Joe May

Director

Born: November 7, 1880 (73 years old)

Died: April 29, 1954

Place of birth: Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]

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.

Filmography (16)

• The House of the Seven Gables (1940, ★ 6.9)
• Asphalt (1929, ★ 7.3)
• The Invisible Man Returns (1940, ★ 6.3)
• Confession (1937, ★ 6.1)
• Homecoming (1928, ★ 6.3)
• Hilde Warren and Death (1917, ★ 6.5)
• Music in the Air (1934, ★ 4.8)
• The Indian Tomb, Part I: The Mission of the Yoghi (1921, ★ 5.6)
• The Indian Tomb, Part II: The Tiger of Eschnapur (1921, ★ 5.9)
• Uncertain Glory (1944, ★ 6.7)
• Buccaneer's Girl (1950, ★ 5.6)
• Society Smugglers (1939, ★ 5.6)
• The Invisible Woman (1940, ★ 5.7)
• The Wandering Image (1920, ★ 5.9)
• The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler (1943, ★ 4.6)
• Mother Hummingbird (1929, ★ 4.2)