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Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau (born Friedrich Wilhelm Plumpe; December 28, 1888 – March 11, 1931) was a German film director, producer and screenwriter. He is regarded as one of cinema's most influential filmmakers for his work in the silent era.
F.W. Murnau. Director. Writer. Producer. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. F.W. Murnau was a German film director. He was greatly influenced by Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Shakespeare and Ibsen plays he had seen at the age of 12, and became a friend of director Max Reinhardt.
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- Bielefeld, Germany
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F.W. Murnau (born December 28, 1889, Bielefeld, Germany—died March 11, 1931, Hollywood, California, U.S.) was a German film director who revolutionized the art of cinematic expression by using the camera subjectively to interpret the emotional state of a character.
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Overview. Born. December 28, 1888 · Bielefeld, Germany. Died. March 11, 1931 · Santa Barbara, California, USA (road accident) Birth name. Friedrich Wilhelm Plumpe. Height. 6′ 4″ (1.93 m) Mini Bio. F.W. Murnau was a German film director.
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- March 11, 1931
History. Encyclopedias almanacs transcripts and maps. F. W. Murnau. views 3,578,227 updated. F. W. Murnau. Next to Fritz Lang and G. W. Pabst, motion picture director F. W. Murnau (1888-1931) was one of just three directors responsible for revolutionizing German silent cinema during the 1920s.
Dec 21, 2016 · His epic American romance Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) is often considered not only to be one of the greatest films of the silent era but of cinema as a whole. Meanwhile, his terrifying take on Dracula, Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horrors (1922), is a long-established member of the horror genre’s pantheon.
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Truly a master of light and shadows, F. W. Murnau (1888-1931) created a total of 21 films in his short life, and of these, 12 survive to this day. The Harvard Film Archive, in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut Boston and the Museum of Fine Arts, ...
