Directed by Werner Herzog   Written by Werner Herzog   Cast Werner Herzog ... Self / Narrator / Interviewer (voice) Carol Dexter ... Self - Treadwell's Mother Val Dexter ... Self - Treadwell's Father Sam Egli ... Self - Egli Air Haul Franc G. Fallico ... Self - Coroner Willy Fulton ... Self - Pilot Marc Gaede ... Self - Ecologist Marnie Gaede ... Self - Ecologist Sven Haakanson Jr. ... Self - Alutiiq Museum Director Amie Huguenard ... Self (archive footage) David Letterman ... Self (archive footage) Jewel Palovak ... Self Kathleen Parker ... Self - Close Friend Warren Queeney ... Self - Actor and Close Friend Timothy Treadwell ... Self (archive footage) Larry Van Daele ... Self - Bear Biologist Produced by Kevin L. Beggs   Alana Berry   Billy Campbell   Phil Fairclough   Andrea Meditch   Erik Nelson   Tom Ortenberg   Jewel Palovak   Original Music by Richard Thompson

Additional Info Premiere: January 24, 2005 Theatrical Release: August 12, 2005 DVD Release: December 26, 2005 Country: Distributor: Lions Gate Home Entertainment Websites: Production Companies Lionsgate Films (present) Discovery Docs (present) Real Big Production (produced by) Distributors Lionsgate Films   (2005) (United States) (theatrical) Discovery Channel   (2005) (United States) (TV) Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.8 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #2,219 / 21,031 Site Ranking #2,215 Pride And Prejudice And Zombies (2016) #2,216 A Discovery Of Witches: Season 1 (2019) #2,217 Three Thousand Years Of Longing (2022) #2,218 The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out Of Water (2015) #2,219 Grizzly Man (2005) #2,220 Beau Is Afraid (2023) #2,221 The Lookout (2007) #2,222 Cannibal Holocaust (1980) #2,223 Ichi The Killer (2001)