Directing · b. 1880 · Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]

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.

Directed
Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore 1944 Hit the Road 1941 The House of the Seven Gables 1940 The Invisible Man Returns 1940 You're Not So Tough 1940 The House of Fear 1939 Society Smugglers 1939 Confession 1937 Music in the Air 1934 La dactylo se marie 1934 Two Hearts in Waltz Time 1934 Her Majesty Love 1933 Hochzeitsreise zu dritt 1933 A Song for You 1933 All for Love 1933 Honeymoon Trip 1933 Companion Wanted 1932 Two in a Car 1932 That's All That Matters 1931 His Highness Love 1931 Asphalt 1929 Homecoming 1928 Dagfin 1926 Derby 1926 Der Farmer aus Texas 1925 The Countess of Paris 1923 The Tragedy of Love 1923 The Indian Tomb, Part I: The Mission of the Yoghi 1921 The Indian Tomb, Part II: The Tiger of Eschnapur 1921 Die Schuld der Lavinia Morland 1921 The Mistress of the World, Part VIII: The Revenge of Maud Fergusson 1920 Die Legende von der heiligen Simplicia 1920 Veritas vincit 1919 The Mistress of the World, Part I: The Girlfriend of the Yellow Man 1919 The Mistress of the World, Part III: The City of Gold 1919 The Mistress of the World, Part II: The Race for Life 1919 Fräulein Zahnarzt 1919 Das Opfer 1918 The Beggar Countess 1918 Ihr großes Geheimnis 1918 Die Ratte 1918 Die Kaukasierin 1917 Hilde Warren and Death 1917 Die Silhouette des Teufels 1917 Die Hochzeit im Excentricclub 1917 Ehre 1917 Nebel und Sonne 1916 Die Gespensteruhr 1916 Das Gesetz der Mine 1915 Sein schwierigster Fall 1915 Der Geheimsekretär 1915 Der Spuk im Hause des Professors 1915 Stuart Webbs: The Man in the Cellar 1914 Stuart Webbs: Die geheimnisvolle Villa 1914 Das Panzergewölbe 1914 Ein Ausgestoßener: 1. Teil 1913 Heimat und Fremde 1913 In der Tiefe des Schachtes 1912 Vorgluten des Balkanbrandes 1912
Acting
Play! Girls Band Leader Joe May 1937
Other Credits
Buccaneer's Girl Story 1950 El camino de los gatos Story 1944 Uncertain Glory Story 1944 The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler Story 1943 The Invisible Woman Original Story 1940 No Monkey Business Story 1935 The Last Company Producer 1930 Mother Hummingbird Writer 1929 Hungarian Rhapsody Writer 1928 Staatsanwalt Jordan Producer 1926 Love Letters of Baroness S Producer 1924 Der Leidensweg der Inge Krafft Screenplay 1921 Die Frauen vom Gnadenstein Screenplay 1921 Tobias Buntschuh Creative Director 1921 The Wandering Image Producer 1920 Der Amönenhof Screenplay 1920 The Mistress of the World, Part VII: The Benefactress of Mankind Screenplay 1920 The mistress of the world, Part VI: The woman with the millionaires Writer 1920 The Mistress of the World, part V: Ophir, the city of the past Writer 1920 The Mistress of the World, Part IV: King Makombe Writer 1919
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