- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- December 28, 1888
- Place of Birth
- Bielefeld, North-Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Died
- March 11, 1931
F. W. Murnau
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.
Filmography
movieSynthwave Horror: Nosferatu
2023 · Director
movieKitsune
2016 · Thanks
movieMurnau, Borzage and Fox
2008 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieThe Way to Murnau
2003 · Himself (archive footage)
movieLos 5 Faust de F. W. Murnau
2002 · Himself (archive footage)
movieHunting in the South Seas
1940 · Director
movieTabu: A Story of the South Seas
1931 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
movieCity Girl
1930 · Director
The Movie City of Hollywood
movieThe Movie City of Hollywood
1928 · Self
movie4 Devils
1928 · Director
movieSunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · Dancer (uncredited), Director
movieFaust
1926 · Director
movieTartuffe
1926 · Director
movieThe Last Laugh
1924 · Director
movieComedy of the Heart
1924 · Writer
movieThe Film in the Film
1924 · Self
movieThe Finances of the Grand Duke
1924 · Director
The Expulsion
movieThe Expulsion
1923 · Director
moviePhantom
1922 · Director
movieThe Burning Soil
1922 · Director
movieNosferatu
1922 · Director
movieMarizza
1922 · Director
movieThe Haunted Castle
1921 · Director
movieThe Boy in Blue
1921 · Director
movieJourney into the Night
1921 · Director
movieDesire: The Tragedy of a Dancer
1921 · Director
movieEvening – Night – Morning
1920 · Director
movieThe Head of Janus
1920 · Director
movieThe Hunchback and the Dancer
1920 · Director
movieSatan
1920 · Director