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Friedrich Christian Anton Lang, better known as Fritz Lang , was born on December 5, 1890, in Vienna and passed away on August 2, 1976, in Beverly Hills, California . He held citizenship in Austria, Germany, and the United States . Fritz Lang was an Austrian-German-American film director, screenwriter, film producer, and actor. He occasionally worked also as a film producer .
Fritz Lang studied at Königliche Kunstgewerbeschule München and TU Wien . He is associated with the genre of Expressionism .
Some of his notable works include "M," "Dr. Mabuse the Gambler," "Die Nibelungen," "Hilde Warren und der Tod," "The Plague of Florence," and "Moontide" . Over his career, Lang directed numerous films such as "Halbblut," "Destiny," "You Only Live Once," "Scarlet Street," "Rancho Notorious," "The Big Heat," "Moonfleet," "The Tiger of Eschnapur," and "The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse" .
Fritz Lang was married to Thea von Harbou . Throughout his career, Lang received various awards such as Academy of Science Fiction, German Film Awards, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame .
