Robert Wiene was a German film director, screenwriter and producer, active during the silent era. He is widely-known for directing the landmark 1920 film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and a succession of other expressionist films. Wiene also directed a variety of other films of varying styles and genres. Following the Nazi rise to power in Germany, Wiene, who was of Jewish descent, fled into exile.
- Occupation
- film director, screenwriter, film producer, actor
- Citizenship
- Hungary, Czechoslovakia
- Born
- April 27, 1873
- Died
- July 17, 1938, July 15, 1938
