F. W. Murnau

Personal Info

Known For Directing

Known Credits 30

Gender Male

Birthday December 28, 1888

Day of Death March 11, 1931 (42 years old)

Place of Birth Bielefeld, North-Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Also Known As

  • Friedrich Wilhelm Plumpe
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
  • 프리드리히 빌헬름 무르나우
  • F.W. 무르나우
  • 프리드리히 무르나우
  • Фрідріх Вільгельм Мурнау
  • Фрыдрых Вільгельм Мурнаў

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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.

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.

Directing

1940
1931
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1927
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1922
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Acting

2008
2003
2002
1928
1927
1924

Writing

2024
1931
1924

Crew

2016

Production

1931

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