About

Rudolph Herzog is an award-winning director, showrunner and writer. His BBC/ARD documentary on humour in the Third Reich sold internationally and his book DEAD FUNNY on the same subject was named a book of the year by THE ATLANTIC.

 

His second book, the critically acclaimed SHORT HISTORY OF NUCLEAR FOLLY, was published in the U.K., the U.S. and Canada. A documentary by Rudolph based on the book was featured on ARTE and NETFLIX. He helmed a National Geographic special on polar explorer Roald Amundsen and directed LAST EXIT:SPACE for Discovery+ and FUGITIVE - THE MYSTERY OF THE CRYPTO QUEEN for Channel 4, SKY and Freemantle.

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Rudolph has expanded into fiction with his feature film HOW TO FAKE A WAR - starring Katherine Parkinson and Jay Pharoah - released in the U.S. (Vertical/Amazon Prime) and U.K. (SKY Cinema), and his book GHOSTS OF BERLIN published internationally.