Ghost Elephants

Werner Herzog

For over a decade, Dr. Steve Boyes, conservation biologist and National Geographic Explorer, has been in search of a mysterious, elusive herd of Ghost Elephants in the highlands of Angola, deep within its forests. From acclaimed director Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man), Ghost Elephants follows Boyes on an epic journey as he sets out with some of the best master trackers in the world, in pursuit of an animal long believed to be a myth.

Namibia, Angola, USA 2025, '99

DIRECTOR: Werner Herzog

SCENARIO: Werner Herzog

MONTAGE: Marco Capalbo

MUSIC: Ernst Reijseger, Namibia Crew

PRODUCTION: Werner Herzog, Ariel Leon Isacovitch, G.S.C.

FESTIVALS & AWARDS:

Kaohsiung ISFF (2025): Jury Special Mention

Werner Herzog

Born in Munich in 1942, Werner Herzog grew up as a child in a remote valley in the Bavarian mountains. Until age 11, he did not even know of the existence of cinema. He started to develop film projects from age 15 on, and since no one was willing to finance them, he worked the night shift as a welder in a steel factory during the last years of high school. He also started to travel on foot. He made his first phone call at age 17 and his first film at 19. He dropped out of college where he studied history and literature. Since then, he has written, produced, and directed some 80 films, has published books of prose, staged about a dozen operas, acted in films, and founded his own Rogue Film School.