Known For
Directing
Born
Dec 28, 1888
Died
Mar 11, 1931
Place of Birth
Bielefeld, North-Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Credits
31 titles
F. W. Murnau
Biography
Friedrich Wilhelm “F. W.” Murnau (December 28, 1888 – March 11, 1931) was one of the most influential German film directors of the silent era, and a prominent figure in the expressionist movement in German cinema during the 1920s. Although some of Murnau’s films have been lost, most still survive. While the horror film Nosferatu (1922) is his most famous work, the romantic melodrama Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) is his critically most acclaimed; the British Film Institute's 2012 Sight & Sound critics' poll named it the fifth-best film in the history of motion pictures. Murnau's characteristics are an atmospheric imagery and an innovative use of camera movement. Andrew Sarris in his influential book of film criticism The American Cinema: Directors and Directions 1929–1968 included him in the "pantheon" of the 14 greatest film directors who had worked in the United States.
Known For
Filmography
Synthwave Horror: Nosferatu
Director
Kitsune
Thanks
Murnau, Borzage and Fox
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Way to Murnau
Himself (archive footage)
Los 5 Faust de F. W. Murnau
Himself (archive footage)
Hunting in the South Seas
Director
Tabu: A Story of the South Seas
Director
The Twelfth Hour
Director
City Girl
Director
The Movie City of Hollywood
Self
4 Devils
Director
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Dancer (uncredited)
Faust
Director
Tartuffe
Director
The Last Laugh
Director
Comedy of the Heart
Writer
The Film in the Film
Self
The Finances of the Grand Duke
Director
The Expulsion
Director
Phantom
Director
The Burning Soil
Director
Nosferatu
Director
Marizza
Director
The Haunted Castle
Director
The Boy in Blue
Director
Journey into the Night
Director
Desire: The Tragedy of a Dancer
Director
Evening – Night – Morning
Director
The Head of Janus
Director
The Hunchback and the Dancer
Director
Satan
Director