F. W. Murnau

F. W. Murnau

Known For: Directing

Date Of Birth:1888-12-28

Place Of Birth:Bielefeld, North-Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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.

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Tabu: A Story of the South Seas
Tabu: A Story of the South Seas
Tabu: A Story of the South Seas
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens
Faust - Eine deutsche Volkssage
Der Janus-Kopf
Der letzte Mann
Sehnsucht
Schloß Vogelöd
City Girl
Phantom
Herr Tartüff
Die Finanzen des Großherzogs
Der brennende Acker
Der Gang in die Nacht
Marizza, genannt die Schmuggler-Madonna
4 Devils
Kitsune
Der Knabe in Blau
Der Bucklige und die Tänzerin
Komödie des Herzens
Satanas
Abend – Nacht – Morgen
Nosferatu: The First Vampire
Treibjagd in der Südsee
Radiohead X Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror