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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1880-11-07 (144 years old)

Place of Birth

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.

Known For

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The Invisible Man Returns

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The House of the Seven Gables

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Confession

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Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore

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The House of Fear

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Music in the Air

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Hit the Road

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Society Smugglers

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You're Not So Tough

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Asphalt

Acting

1937

Play! Girls as Band Leader Joe May

Directing

1944

Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore as Director

1941

Hit the Road as Director

1940

The House of the Seven Gables as Director

The Invisible Man Returns as Director

You're Not So Tough as Director

1939

The House of Fear as Director

Society Smugglers as Director

1937

Confession as Director

1934

Music in the Air as Director

La dactylo se marie as Director

1933

Her Majesty Love as Director

Hochzeitsreise zu dritt as Director

A Song for You as Director

All for Love as Director

Honeymoon Trip as Director

1932

Companion Wanted as Director

Two in a Car as Director

1931

That's All That Matters as Director

His Highness Love as Director

1929

Asphalt as Director

Sensation im Wintergarten as Director

1928

Homecoming as Director

1926

Dagfin as Director

Derby as Director

1925

Der Farmer aus Texas as Director

1923

The Countess of Paris as Director

The Tragedy of Love as Director

1921

The Indian Tomb, Part I: The Mission of the Yoghi as Director

The Indian Tomb, Part II: The Tiger of Eschnapur as Director

Die Schuld der Lavinia Morland as Director

1920

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

Die Legende von der heiligen Simplicia as Director

1919

Veritas vincit as Director

The Mistress of the World, Part I: The Girlfriend of the Yellow Man as Director

The Mistress of the World, Part III: The City of Gold as Director

The Mistress of the World, Part II: The Race for Life as Director

Fräulein Zahnarzt as Director

1918

Das Opfer as Director

The Beggar Countess as Director

Ihr großes Geheimnis as Director

Die Ratte as Director

1917

Die Kaukasierin as Director

Hilde Warren and Death as Director

Die Silhouette des Teufels as Director

Die Hochzeit im Excentricclub as Director

Ehre as Director

1916

Nebel und Sonne as Director

Die Gespensteruhr as Director

1915

Das Gesetz der Mine as Director

Sein schwierigster Fall as Director

Der Geheimsekretär as Director

1914

Stuart Webbs: The Man in the Cellar as Director

Stuart Webbs: Die geheimnisvolle Villa as Director

1913

Ein Ausgestoßener: 1. Teil as Director

Heimat und Fremde as Director

1912

In der Tiefe des Schachtes as Director

Vorgluten des Balkanbrandes as Director

Writing

1950

Buccaneer's Girl as Story

1944

Uncertain Glory as Story

El camino de los gatos as Story

1943

The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler as Story

1940

The Invisible Woman as Original Story

The Invisible Man Returns as Story

1935

No Monkey Business as Story

1929

Asphalt as Writer

Mother Hummingbird as Writer

1928

Homecoming as Scenario Writer

Hungarian Rhapsody as Writer

Homecoming as Writer

1926

Dagfin as Writer

1925

Der Farmer aus Texas as Writer

1921

Die Frauen vom Gnadenstein as Screenplay

Der Leidensweg der Inge Krafft as Screenplay

Die Schuld der Lavinia Morland as Writer

1920

Der Amönenhof as Screenplay

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

The Mistress of the World, Part VII: The Benefactress of Mankind as Screenplay

The mistress of the world, Part VI: The woman with the millionaires as Writer

The Mistress of the World, part V: Ophir, the city of the past as Writer

1919

The Mistress of the World, Part I: The Girlfriend of the Yellow Man as Writer

The Mistress of the World, Part IV: King Makombe as Writer

The Mistress of the World, Part III: The City of Gold as Writer

The Mistress of the World, Part II: The Race for Life as Writer

Fräulein Zahnarzt as Writer

Die platonische Ehe as Writer

Die närrische Fabrik as Writer

1918

Das Opfer as Writer

The Beggar Countess as Writer

Ihr großes Geheimnis as Writer

Fünf Minuten zu spät as Writer

1917

Die Kaukasierin as Writer

Die Silhouette des Teufels as Writer

Die Hochzeit im Excentricclub as Screenplay

Ehre as Writer

1916

Nebel und Sonne as Screenplay

Die Gespensteruhr as Writer

1915

Das Gesetz der Mine as Writer

Ein Ausgestoßener, 2. Teil: Der ewige Friede as Writer

Der Geheimsekretär as Writer

Sein schwierigster Fall as Writer

1913

Ein Ausgestoßener: 1. Teil as Screenplay

Heimat und Fremde as Screenplay

1912

In der Tiefe des Schachtes as Screenplay

Vorgluten des Balkanbrandes as Screenplay

Production

1933

Her Majesty Love as Producer

1932

Two in a Car as Production Manager

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 I: The Mission of the Yoghi as Producer

The Indian Tomb, Part II: The Tiger of Eschnapur as Producer

1920

Der Amönenhof as Producer

The Wandering Image as Producer

1919

The Mistress of the World, Part I: The Girlfriend of the Yellow Man as Producer

Die platonische Ehe as Producer

1918

The Rolling Hotel as Producer

Das Opfer as Producer

1917

Hilde Warren and Death as Producer

Die Silhouette des Teufels as Producer

1916

Nebel und Sonne as Producer

Art

1921

Tobias Buntschuh as Creative Director

Editing

1928

Homecoming as Editor