F. W. Murnau

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film director person screenwriter silent film director

F. W. Murnau was a pioneering German film director of the silent era, best known for expressionist and visually innovative classics such as "Nosferatu" and "Sunrise."

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Label Occurrences
F. W. Murnau canonical 7
Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau 3

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf film director ⓘ
person ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
silent film director ⓘ
birthCountry German Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthDate 1888-12-28 ⓘ
birthPlace Bielefeld NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace Stahnsdorf South-Western Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDeath automobile accident ⓘ
citizenship Germany ⓘ
conflictParticipatedIn World War I ⓘ
deathCountry United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ
deathDate 1931-03-11 ⓘ
deathPlace Santa Barbara, California NERFINISHED ⓘ
directed City Girl NERFINISHED ⓘ
Faust NERFINISHED ⓘ
Journey into the Night NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nosferatu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Phantom NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tabu: A Story of the South Seas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tartuffe NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Last Laugh NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer Fox Film Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ
era silent film era ⓘ
familyName Plumpe NERFINISHED ⓘ
fullName Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau NERFINISHED ⓘ
genreSpecialization silent film ⓘ
givenName Friedrich NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wilhelm ⓘ
influenced Alfred Hitchcock NERFINISHED ⓘ
Orson Welles NERFINISHED ⓘ
film noir aesthetics ⓘ
knownFor expressionist visual style ⓘ
innovative camera movement ⓘ
use of chiaroscuro lighting ⓘ
militaryService German Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
movement German Expressionism NERFINISHED ⓘ
nationality German ⓘ
notableWork Faust NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nosferatu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tabu: A Story of the South Seas NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Last Laugh NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation film director ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
pseudonym F. W. Murnau NERFINISHED ⓘ
sexualOrientation gay ⓘ
workedIn Hollywood ⓘ
Weimar Republic cinema NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Janet Gaynor → workedWithDirector → F. W. Murnau ⓘ
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans → director → F. W. Murnau ⓘ
Weimar culture → notableFigure → F. W. Murnau ⓘ
Shadow of the Vampire → mainCharacter → F. W. Murnau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
Shadow of the Vampire → characterIn → F. W. Murnau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
Silent → notableFigure → F. W. Murnau ⓘ
subject surface form: Silent film
Carl Mayer → collaboratedWith → F. W. Murnau ⓘ
UFA → workedWithDirector → F. W. Murnau ⓘ
Stahnsdorf South-Western Cemetery → hasNotableBurial → F. W. Murnau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
Larry Fessenden → influencedBy → F. W. Murnau ⓘ