F. W. Murnau

Directing·Dec 28, 1888·Bielefeld, North-Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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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.

Film	Credit
Synthwave Horror: Nosferatu2023 · Director	Director
Murnau, Borzage and Fox2008 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Way to Murnau2003 · Himself (archive footage)	Himself (archive footage)
Los 5 Faust de F. W. Murnau2002 · Himself (archive footage)	Himself (archive footage)
Hunting in the South Seas1940 · Director	Director
Tabu: A Story of the South Seas1931 · Producer, Director, Screenplay	Producer, Director, Screenplay
The Twelfth Hour1930 · Director	Director
City Girl1930 · Director	Director
TThe Movie City of Hollywood1928 · Self	Self
4 Devils1928 · Director	Director
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans1927 · Dancer (uncredited), Director	Dancer (uncredited), Director
Faust1926 · Director	Director
Tartuffe1926 · Director	Director
The Last Laugh1924 · Director	Director
Comedy of the Heart1924 · Writer	Writer
The Film in the Film1924 · Self	Self
The Finances of the Grand Duke1924 · Director	Director
TThe Expulsion1923 · Director	Director
Phantom1922 · Director	Director
The Burning Soil1922 · Director	Director
Nosferatu1922 · Director	Director
Marizza1922 · Director	Director
The Haunted Castle1921 · Director	Director
The Boy in Blue1921 · Director	Director
Journey into the Night1921 · Director	Director
Desire: The Tragedy of a Dancer1921 · Director	Director
Evening – Night – Morning1920 · Director	Director
The Head of Janus1920 · Director	Director
The Hunchback and the Dancer1920 · Director	Director
Satan1920 · Director	Director