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.
Filmography
all 33
Movies 33
Director 21
self 7
Producer 1
Writer 1
Nosferatu (2024)
Kitsune (2016)
Murnau, Borzage and Fox (2008)
Die UFA (1992)
Tabu: A Story of the South Seas (1931)
City Girl (1930)
4 Devils (1928)
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
Faust (1926)
Tartuffe (1926)
The Last Laugh (1924)
Driven from Home (1923)
Phantom (1922)
The Burning Soil (1922)
Nosferatu (1922)
Marizza (1922)
The Haunted Castle (1921)
Desire (1921)
Journey into the Night (1921)
The Head of Janus (1920)
Satanas (1920)
Emerald of Death (1919)
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Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1888-12-28
Deathday
1931-03-11 (42 years old)
Birth Name
Friedrich Wilhelm Plumpe
Birth Place
Bielefeld,
Father
Heinrich Plumpe
Relatives
Werner Plumpe
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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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