Fritz Lang (1890–1976) was an Austrian film director, producer and screenwriter. In Lang's early career he worked primarily as a screenwriter, finishing film scripts in four to five days.[1] Lang directed major German films of the silent and early sound eras including Metropolis (1927) and M (1931) respectively.[2][3] After fleeing from the Nazi regime, Lang directed some of the most important American crime and film noir motion pictures of the studio era, such as The Big Heat (1953).[3] Lang appeared as himself in Jean-Luc Godard's Contempt (Le Mepris, 1963).[2]
| Year | Film | Functioned as | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Writer | Actor | Other | |||
| 1916 | Die Peitsche | Yes | |||
| 1917 | Wedding in the Eccentric Club | Yes | |||
| Hilde Warren und der Tod | Yes | ||||
| 1918 | Lilith und Ly | Yes | |||
| 1919 | Revenge Is Mine | Yes | |||
| Bettler GmbH | Yes | ||||
| Wolkenbau und Flimmerstern | Yes | ||||
| The Woman with Orchids | Yes | ||||
| The Dance of Death | Yes | Lost film | |||
| The Plague of Florence | Yes | ||||
| 1920 | The Mistress of the World | Yes | |||
| 1921 | The Indian Tomb | Yes | |||
| 1942 | Moontide | Yes | Lang left early in shooting, film direction is credited to Archie Mayo | ||
| 1963 | Contempt | Yes | Lang plays himself | ||