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Known For

Directing

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1880-11-07

Deathday

1954-04-29 (73 years old)

Place of Birth

Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]

Also Known As

José May
Fred Majo

Joe May

Biography

Joe May, born Julius Otto Mandl, was a film director, screenwriter and producer. He was one of the pioneers of German cinema. In 1902 he married the actress Mia May, born Hermine Pfleger, and adapted her stage name as his. The same year their daughter Eva (1902-24) was born. In 1933 the family emigrated to USA.

Known For

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Play! Girls

Mar 3, 1937

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Acting

1937

Play! Girls as Band Leader Joe May

Art

1921

Tobias Buntschuh as Creative Director

Directing

1944

Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore as Director

1941

Hit the Road as Director

1940		You're Not So Tough as Director
1940		The House of the Seven Gables as Director
1940		The Invisible Man Returns as Director

1939		The House of Fear as Director
1939		Society Smugglers as Director

1937

Confession as Director

1934		Music in the Air as Director
1934		La dactylo se marie as Director

1933		All for Love as Director
1933		A Song for You as Director
1933		Her Majesty Love as Director
1933		Hochzeitsreise zu dritt as Director
1933		Honeymoon Trip as Director

1932		Two in a Car as Director
1932		Companion Wanted as Director

1931		His Highness Love as Director
1931		That's All That Matters as Director

1929		Sensation im Wintergarten as Director
1929		Asphalt as Director

1928

Homecoming as Director

1926		Dagfin as Director
1926		Derby as Director

1925

Der Farmer aus Texas as Director

1923		The Countess of Paris as Director
1923		The Tragedy of Love as Director

1921		The Indian Tomb, Part II: The Tiger of Eschnapur as Director
1921		The Indian Tomb, Part I: The Mission of the Yoghi as Director
1921		Die Schuld der Lavinia Morland as Director

1920		Die Legende von der heiligen Simplicia as Director
1920		The Mistress of the World, Part VIII: The Revenge of Maud Fergusson as Director

1919		The Mistress of the World, Part III: The City of Gold as Director
1919		The Mistress of the World, Part II: The Race for Life as Director
1919		The Mistress of the World, Part I: The Girlfriend of the Yellow Man as Director
1919		Fräulein Zahnarzt as Director
1919		Veritas vincit as Director

1918		The Beggar Countess as Director
1918		Die Ratte as Director
1918		Ihr großes Geheimnis as Director
1918		Das Opfer as Director

1917		Hilde Warren and Death as Director
1917		Die Kaukasierin as Director
1917		Ehre as Director
1917		Die Hochzeit im Excentricclub as Director
1917		Die Silhouette des Teufels as Director

1916		Nebel und Sonne as Director
1916		Die Gespensteruhr as Director

1915		Der Geheimsekretär as Director
1915		Sein schwierigster Fall as Director
1915		Das Gesetz der Mine as Director

1914		Stuart Webbs: The Man in the Cellar as Director
1914		Stuart Webbs: Die geheimnisvolle Villa as Director

1913		Ein Ausgestoßener: 1. Teil as Director
1913		Heimat und Fremde as Director

1912		Vorgluten des Balkanbrandes as Director
1912		In der Tiefe des Schachtes as Director

Editing

1928

Homecoming as Editor

Production

1933

Her Majesty Love as Producer

1932		Two in a Car as Production Manager
1932		Two in a Car as Producer

1930

The Last Company as Producer

1926

Staatsanwalt Jordan as Producer

1924

Love Letters of Baroness S as Producer

1921		The Indian Tomb, Part II: The Tiger of Eschnapur as Producer
1921		The Indian Tomb, Part I: The Mission of the Yoghi as Producer

1920		The Wandering Image as Producer
1920		Der Amönenhof as Producer

1919		The Mistress of the World, Part I: The Girlfriend of the Yellow Man as Producer
1919		Die platonische Ehe as Producer

1918		The Rolling Hotel as Producer
1918		Das Opfer as Producer

1917		Hilde Warren and Death as Producer
1917		Die Silhouette des Teufels as Producer

1916

Nebel und Sonne as Producer

Writing

1950

Buccaneer's Girl as Story

1944		El camino de los gatos as Story
1944		Uncertain Glory as Story

1943

The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler as Story

1940		The Invisible Woman as Original Story
1940		The Invisible Man Returns as Story

1935

No Monkey Business as Story

1929		Mother Hummingbird as Writer
1929		Asphalt as Writer

1928		Homecoming as Scenario Writer
1928		Homecoming as Writer
1928		Hungarian Rhapsody as Writer

1926

Dagfin as Writer

1925

Der Farmer aus Texas as Writer

1921		Der Leidensweg der Inge Krafft as Screenplay
1921		Die Schuld der Lavinia Morland as Writer
1921		Die Frauen vom Gnadenstein as Screenplay

1920		Der Amönenhof as Screenplay
1920		The Mistress of the World, Part VIII: The Revenge of Maud Fergusson as Writer
1920		The Mistress of the World, Part VII: The Benefactress of Mankind as Screenplay
1920		The mistress of the world, Part VI: The woman with the millionaires as Writer
1920		The Mistress of the World, part V: Ophir, the city of the past as Writer

1919		The Mistress of the World, Part IV: King Makombe as Writer
1919		The Mistress of the World, Part III: The City of Gold as Writer
1919		The Mistress of the World, Part II: The Race for Life as Writer
1919		The Mistress of the World, Part I: The Girlfriend of the Yellow Man as Writer
1919		Fräulein Zahnarzt as Writer
1919		Die närrische Fabrik as Writer
1919		Die platonische Ehe as Writer

1918		The Beggar Countess as Writer
1918		Ihr großes Geheimnis as Writer
1918		Fünf Minuten zu spät as Writer
1918		Das Opfer as Writer

1917		Die Kaukasierin as Writer
1917		Ehre as Writer
1917		Die Hochzeit im Excentricclub as Screenplay
1917		Die Silhouette des Teufels as Writer

1916		Nebel und Sonne as Screenplay
1916		Die Gespensteruhr as Writer

1915		Der Geheimsekretär as Writer
1915		Sein schwierigster Fall as Writer
1915		Das Gesetz der Mine as Writer
1915		Ein Ausgestoßener, 2. Teil: Der ewige Friede as Writer

1913		Ein Ausgestoßener: 1. Teil as Screenplay
1913		Heimat und Fremde as Screenplay

1912		Vorgluten des Balkanbrandes as Screenplay
1912		In der Tiefe des Schachtes as Screenplay