Fritz Lang

Friedrich Christian Anton "Fritz" Lang (December 5, 1890 – August 2, 1976) was an Austrian-German-American film director, screenwriter and occasional film producer. One of the best known émigrés from Germany's school ofExpressionism, he was dubbed the "Master of Darkness" by the BFI.^[1] His most famous films are the groundbreakingMetropolis (the world's most expensive silent film at the time of its release) and M, made before he moved to the United States.