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Joe May (I) (1880–1954)

A businessman and operetta director, Joe May, one of the founders of the German cinema, started directing films in 1911 and started his own production company a few years later. He gave famous German director Fritz Lang his start in films, employing him as a screenwriter in his early films. After the Nazi takeover... See full bio »

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Filmography

Hide HideDirector (86 titles)
1941 Hit the Road
 
1937 Confession
 
1933 A Song for You
 
1933 Honeymoon Trip
 
1932 Three on a Honeymoon (supervisor)
 
1932 Two in a Car
 
1931 His Highness Love (supervising)
 
1930 Der unsterbliche Lump (supervising)
 
1929 Asphalt
 
1928 Homecoming
 
1926 Dagfin
 
1923 Love Tragedy
 
1921 Junge Mama (supervising)
 
1921 Am Webstuhl der Zeit (supervising)
 
1919 Veritas vincit
 
1919 Der Muff (supervising)
 
1918 Die Ratte (supervising)
 
1918 Das Opfer
 
1917 Der Onyxknopf
 
1917 Die Kaukasierin
 
1916 Nebel und Sonne
 
1916 Arme Eva Maria
 
1915 In der Nacht
 
1914 The Man in the Cellar (short)
 
1914 Die Pagode
 
Show ShowProducer (80 titles)
1932 Two in a Car (producer)
 
1931 His Highness Love (co-producer)
 
1931 ...und das ist die Hauptsache!? (producer)
 
1931 Her Majesty Love (producer)
 
1930 Thirteen Men and a Girl (producer)
 
1930 Der unsterbliche Lump (executive producer)
 
1928 The Runaway Girl (supervising producer)
 
1926 Dagfin (producer)
 
1926 Staatsanwalt Jordan (producer)
 
1925 Der Farmer aus Texas (producer)
 
1924 Der geheime Agent (executive producer)
 
1923 Love Tragedy (producer)
 
1923 Scheine des Todes (executive producer)
 
1921 Der Leidensweg der Inge Krafft (producer)
 
1921 Ilona (executive producer)
 
1921 Die Erbin von Tordis (executive producer)
 
1921 Junge Mama (producer)
 
1921 Am Webstuhl der Zeit (executive producer)
 
1921 Tobias Buntschuh - Das Drama eines Einsamen (executive producer)
 
1920 Das wandernde Bild (producer)
 
1920 Die Schuld der Lavinia Morland (producer)
 
1920 Der Henker von Sankt Marien (producer)
 
1920 Der Amönenhof (producer)
 
1919 Die Herrin der Welt 4. Teil - König Macombe (executive producer)
 
1919 Die närrische Fabrik (producer)
 
1919 Der blaue Drachen (producer)
 
1919 Veritas vincit (producer)
 
1919 Der Muff (producer)
 
1919 Die platonische Ehe (producer)
 
1919 Das Auge des Götzen (producer)
 
1919 Die Krone von Palma (producer)
 
1919 Fräulein Zahnarzt (producer)
 
1918 Diplomaten (producer)
 
1918 Die Bettelgräfin (producer)
 
1918 Die Ratte (producer)
 
1918 Ihr großes Geheimnis (producer)
 
1918 Das rollende Hotel (producer)
 
1918 Fünf Minuten zu spät (producer)
 
1918 Das Opfer (producer)
 
1918 Wogen des Schicksals (producer)
 
1918 His Best Friend (producer)
 
1917 Das Klima von Vancourt (producer)
 
1917 Ein Lichtstrahl im Dunkel (producer)
 
1917 Der schwarze Chauffeur (producer)
 
1917 Der Onyxknopf (producer)
 
1917 Hilde Warren und der Tod (producer)
 
1917 Die Kaukasierin (producer)
 
1917 Die Silhouette des Teufels (producer)
 
1917 Des Vaters letzter Wille (producer)
 
1917 Die Liebe der Betty Raymond (producer)
 
1917 Krähen fliegen um den Turm (producer)
 
1916 Das rätselhafte Inserat (producer)
 
1916 Ein einsam Grab (producer)
 
1916 Wie ich Detektiv wurde (producer)
 
1916 Ein Blatt Papier (producer)
 
1916 Nebel und Sonne (producer)
 
1916 Die Gespensteruhr (producer)
 
1916 Die Sünde der Helga Arndt (producer)
 
1916 Arme Eva Maria (producer)
 
1915 Der Geheimsekretär (producer)
 
1915 Sein schwierigster Fall (producer)
 
1915 Das Gesetz der Mine (producer)
 
1915 In der Nacht (producer)
 
1913 Geschwister (producer)
 
1913 Das Werk (producer)
 
Show ShowWriter (60 titles)
1950 Buccaneer's Girl (story)
 
1944 Uncertain Glory (original story)
 
1940 The Invisible Woman (story)
 
1940 The Invisible Man Returns (story)
 
1935 No Monkey Business (from a story by)
 
1934 Music in the Air (contributor to treatment and dialogue - uncredited)
 
1934 Dactylo se marie (story)
 
1929 Maman Colibri (writer)
 
1929 Asphalt (screenplay / as Fred Majo)
 
1928 Ungarische Rhapsodie (as Fred Majo)
 
1928 Homecoming (scenario / as Fred Majo)
 
1926 Dagfin
 
1921 Junge Mama
 
1919 Die närrische Fabrik (writer)
 
1919 Veritas vincit (idea)
 
1919 Die platonische Ehe (writer)
 
1919 Fräulein Zahnarzt (writer)
 
1918 Die Bettelgräfin (writer)
 
1918 Ihr großes Geheimnis (writer)
 
1918 Fünf Minuten zu spät (writer)
 
1918 Das Opfer (writer)
 
1918 Wogen des Schicksals (story)
 
1918 His Best Friend (writer)
 
1917 Der Onyxknopf
 
1917 Die Kaukasierin
 
1916 Ein einsam Grab
 
1916 Nebel und Sonne
 
1916 Arme Eva Maria
 
1914 Das Fischermädchen von Manholm (screenplay)
 
1913 Heimat und Fremde (writer)
 
Show ShowArt Director (1 title)
1916 Ein einsam Grab
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
1992 Die UFA (documentary)
 

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Personal Details


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Alternate Names:

Fred Majo | Joseph Mandel

Height:

5' 6½" (1.69 m)
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Trivia:

Father of actress Eva May See more »

Star Sign:

Scorpio