13 Most Diverse Directors In Movie History

7. Werner Herzog

Werner Herzog Klaus Kinski
Anchor Bay Films

There are few filmmakers with careers as weird and wonderful as Werner Herzog, who next year will celebrate 50 years since his first feature film, Signs of Life, was released.

Herzog has lent his singular, eccentric directing style to dramedy (Stroszek), a period epic (Aguirre, the Wrath of God), horror (Nosferatu the Vampyre), drama (The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser, Woyzeck), adventure (Fitzcarraldo), sci-fi (The Wild Blue Yonder), war drama (Rescue Dawn), a crime thriller (Bad Lieutenant) and a biopic (Queen of the Desert).

Herzog has also directed more documentary movies than he has narrative features, the most revered of which include Little Dieter Needs to Fly, My Best Fiend and Grizzly Man.

While the director's style may not be for everyone, it's hard to argue with the impressive diversity of his immense filmography.

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