F. W. Murnau (December 28, 1888 - March 11, 1931) was one of the most influential directors of the silent film era. He was one of a number of German film directors to take part in the expressionist movement that took root in German cinema during the 1920s, and he directed a number of movies that were influential and remain widely seen among film scholars today. Some of Murnau's output from the silent era has been lost, although many of his films still survive; film scholars widely acknowledge them as masterpieces.
Nosferatu (1979)
