parnell
·
Spencer Grammer
·
Christina Hendricks
·
Patton Oswalt
·
Keith David
·
Kurtwood Smith
·
Stephen Colbert
2015 Nominee
BTVA Anime Dub Movie/Special Voice Acting Award
Best Vocal Ensemble in an Anime Feature Film/Special
The Wind Rises
Shared with:
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
·
Emily Blunt
·
John Krasinski
·
Martin Short
·
Stanley Tucci
·
Mandy Patinkin
·
William H. Macy
·
Mae Whitman
·
Jennifer Grey
International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)
2020 Nominee
INOCA TV
Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series
The Mandalorian
2012 Nominee
INOCA
Best Documentary
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Biografilm Festival
2019 Winner
Audience Award
Biografilm Contemporary Lives
Meeting Gorbachev
Shared with:
André Singer
Parajanov-Vartanov Institute Awards
2022 Winner
Parajanov-Vartanov Institute Award
Best Film
The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft
Gold Derby Awards
2012 Nominee
Gold Derby Film Award
Documentary Feature
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Torino Film Festival
2011 Nominee
Prize of the City of Torino
Best International Documentary Film
Into the Abyss
2011 Winner
Gandhi's Glasses Award - Special Mention
Into the Abyss
For approaching the theme of the death penalty and the violence of the prisons with sobriety, witnessing the absolute value of life.
Critics' Choice Documentary Awards
2020 Nominee
Critics' Choice Documentary Award
Best Narration
Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds
2016 Nominee
Critics' Choice Documentary Award
Best Director (TV/Streaming)
Into the Inferno
DOC LA
2022 Winner
Parajanov-Vartanov Institute Award
Best Film
The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft
ZagrebDox
2005 Nominee
Big Stamp
International Competition
The White Diamond
Docville
2023 Nominee
National Lottery Prize
Best Scientific Documentary
Theatre of Thought
Prêmio Guarani
2007 Nominee
Premio Guarani
Best Foreign Film
Grizzly Man
USA.
New Mexico Film Critics
2016 Winner
Glenn Strange Honorary Award
Cahiers du Cinéma
2010 Nominee
Top 10 Film Award
Best Film
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Second Place
2005 Nominee
Top 10 Film Award
Best Film
Grizzly Man
Eighth Place; tied with
Be with Me (2005)
,
Sin City (2005)
, and
Tale of Cinema (2005)
BBC Four World Cinema Awards
2009 Winner
BBC Four World Cinema Achievement Award
The Guardian's Best Films
2009 Winner
Top Film
Top 10 Key Films of the Noughties
Grizzly Man
Filming Italy Sardegna Festival
2019 Winner
Filming Italy Award
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