
Directing
Erik Nelson
Erik Nelson is a director and producer known for his frequent collaborations with Werner Herzog.
Acting credits
Behind the camera
7.5Follows the story of "Grizzly Man" Timothy Treadwell and what the thirteen summers in a National Park in Alaska were like in his attempt to protect the grizzly bears. The film is full of unique images and a look into the spirit of a man who sacrificed himself for nature.
Grizzly Man
2005
5.3Computer-generated animation about the daily lives of dinosaurs, narrated by Werner Herzog.
Dinotasia
2012
Television movie
Backstage Pass
1982
6.9We do not know when and how we will die. Death Row inmates do. Werner Herzog embarks on a dialogue with Death Row inmates, asks questions about life and death and looks deep into these individuals, their stories, their crimes.
Into the Abyss
2011
7.0Recounts the harrowing end of World War II through the eyes of 24 men who lived through the events and using never-before-seen footage.
Apocalypse '45
2020
7.1Werner Herzog gains exclusive access to film inside the Chauvet caves of Southern France, capturing the oldest known pictorial creations of humankind in their astonishing natural setting.
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
2010
6.7A meditation on youth, war and stunning bravery, featuring footage, taken from the National Archives, from the documentary filmed in 1943 by legendary Hollywood director William Wyler about the famous Memphis Belle flying fortress and the gripping narration from some of the last surviving B-17 pilots.
The Cold Blue
2018
10.0For one extraordinary week in February 1972, the Revolution WAS televised. DAYTIME REVOLUTION takes us back in time to the week that John Lennon and Yoko Ono descended upon a Philadelphia broadcasting studio to co-host the iconic Mike Douglas Show, at that time the most popular show on daytime television, with a national audience of 40 million viewers each week. What followed was five unforgettable episodes of television, with Lennon and Ono at the helm and Douglas gamely keeping the show on track.
Daytime Revolution
2024
NRThe Holocaust began with the indiscriminate mass shootings by the Einsatzgruppen in the bloodlands of Eastern Europe and was perfected in the gas chambers at Auschwitz. “Bullets And Blueberries” explores the motives, methods and madness of the perpetrators, using never-before-seen images captured by the killers themselves — images that fully capture the banality of evil.
Bullets And Blueberries
2025
6.4In 2010 David Crowley, an Iraq veteran, aspiring filmmaker and charismatic up-and-coming voice in fringe politics, began production on his film Gray State. Set in a dystopian near-future where civil liberties are trampled by an unrestrained federal government, the film’s crowd funded trailer was enthusiastically received by the burgeoning online community of libertarians, Tea Party activists and members of the nascent alt-right. In January of 2015, Crowley was found dead with his family in their suburban Minnesota home. Their shocking deaths quickly become a cause célèbre for conspiracy theorists who speculate that Crowley was assassinated by a shadowy government concerned about a film and filmmaker that was getting too close to the truth about their aims.
A Gray State
2017
6.4In 2010 David Crowley, an Iraq veteran, aspiring filmmaker and charismatic up-and-coming voice in fringe politics, began production on his film Gray State. Set in a dystopian near-future where civil liberties are trampled by an unrestrained federal government, the film’s crowd funded trailer was enthusiastically received by the burgeoning online community of libertarians, Tea Party activists and members of the nascent alt-right. In January of 2015, Crowley was found dead with his family in their suburban Minnesota home. Their shocking deaths quickly become a cause célèbre for conspiracy theorists who speculate that Crowley was assassinated by a shadowy government concerned about a film and filmmaker that was getting too close to the truth about their aims.
A Gray State
2017
NRIn honour of the 15th Anniversary of 9/11, National Geographic Channel is looking back at the very best reporting we have done since this world-changing tragedy first happened using extended excerpts from past specials that relate directly to events leading up to and following the attacks on New York City and Washington DC.
9/11: The Longest War
2016
8.7A look at the final day in the life of President John F. Kennedy.
JFK: The Final Hours
2013
8.7A look at the final day in the life of President John F. Kennedy.
JFK: The Final Hours
2013
8.0The film uncovers a part of the Holocaust that was once thought to be unrecorded, but thanks to Washington D.C. Holocaust Museum's work there is now documentation and photographic evidence of what life was like behind the fences of the death camp at Auschwitz. This film profiles a series of contrasting photos - one series portrays the banality of evil, while the other profiles the horror of life behind the wire.
Nazi Scrapbooks from Hell: The Auschwitz Albums
2008
8.0The film uncovers a part of the Holocaust that was once thought to be unrecorded, but thanks to Washington D.C. Holocaust Museum's work there is now documentation and photographic evidence of what life was like behind the fences of the death camp at Auschwitz. This film profiles a series of contrasting photos - one series portrays the banality of evil, while the other profiles the horror of life behind the wire.
Nazi Scrapbooks from Hell: The Auschwitz Albums
2008
7.3The documentary story of Harlan Ellison
Dreams with Sharp Teeth
2008
7.3The documentary story of Harlan Ellison
Dreams with Sharp Teeth
2008
10.0The eve of 9/11 is recalled. Eyewitnesses recall the day before the 9/11 terror attacks and the collapse of the Twin Towers.
9/10: The Final Hours
2014
10.0The eve of 9/11 is recalled. Eyewitnesses recall the day before the 9/11 terror attacks and the collapse of the Twin Towers.
9/10: The Final Hours
2014
NRNo synopsis available yet.
The Final Days of Anne Frank
2015
NRNo synopsis available yet.
History Specials: Engineering Evil
2011
NRPearl Harbor reveals information indicating that the United States Navy could have prevented the December 7, 1941 attack. Explore the supposition that the Navy discovered two Japanese carriers near Pearl Harbor several days prior to the assault and why this information was ignored.
Secrets of the Unknown: Pearl Harbor
1987
NRPearl Harbor reveals information indicating that the United States Navy could have prevented the December 7, 1941 attack. Explore the supposition that the Navy discovered two Japanese carriers near Pearl Harbor several days prior to the assault and why this information was ignored.
Secrets of the Unknown: Pearl Harbor
1987
