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Werner Bischof

Werner Bischof (1916–1954) was a Swiss photographer and photojournalist known for humanist black-and-white reportage of postwar Europe and Asia, and the first photographer to join Magnum Photos after its founders.

Werner Bronkhorst

Werner Bronkhorst (born 2001, Pretoria) is a South African-born, Sydney-based contemporary painter of hyper-realistic miniature figures on thick textured acrylic grounds and charcoal car drawings, known for viral process videos, the HIGH Berlin show, and a $283,800 Phillips auction debut.

Werner Herzog

Werner Herzog is a German film director and producer, known for his New German Cinema style, his films shot in extreme locations, and his work with Klaus Kinski.

Werner Herzog filmography

Werner Herzog filmography: over 70 films directed by the German New German Cinema director, from Herakles (1962) and Signs of Life through Aguirre, Fitzcarraldo, Grizzly Man, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, and Bucking Fastard, plus acting roles and operas.

Werner Klemperer

Werner Klemperer (1920-2000), German-born American actor, son of conductor Otto Klemperer; fled Nazi Germany in 1935; played Colonel Klink on Hogan's Heroes (1965-1971), winning two Emmys, and earned a 1988 Tony nomination for Cabaret.

Weronika Tofilska

Weronika Tofilska, born 1985 in Katowice, is a Polish director and screenwriter based in London. Known for directing four episodes of Netflix's Baby Reindeer (Emmy-nominated) and co-writing Love Lies Bleeding; trained at the Kieślowski Film School and NFTS.

Werther's Original

Werther's Original is a Storck caramel-butter candy brand from Werther, Germany, recipe by Gustav Nebel in 1909, formerly Werther's Echte, renamed 1998, sold in over 100 countries.

Werwulf

Werwulf is Robert Eggers' 2026 period horror film, co-written with Sjón, set in 13th-century England and starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Lily-Rose Depp, and Willem Dafoe; dialogue is in Middle English, released December 25, 2026 by Focus Features.

Wes Anderson

Wes Anderson (Wesley Wales Anderson, born 1969) is an American film director from Houston known for symmetrical framing, pastel palettes, deadpan humor, miniatures, and recurring actors like Bill Murray and Owen Wilson.

Wes Ball

Wes Ball (born 1980) is an American director of the Maze Runner trilogy, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024), and Nintendo and Sony's live-action The Legend of Zelda film due April 30, 2027.

Wes Bentley

Wes Bentley (Wesley Cook Bentley), American actor born 1978 in Jonesboro, Arkansas; broke out as Ricky Fitts in American Beauty (1999), played Seneca Crane in The Hunger Games, and Jamie Dutton in Yellowstone.

Wes Borland

Wes Borland, American guitarist of nu metal band Limp Bizkit, also of Black Light Burns, Big Dumb Face, and solo album Crystal Machete; known for tremolo-arm riffs, low tunings, stage costumes, and 2026 Jackson King V signature guitar.

Wes Chatham

Wes Chatham (John Wesley Chatham, born 1978) is an American actor, a former Navy aviation firefighter discovered during the filming of Antwone Fisher, known for Amos Burton on The Expanse and Castor in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay.

Wes Craven

Wes Craven (1939–2015) was an American horror film director of The Last House on the Left, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream, and Music of the Heart, who reinvented the horror genre three times.

Wes Craven's New Nightmare

Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994) is the seventh Elm Street film, a meta-horror entry in which Craven, Langenkamp, and Englund play themselves as Freddy Krueger enters the real world.

Wes Montgomery

Wes Montgomery (John Leslie Montgomery, 1923-1968), Indianapolis jazz guitarist who played with his thumb instead of a pick, pioneered signature octave solos, and moved from Riverside's The Incredible Jazz Guitar (1960) to Grammy-winning pop-jazz on Verve and A&M.

Wes Scantlin

Wes Scantlin (Wesley Reid Scantlin) is the American singer, guitarist, and songwriter who founded and remains the frontman of post-grunge band Puddle of Mudd, known for Come Clean (2001) and hits Control, Blurry, and She Hates Me.

Wes Studi

Wes Studi (Wesley Studie), Cherokee Nation actor born 1947 in Nofire Hollow, Oklahoma; Vietnam veteran and activist; broke out in Dances with Wolves, Last of the Mohicans, and Geronimo; first Native American actor to receive an Academy Award, the 2019 Governors Award.

Wesley Crusher

Wesley Crusher: fictional Star Trek character played by Wil Wheaton in The Next Generation, son of Beverly and Jack Crusher, acting ensign on stardate 41263.4, later a Traveler in Picard and Prodigy.

Wesley Enoch

Wesley Enoch (born 1969) is an Aboriginal Australian playwright and theater director, a Noonuccal Nuugi man from Queensland, best known for The 7 Stages of Grieving and Black Medea.

Wesley Eure

Wesley Eure (Wesley Eure Loper, born 1951) is an American actor known as Will Marshall on Land of the Lost (1974–76) and Mike Horton on Days of Our Lives (1974–81), later co-creator of PBS's Dragon Tales.

Wesley La Violette

Wesley LaViolette (1894–1978) was an American composer and teacher who wrote three symphonies and two operas and taught jazz musicians including Shorty Rogers and Jimmy Giuffre.

Wesley Schultz

Wesley Schultz (Wesley Keith Schultz, born 1982, Ramsey, NJ) is the American lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter of folk rock band the Lumineers, co-founded with Jeremiah Fraites; known for "Ho Hey," the albums Cleopatra, III, Brightside, Automatic, and his 2020 solo covers album Vignettes.

Wesley Snipes

Wesley Snipes, born 1962, is an American actor and martial artist known for New Jack City, the Blade trilogy, and a 2024 return as Blade in Deadpool & Wolverine.

Wesley Willis

Wesley Lawrence Willis (1963–2003), Chicago outsider musician and visual artist; keyboard-driven three-chord songs, over 50 albums, ballpoint Chicago cityscapes, schizophrenia, Wesley Willis Fiasco, died of leukemia at 40.

Wespazjan Kochowski

Wespazjan Kochowski (1633–1700) was a Polish Baroque poet, historian, and soldier, a leading representative of Sarmatism who served King Jan III Sobieski as privileged historiographer.

Wessel van Diepen

Wessel van Diepen, also known as DJ Delmundo, is a Dutch radio DJ, voice-over, and dance producer born in 1966 in Delft who co-founded Radio 538 in 1992 and created the Vengaboys.

West (band)

WEST. (ウエスト), formerly Johnny's WEST, was a seven-member Japanese male idol group from Kansai Johnny's Jr. under STARTO ENTERTAINMENT. Debuted 2014 with "ええじゃないか", renamed October 2023 after the Kitagawa scandal, and ended group activities 30 September 2026.

West African lost-wax casting

West African lost-wax casting (cire perdue) shapes a wax model, melts it out of a clay mold, and pours in metal, used in West Africa for centuries before 1484.

West Beirut (بيروت الغربية)

West Beirut (بيروت الغربية; West Beyrouth, À l'abri les enfants) is Ziad Doueiri's 1998 semi-autobiographical debut film about three teenagers in divided Beirut at the start of the 1975 Lebanese Civil War; it won at Cannes and Toronto and was Lebanon's 1999 Oscar entry.