With Werner Herzog Gierke collaborated with Herzog on seven films and several operas. He was Production Designer during
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser,
Nosferatu the Vampyre and
Fitzcarraldo. As a Set Decorator he worked on
Heart of Glass and
Woyzeck, as Stage Designer on operas:
Lohengrin and ''
Giovanna d'Arco and as Costume Designer on film The Transformation of the World Into Music. Gierke shot additional still photographs on Stroszek'''s set. He appeared twice in Herzog's film
The Transformation of the World Into Music as himself and in Herzog's TV realisation of opera ''Giovanna d'Arco''. ==Awards==