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.
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Movies (32)
Synthwave Horror: Nosferatu
2023 · Director
Kitsune
2016 · Thanks
Murnau, Borzage and Fox
2008 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Way to Murnau
2003 · Himself (archive footage)
Los 5 Faust de F. W. Murnau
2002 · Himself (archive footage)
Nosferatu: The First Vampire
1998 · Director
Hunting in the South Seas
1940 · Director
Tabu: A Story of the South Seas
1931 · Producer, Director, Screenplay
The Twelfth Hour
1930 · Director
City Girl
1930 · Director
The Movie City of Hollywood
1928 · Self
4 Devils
1928 · Director
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · Dancer (uncredited), Director
Faust
1926 · Director
Tartuffe
1926 · Director
The Last Laugh
1924 · Director
Comedy of the Heart
1924 · Writer
The Film in the Film
1924 · Self
The Finances of the Grand Duke
1924 · Director
The Expulsion
1923 · Director
Phantom
1922 · Director
The Burning Soil
1922 · Director
Nosferatu
1922 · Director
Marizza
1922 · Director
The Haunted Castle
1921 · Director
The Boy in Blue
1921 · Director
Journey into the Night
1921 · Director
Desire: The Tragedy of a Dancer
1921 · Director
Evening – Night – Morning
1920 · Director
The Head of Janus
1920 · Director
The Hunchback and the Dancer
1920 · Director
Satan
1920 · Director
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