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Joe May

Film Director / Film Producer / Screenwriter | * 11/07/1880 († 73, 04/29/1954) | Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
Joe May (born Joseph Otto Mandl; 7 November 1880 – 29 April 1954) was an Austrian film director and film producer and one of the pioneers of German cinema. ()

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.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Crime

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One of the last great German Expressionist films of the silent era, Joe May’s Asphalt is a love story set in the traffic-strewn Berlin of the late 1920s. Starring the delectable Betty Amann in her m ...

Asphalt

Certification unknown

1929 | 3.6/5 | 1h 33min
Drama
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Die Hochzeit im Excentricclub

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1917 | 1h 10min
Action, Crime, Drama
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After the death of Alan Stanley, Maud Fergusson seeks revenge. On her behalf, the detective Hunt begins to investigate and proves that Murphy is responsible for the murder. Maud's revenge plan involve ...

The Mistress of the World, Part VIII: The Revenge of Maud Fergusson

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1920 | 1h 28min
Drama, Adventure
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The owner of a coal mining operation, falsely imprisoned for fratricide, takes a drug to make him invisible, despite its side effect: gradual madness. ...

The Invisible Man Returns

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1940 | 3.1/5 | 1h 21min
Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
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Movies with Joe May as Actor(1)

as Band Leader Joe May1937 Play! Girls

Movies with Joe May as Crew(112)

Directing/First Assistant Director2023 St. Sebastian
Directing/Second Second Assistant Director2008 Insanitarium
Writing/Story1950 Buccaneer's Girl
Writing/Story1944 El camino de los gatos
Writing/Story1944 Uncertain Glory
Directing/Director1944 Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Writing/Story1943 The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler
Directing/Director1941 Hit the Road
Directing/Director1940 The House of the Seven Gables
Directing/Director1940 The Invisible Man Returns
Writing/Story1940 The Invisible Man Returns
Writing/Original Story1940 The Invisible Woman
Directing/Director1940 You're Not So Tough
Directing/Director1939 The House of Fear
Directing/Director1939 Society Smugglers
Directing/Director1937 Confession
Directing/Director1934 Music in the Air
Directing/Director1934 La dactylo se marie
Directing/Director1933 A Song for You
Directing/Director1933 Hochzeitsreise zu dritt
Directing/Director1933 Her Majesty Love
Production/Producer1933 Her Majesty Love
Directing/Director1933 Honeymoon Trip
Directing/Director1933 All for Love
Directing/Director1932 Companion Wanted
Directing/Director1931 That's All That Matters
Directing/Director1931 His Highness Love
Production/Producer1930 The Last Company
Writing/Writer1929 Mother Hummingbird
Directing/Director1929 Asphalt
Writing/Writer1929 Asphalt
Directing/Director1929 Sensation im Wintergarten
Writing/Writer1928 Hungarian Rhapsody
Directing/Director1928 Homecoming
Editing/Editor1928 Homecoming
Writing/Scenario Writer1928 Homecoming
Writing/Writer1928 Homecoming
Directing/Director1926 Derby
Production/Producer1926 Staatsanwalt Jordan
Directing/Director1926 Dagfin
Writing/Writer1926 Dagfin
Directing/Director1925 Der Farmer aus Texas
Writing/Writer1925 Der Farmer aus Texas
Production/Producer1924 Love Letters of Baroness S
Directing/Director1923 Tragedy of Love
Directing/Director1923 The Countess of Paris
Directing/Director1921 Die Schuld der Lavinia Morland
Writing/Writer1921 Die Schuld der Lavinia Morland
Writing/Screenplay1921 Die Frauen vom Gnadenstein
Writing/Screenplay1921 Der Leidensweg der Inge Krafft
Art/Creative Director1921 Tobias Buntschuh
Directing/Director1921 The Indian Tomb, Part I: The Mission of the Yogi
Production/Producer1921 The Indian Tomb, Part I: The Mission of the Yogi
Directing/Director1921 The Indian Tomb, Part II: The Tiger of Bengal
Production/Producer1921 The Indian Tomb, Part II: The Tiger of Bengal
Writing/Writer1920 The Mistres of the World, part V: Ophir, the city of the past
Production/Producer1920 Der Amönenhof
Writing/Screenplay1920 Der Amönenhof
Production/Producer1920 The Wandering Image
Writing/Screenplay1920 The Mistress of the World, Part VII: The Benefactress of Mankind
Writing/Writer1920 The mistress of the world, Part VI: The woman with the millionaires
Directing/Director1920 The Mistress of the World, Part VIII: The Revenge of Maud Fergusson
Writing/Writer1920 The Mistress of the World, Part VIII: The Revenge of Maud Fergusson
Directing/Director1920 Die Legende von der heiligen Simplicia
Production/Producer1919 Die platonische Ehe
Writing/Writer1919 Die platonische Ehe
Directing/Director1919 Veritas vincit
Writing/Writer1919 The Mistress of the World, Part IV: King Makombe
Directing/Director1919 The Mistress of the World, Part I: The Girlfriend of the Yellow Man
Production/Producer1919 The Mistress of the World, Part I: The Girlfriend of the Yellow Man
Writing/Writer1919 The Mistress of the World, Part I: The Girlfriend of the Yellow Man
Writing/Writer1919 Die närrische Fabrik
Directing/Director1919 The Mistress of the World, Part III: The City of Gold
Writing/Writer1919 The Mistress of the World, Part III: The City of Gold
Directing/Director1919 The Mistress of the World, Part II: The Race for Life
Writing/Writer1919 The Mistress of the World, Part II: The Race for Life
Directing/Director1919 Fräulein Zahnarzt
Writing/Writer1919 Fräulein Zahnarzt
Directing/Director1918 Ihr großes Geheimnis
Writing/Writer1918 Ihr großes Geheimnis
Production/Producer1918 Das rollende Hotel
Directing/Director1918 Das Opfer
Production/Producer1918 Das Opfer
Writing/Writer1918 Das Opfer
Directing/Director1918 Die Ratte
Writing/Writer1918 Fünf Minuten zu spät
Directing/Director1918 The Beggar Countess
Writing/Writer1918 The Beggar Countess
Directing/Director1917 Die Kaukasierin
Writing/Writer1917 Die Kaukasierin
Directing/Director1917 Die Silhouette des Teufels
Production/Producer1917 Die Silhouette des Teufels
Writing/Writer1917 Die Silhouette des Teufels
Directing/Director1917 Hilde Warren and Death
Production/Producer1917 Hilde Warren and Death
Directing/Director1917 Ehre
Writing/Writer1917 Ehre
Directing/Director1917 Die Hochzeit im Excentricclub
Writing/Screenplay1917 Die Hochzeit im Excentricclub
Directing/Director1916 Die Gespensteruhr
Writing/Writer1916 Die Gespensteruhr
Directing/Director1915 Der Geheimsekretär
Writing/Writer1915 Der Geheimsekretär
Directing/Director1915 Sein schwierigster Fall
Writing/Writer1915 Sein schwierigster Fall
Directing/Director1915 Das Gesetz der Mine
Writing/Writer1915 Das Gesetz der Mine
Writing/Writer1915 The eternal peace
Directing/Director1914 Stuart Webbs: The Man in the Cellar
Directing/Director1914 Stuart Webbs: Die geheimnisvolle Villa
Directing/Director1913 Ein Ausgestoßener: 1. Teil
Writing/Screenplay1913 Ein Ausgestoßener: 1. Teil

Full Name: Joe May
Citizenship: Austria
Born: Sunday, 11/07 1880 (November) in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
Died: Thursday, 04/29 1954 (April) in Hollywood (aged: 73)
Zodiac sign: Scorpio (Chinese zodiac sign: Dragon)
Languages: German (DE)
Educated at: East St. Louis Senior High School
Spouses (current/former): Mia May
Children: Eva May
Other names for Joe May (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"José May"
"Fred Majo"
"Julius Otto Mandl"
Joe May frequently works together with these people:
Mia May (30x, Actress)
John Smith (18x, Crew)
Richard Hutter (15x, Crew)
Ruth Goetz (12x, Crew)
Werner Brandes (11x, Crew)
Paul Leni (10x, Crew)
Hans Mierendorff (9x, Actor)
Thea von Harbou (8x, Crew)
Wilhelm Roellinghoff (8x, Crew)
Louis Brody (7x, Actor)
Karl Figdor (7x, Crew)

Other people with this name: Joe May

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