F. W. Murnau
Stylistic elements taken from German Expressionism are common today in films that need not reference contemporary realism, such as science fiction films (for example, Ridley Scott's 1982 film "Blade Runner", which was itself influenced by "Metropolis"). Woody Allen's 1991 film "Shadows and Fog" is an homage to German and Austrian Expressionist filmmakers Fritz Lang, Georg Wilhelm Pabst and F. W. Murnau.