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 Murnaus 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 Institutes 2012 Sight Sound critics poll named it the fifthbest film in the history of motion pictures Murnaus 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 19291968 included him in the pantheon of the 14 greatest film directors who had worked in the United States
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