Happy birthday, Werner Herzog!  That’s right — one of the greatest and most visionary directors of all time is 71 years old today.

Now, if you’ve followed this blog for a while, then you know that I love trailers.  In honor of Herzog’s birthday, here are 6 trailers from Werner Herzog:

Here is Herzog’s latest (and some would say, most powerful) documentary — an anti-texting PSA:

As a bonus, here’s Les Blank’s 1980 documentary, Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe.