Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Foundation

Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Foundation
Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung
Named afterFriedrich Wilhelm Murnau
Formation1966 (1966)
TypeFilm Foundation
Legal statusActive
PurposeArchiving, maintaining, restoring, and educating the public on German cinema.
Location
  • Murnaustraße 6, 65189 Wiesbaden, Germany
Coordinates50°03′58″N 8°14′57″E / 50.066182°N 8.249061°E / 50.066182; 8.249061
ServicesArchival access, restoration, film and political education.
Official language
German
Managing Director
Ernst Szebedits
Key people
Award(s)Best Archive Restoration
2015 The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Websitehttps://www.murnau-stiftung.de/

The Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Foundation (German: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈmʊʁnaʊ ˈʃtɪftʊŋ]), based in Wiesbaden, was founded in 1966 to preserve and curate a collection of the works of Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau as well as a collection of other German films totaling to about 6,000 produced between 1890 and 1960.