Joe May

Known for: Directing
Born: November 7, 1880, Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
Died: April 29, 1954
Movies: 81

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.

Best-Known Movies

6.3

The Invisible Man Returns

1940

7.3

Asphalt

1929

7.0

The House of the Seven Gables

1940

6.3

Confession

1937

6.1

The Wandering Image

1920

5.7

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

1921

6.0

The Indian Tomb, Part II: The Tiger of Eschnapur

1921

6.6

Homecoming

1928

5.6

Music in the Air

1934

6.2

Society Smugglers

1939

Filmography

1937

Play! Girls

Band Leader Joe May

Directing, Writing & Producing

1944	Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore	Director
1941	Hit the Road	Director
1940	You're Not So Tough	Director
1940	The House of the Seven Gables	Director
1940	The Invisible Man Returns	Director
1939	The House of Fear	Director
1939	Society Smugglers	Director
1937	Confession	Director
1934	Music in the Air	Director
1934	La dactylo se marie	Director
1934	Two Hearts in Waltz Time	Director
1933	All for Love	Director
1933	A Song for You	Director
1933	Her Majesty Love	Director, Producer
1933	Hochzeitsreise zu dritt	Director
1933	Honeymoon Trip	Director
1932	Two in a Car	Director, Producer
1932	Companion Wanted	Director
1931	His Highness Love	Director
1931	That's All That Matters	Director
1930	The Last Company	Producer
1929	Mother Hummingbird	Writer
1929	Asphalt	Writer, Director
1928	Homecoming	Director, Writer
1928	Hungarian Rhapsody	Writer
1926	Souls Aflame	Director, Writer
1926	Staatsanwalt Jordan	Producer
1926	Derby	Director
1925	The Farmer from Texas	Director, Writer
1924	Love Letters of Baroness S	Producer
1923	Tragödie der Liebe. Teil 3	Director
1923	Tragödie der Liebe. Teil 4	Director
1923	The Countess of Paris	Director
1923	The Tragedy of Love	Director
1921	The Indian Tomb, Part II: The Tiger of Eschnapur	Director, Producer
1921	The Indian Tomb, Part I: The Mission of the Yoghi	Director, Producer
1921	Der Leidensweg der Inge Krafft	Screenplay
1921	Die Schuld der Lavinia Morland	Writer, Director
1921	Die Frauen vom Gnadenstein	Screenplay
1920	The Wandering Image	Producer
1920	Die Legende von der heiligen Simplicia	Director
1920	Der Amönenhof	Screenplay, Producer
1920	The Mistress of the World, Part VIII: The Revenge of Maud Fergusson	Writer, Director
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
1919	The Mistress of the World, Part IV: King Makombe	Writer
1919	The Mistress of the World, Part III: The City of Gold	Director, Writer
1919	The Mistress of the World, Part II: The Race for Life	Director, Writer
1919	The Mistress of the World, Part I: The Girlfriend of the Yellow Man	Director, Writer, Producer
1919	Fräulein Zahnarzt	Writer, Director
1919	Die närrische Fabrik	Writer
1919	The Platonic Marriage	Writer, Producer
1919	Veritas vincit	Director
1919	The Eye of the Idol	Producer
1918	The Beggar Countess	Director, Writer
1918	The Rat	Director
1918	Ihr großes Geheimnis	Director, Writer
1918	The Rolling Hotel	Producer
1918	Five Minutes Too Late	Writer
1918	Das Opfer	Director, Writer, Producer
1917	Hilde Warren and Death	Director, Producer
1917	Die Kaukasierin	Director, Writer
1917	Ehre	Director, Writer
1917	Die Hochzeit im Excentricclub	Screenplay, Director
1917	The Devil’s Silhouette	Writer, Director, Producer
1916	Nebel und Sonne	Producer, Screenplay, Director
1916	Die Gespensteruhr	Writer, Director
1915	Der Geheimsekretär	Director, Writer
1915	Der Spuk im Hause des Professors	Director
1915	Sein schwierigster Fall	Director, Writer
1915	Das Gesetz der Mine	Director, Writer
1915	Ein Ausgestoßener, 2. Teil: Der ewige Friede	Writer
1914	Das Panzergewölbe	Director
1914	Stuart Webbs: The Man in the Cellar	Director
1914	Stuart Webbs: Die geheimnisvolle Villa	Director
1913	Ein Ausgestoßener: 1. Teil	Director, Screenplay
1913	Heimat und Fremde	Screenplay, Director
1912	Vorgluten des Balkanbrandes	Director, Screenplay
1912	In der Tiefe des Schachtes	Director, Screenplay

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