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: Directors and Directions 1929–1968 included him in the "pantheon" of the 14 greatest film directors who had worked in the United States.
Lang's most famous films are the groundbreaking science-fiction film Metropolis (1927) - the world's most expensive silent film at the time of its release - and the influential thriller film M (1931), made before he moved to the United States. Lang's work had a significant influence on the film noir genre and in Hollywood, he made some classics himself, such as Scarlet Street (1945) and The Big Heat (1953).
| 2023 | Metropolis Retrofit - Director |
| 1984 | Giorgio Moroder's Metropolis - Director |
| 1984 | Giorgio Moroder's Metropolis - Writer |
| 1960 | Journey to the Lost City - Director |
| 1960 | Journey to the Lost City - Screenplay |
| 1960 | Die 1000 Augen des Dr. Mabuse - Director |
| 1960 | Die 1000 Augen des Dr. Mabuse - Producer |
| 1960 | Die 1000 Augen des Dr. Mabuse - Screenplay |
| 1959 | Das indische Grabmal - Director |
| 1959 | Das indische Grabmal - Writer |
| 1959 | Der Tiger von Eschnapur - Director |
| 1959 | Der Tiger von Eschnapur - Writer |
| 1956 | Beyond a Reasonable Doubt - Director |
| 1956 | While the City Sleeps - Director |
| 1955 | Moonfleet - Director |
| 1954 | Human Desire - Director |
| 1953 | The Big Heat - Director |
| 1953 | El vampiro negro - Original Story |
| 1953 | The Blue Gardenia - Director |
| 1952 | Clash by Night - Director |
| 1952 | Rancho Notorious - Director |
| 1951 | M - Original Story |
| 1950 | American Guerrilla in the Philippines - Director |
| 1950 | House by the River - Director |
| 1947 | Secret Beyond the Door... - Director |
| 1947 | Secret Beyond the Door... - Producer |
| 1946 | Cloak and Dagger - Director |
| 1945 | Scarlett Caddesi - Director |
| 1945 | Scarlett Caddesi - Producer |
| 1944 | The Woman in the Window - Director |
| 1944 | Ministry of Fear - Director |
| 1943 | Hangmen Also Die! - Adaptation |
| 1943 | Hangmen Also Die! - Director |
| 1943 | Hangmen Also Die! - Original Story |
| 1943 | Hangmen Also Die! - Producer |
| 1941 | Confirm or Deny - Co-Director |
| 1941 | Man Hunt - Director |
| 1941 | Western Union - Director |
| 1940 | Sevimli Haydudun İntikamı - Director |
| 1938 | You and Me - Director |
| 1938 | You and Me - Producer |
| 1937 | You Only Live Once - Director |
| 1936 | Öfke - Director |
| 1936 | Öfke - Screenplay |
| 1934 | Liliom - Director |
| 1934 | Liliom - Writer |
| 1933 | Dr. Mabuse'nin Vasiyeti - Director |
| 1933 | Dr. Mabuse'nin Vasiyeti - Producer |
| 1933 | Dr. Mabuse'nin Vasiyeti - Screenplay |
| 1931 | M - Bir Şehir Katilini Arıyor - Director |
| 1931 | M - Bir Şehir Katilini Arıyor - Screenplay |
| 1929 | Frau im Mond - Director |
| 1929 | Frau im Mond - Producer |
| 1929 | Frau im Mond - Screenplay |
| 1928 | Spione - Director |
| 1928 | Spione - Writer |
| 1927 | Metropolis - Director |
| 1927 | Metropolis - Editor |
| 1927 | Metropolis - Screenplay |
| 1924 | Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache - Director |
| 1924 | Die Nibelungen: Siegfried - Director |
| 1924 | Die Nibelungen: Siegfried - Screenplay |
| 1922 | Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler, 2. Teil - Inferno - Director |
| 1922 | Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler, 2. Teil - Inferno - Screenplay |
| 1922 | Dr. Mabuse, Kumarbaz - Director |
| 1922 | Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler: 1. Teil - Director |
| 1922 | Dr. Mabuse, Kumarbaz - Screenplay |
| 1922 | Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler: 1. Teil - Screenplay |
| 1921 | Das indische Grabmal, zweiter Teil: Der Tiger von Eschnapur - Writer |
| 1921 | Das indische Grabmal, erster Teil: Die Sendung des Yoghi - Writer |
| 1921 | Der müde Tod - Director |
| 1921 | Der müde Tod - Writer |
| 1921 | Vier um die Frau - Director |
| 1921 | Vier um die Frau - Screenplay |
| 1920 | Das wandernde Bild - Director |
| 1920 | Das wandernde Bild - Writer |
| 1920 | Die Spinnen, 2. Teil - Das Brillantenschiff - Director |
| 1920 | Die Spinnen, 2. Teil - Das Brillantenschiff - Writer |
| 1920 | Die Herrin der Welt 8. Teil - Die Rache der Maud Fergusson - Writer |
| 1919 | Harakiri - Director |
| 1919 | Der Totentanz - Screenplay |
| 1919 | Die Pest in Florenz - Screenplay |
| 1919 | Die Spinnen, 1. Teil - Der Goldene See - Director |
| 1919 | Die Spinnen, 1. Teil - Der Goldene See - Writer |
| 1919 | Der Herr der Liebe - Director |
| 1919 | Halbblut - Director |
| 1919 | Halbblut - Screenplay |
| 1919 | Bettler GmbH - Writer |
| 1919 | Die Frau mit den Orchideen - Writer |
| 1919 | Die Rache ist mein - Writer |
| 1919 | Lilith und Ly - Writer |
| 1919 | Wolkenbau und Flimmerstern - Writer |
| 1917 | Hilde Warren und der Tod - Writer |
| 1917 | Die Hochzeit im Excentricclub - Screenplay |
| 1916 | Die Peitsche - Screenplay |
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