Henrik Galeen(1881-1949)

One of the great figures in early German expressionist cinema. A master of symbolism. First worked as a journalist. By 1906 was assistant to Max Reinhardt and applied for German citizenship. Wrote screenplays from 1915, notably Der Golem (1914) and Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922). As director, best known for Der Student von Prag (1926) and Alraune (1928). Fled Germany in 1933 for the United States, where he died in obscurity.