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.

Birthday

Nov 7, 1880

Place of birth

Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]

Deathday

Apr 29, 1954

Also known as

José May
Fred Majo

Credited in

As cast

Play! Girls
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As Band Leader Joe May

As crew

Die Kaukasierin
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Role: Director
Die Kaukasierin
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Role: Writer
The House of the Seven Gables
Role: Director
The Invisible Man Returns
Role: Director
Confession
Role: Director
Asphalt
Role: Writer
Asphalt
Role: Director
Music in the Air
Role: Director
Das Gesetz der Mine
Role: Director
Homecoming
Role: Director
Homecoming
Role: Scenario Writer
Hilde Warren and Death
Role: Director
The House of Fear
Role: Director
Her Majesty Love
Role: Director
The Indian Tomb, Part I: The Mission of the Yoghi
Role: Director
The Indian Tomb, Part II: The Tiger of Eschnapur
Role: Director
Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Role: Director
Das Gesetz der Mine
Role: Writer
The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler
Role: Story
Hilde Warren and Death
Role: Producer
The Rolling Hotel
Role: Producer
Stuart Webbs: The Man in the Cellar
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Role: Director
Veritas vincit
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Role: Director
Hochzeitsreise zu dritt
Role: Director
You're Not So Tough
Role: Director
Das Opfer
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Role: Producer
Das Opfer
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Role: Writer
Das Opfer
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Role: Director
Der Amönenhof
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Role: Screenplay
Der Amönenhof
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Role: Producer
Buccaneer's Girl
Role: Story
Stuart Webbs: Die geheimnisvolle Villa
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Role: Director
Die Silhouette des Teufels
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Role: Writer
Die Silhouette des Teufels
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Role: Director
Die Silhouette des Teufels
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Role: Producer
Ein Ausgestoßener: 1. Teil
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Role: Director
Ein Ausgestoßener: 1. Teil
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Role: Screenplay
Uncertain Glory
Role: Story
Love Letters of Baroness S
Role: Producer
Society Smugglers
Role: Director
Her Majesty Love
Role: Producer
Hit the Road
Role: Director
Ein Ausgestoßener, 2. Teil: Der ewige Friede
Role: Writer
The Invisible Man Returns
Role: Story
The Invisible Woman
Role: Original Story
Heimat und Fremde
Role: Director
Heimat und Fremde
Role: Screenplay
That's All That Matters
Role: Director
The Last Company
Role: Producer
A Song for You
Role: Director
In der Tiefe des Schachtes
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Role: Director
In der Tiefe des Schachtes
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Role: Screenplay
Vorgluten des Balkanbrandes
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Role: Screenplay
Vorgluten des Balkanbrandes
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Role: Director
Der Farmer aus Texas
Role: Director
The Indian Tomb, Part I: The Mission of the Yoghi
Role: Producer
The Indian Tomb, Part II: The Tiger of Eschnapur
Role: Producer
Nebel und Sonne
Role: Screenplay
Nebel und Sonne
Role: Producer
Nebel und Sonne
Role: Director
The Tragedy of Love
Role: Director
The Countess of Paris
Role: Director
La dactylo se marie
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Role: Director
All for Love
Role: Director
Honeymoon Trip
Role: Director
The Mistress of the World, Part I: The Girlfriend of the Yellow Man
Role: Writer
The Mistress of the World, Part I: The Girlfriend of the Yellow Man
Role: Producer
The Mistress of the World, Part I: The Girlfriend of the Yellow Man
Role: Director
His Highness Love
Role: Director
Companion Wanted
Role: Director
Two in a Car
Role: Producer
Two in a Car
Role: Director
Two in a Car
Role: Production Manager
Hungarian Rhapsody
Role: Writer
The Mistress of the World, Part VIII: The Revenge of Maud Fergusson
Role: Director
The Mistress of the World, Part VIII: The Revenge of Maud Fergusson
Role: Writer
The Mistress of the World, part V: Ophir, the city of the past
Role: Writer
The mistress of the world, Part VI: The woman with the millionaires
Role: Writer
The Mistress of the World, Part IV: King Makombe
Role: Writer
The Mistress of the World, Part VII: The Benefactress of Mankind
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Role: Screenplay
The Mistress of the World, Part III: The City of Gold
Role: Writer
The Mistress of the World, Part III: The City of Gold
Role: Director
The Mistress of the World, Part II: The Race for Life
Role: Director
The Mistress of the World, Part II: The Race for Life
Role: Writer
The Beggar Countess
Role: Writer
The Beggar Countess
Role: Director
Der Geheimsekretär
Role: Director
Sein schwierigster Fall
Role: Director
Sein schwierigster Fall
Role: Writer
Der Geheimsekretär
Role: Writer
Ihr großes Geheimnis
Role: Director
Ihr großes Geheimnis
Role: Writer
Fräulein Zahnarzt
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Role: Director
Fräulein Zahnarzt
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Role: Writer
Der Leidensweg der Inge Krafft
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Role: Screenplay
Die Frauen vom Gnadenstein
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Role: Screenplay
Tobias Buntschuh
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Role: Creative Director
Die Hochzeit im Excentricclub
Role: Screenplay
Die Hochzeit im Excentricclub
Role: Director
Die Ratte
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Role: Director
Der Farmer aus Texas
Role: Writer
Die platonische Ehe
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Role: Writer
Die platonische Ehe
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Role: Producer
Ehre
Role: Director
Ehre
Role: Writer
Die Gespensteruhr
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Role: Director
Die Gespensteruhr
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Role: Writer
Fünf Minuten zu spät
Role: Writer
Dagfin
Role: Director
Dagfin
Role: Writer
The Wandering Image
Role: Producer
Homecoming
Role: Writer
Homecoming
Role: Editor
Die närrische Fabrik
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Role: Writer
Die Legende von der heiligen Simplicia
Role: Director
Die Schuld der Lavinia Morland
Role: Director
Die Schuld der Lavinia Morland
Role: Writer
Derby
Role: Director
El camino de los gatos
Role: Story
Staatsanwalt Jordan
Role: Producer
Mother Hummingbird
Role: Writer
No Monkey Business
Role: Story