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Friedrich Christian Anton Lang ( German: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈkʁɪsti̯an ˈantɔn laŋ]; December 5, 1890 – August 2, 1976), better known as Fritz Lang ( [fʁɪt͡s laŋ] ), was an Austrian-American film director, screenwriter, and producer who worked in Germany and later the United States. [2] One of the best-known émigrés from Germany's ...
- 1910–1976
- August 2, 1976 (aged 85), Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Apr 23, 2024 · Fritz Lang (born December 5, 1890, Vienna, Austria-Hungary—died August 2, 1976, Los Angeles, California, U.S.) was an Austrian-born American motion-picture director whose films, dealing with fate and people’s inevitable working out of their destinies, are considered masterpieces of visual composition and expressionistic suspense.
- Michael Barson
Fritz Lang. Actor: Contempt. Fritz Lang was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1890. His father managed a construction company. His mother, Pauline Schlesinger, was Jewish but converted to Catholicism when Lang was ten. After high school, he enrolled briefly at the Technische Hochschule Wien and then started to train as a painter. From 1910 to 1914, he traveled in Europe, and he would later claim ...
- December 5, 1890
- August 2, 1976
Dec 2, 2008 · Biography: Fritz Lang. (b. Vienna 1890 – d. Beverly Hills 1976) Director. One of the most renown and accomplished directors of the 20th century, Lang’s exceptional career began as scriptwriter ...
Friedrich Christian Anton Lang, better known as Fritz Lang, was an Austrian-American film director, screenwriter, and producer who worked in Germany and later the United States. One of the best-known émigrés from Germany's school of Expressionism, he was dubbed the "Master of Darkness" by the British Film Institute. He has been cited as one of the most influential filmmakers of all time.
Aug 4, 2020 · At 76, he is a man for all seasons. To a growing number of cinephiles, Fritz Lang, who stumbled into films in 1916 and became the towering name of Germany’s haunting but brief Golden Era, is a many-splendoured figure of cinema history and, perhaps more important, of its rewrites. This Viennese, who still sports the junker’s insolent monocle ...
Friedrich Christian Anton "Fritz" Lang (December 5, 1890 – August 2, 1976) was an Austrian-German film director, screenwriter, and occasional film producer and actor. One of the best known émigrés from Germany's school of Expressionism, he was dubbed the "Master of Darkness" by the British Film Institute. Andrew Sarris in his influential book of film criticism The American Cinema ...
