Friedrich Wilhelm "F. W." Murnau

Early Life•Geboren am 28. Dezember 1888•Gestorben am 11. März 1931•geboren in Bielefeld, Provinz Westfalen•Richtiger Name ist Friedrich Wilhelm Plumpe•Änderte seinen Namen in "Murnau" von der

Stadt in Deutschland namens Murnau am Staffelsee.

•Emigrated to Hollywood in 1926•starb bei einem Autounfall in Santa Barbara,

Kalifornien am 11. März 1931

Films• Der Knabe in Blau (The Boy in Blue, released 28 June 1919) • Satanas (released around 30 January 1920 but made in 1919) • Der Bucklige und die Tänzerin (The Hunchback and the Dancer, released 8 July

1920) • Der Janus-Kopf (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde / The Head of Janus, released 17

September 1920) • Abend – Nacht – Morgen (Evening – Night – Morning, released October 1920) • Sehnsucht (Desire: The Tragedy of a Dancer, released 18 October 1920) • Der Gang in die Nacht (Journey Into the Night, released 13 December 1920) • Schloß Vogelöd (The Haunted Castle / Castle Vogeloed, released April 1921) • Herr Tartüff (Tartuffe, released 25 January 1926) • Faust (released 14 October 1926) • Sunrise (released 23 September 1927, won a special Oscar for "Unique Artistic

Presentation" at the first Academy Awards) • 4 Devils (released 3 October 1928, is generally regarded as one of his best works

and is a highly sought-after lost film) • City Girl / Our Daily Bread (released 19 May 1930) • Tabu (released 18 March 1931)

Nosferatu

Fun Facts •He was openly gay •Er war 6'11•Er war ein Kampfpilot im Ersten

Weltkrieg•Viele seiner Filme wurden verloren•received several Oscars at the very first

Academy Awards ceremony in 1929

Shadow Of the Vampire