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Fritz Lang Biography
Birth Name:Friedrich Christian Anton Lang
Birth Place:Vienna, Austria
Profession Director, Writer, Producer, Actor, Editor, Assistant director
Fast Facts
- In 1963, he received an Honorary German Film Award
- Received the 1946 Venice Film Festival's International Critics Award
- Studied civil engineering at the Technical University of Vienna
- In August 1922, he got married to screenwriter Thea von Harbou
- Possessed the ability to speak German, English and French
- Served in the Austrian Imperial Army during World War I
- Decided to flee his home to Paris after being propositioned by Joseph Goebbels to produce a Nazi propaganda film
Awards
- 1936NYFCC Award-Best Director: nominated
- 1943NYFCC Award-Best Director: nominated
- 1946International Critics Award - Special Mention-Feature Films: winner
- 1946International Critics Award-Best Feature Film: nominated
- 1957Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: nominated
- 1959Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: nominated
- 1960Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: nominated
- 1961Best Film-International Competition: nominated