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 (75 movies)
8.5
8.5
Ein Ausgestoßener, 2. Teil: Der ewige Friede
1915
Writer
7.3
7.3
Asphalt
1929
Writer
6.9
6.9
The House of the Seven Gables
1940
Director
6.5
6.5
The House of Fear
1939
Director
6.3
6.3
Homecoming
1928
Director
6.2
6.2
The Invisible Man Returns
1940
Director
6.1
6.1
Confession
1937
Director
6.0
6.0
Play! Girls
1937
as Band Leader Joe May
6.0
6.0
The Mistress of the World, Part VIII: The Revenge of Maud Fergusson
1920
Writer
6.0
6.0
Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore
1944
Director
6.0
6.0
The Last Company
1930
Producer
6.0
6.0
Hungarian Rhapsody
1928
Writer
5.9
5.9
The Indian Tomb, Part II: The Tiger of Eschnapur
1921
Producer
5.9
5.9
Hilde Warren and Death
1917
Producer
5.9
5.9
The Wandering Image
1920
Producer
5.6
5.6
Society Smugglers
1939
Director
5.6
5.6
The Indian Tomb, Part I: The Mission of the Yoghi
1921
Producer
5.0
5.0
The Mistress of the World, Part I: The Girlfriend of the Yellow Man
1919
Producer
5.0
5.0
The Mistress of the World, Part IV: King Makombe
1919
Writer
4.8
4.8
Music in the Air
1934
Director
4.3
4.3
You're Not So Tough
1940
Director
4.0
4.0
All for Love
1933
Director
3.8
3.8
Mother Hummingbird
1929
Writer
Der Geheimsekretär
1915
Writer
Ihr großes Geheimnis
1918
Writer
Fräulein Zahnarzt
1919
Writer
Der Leidensweg der Inge Krafft
1921
Screenplay
Die Frauen vom Gnadenstein
1921
Screenplay
Die Hochzeit im Excentricclub
1917
Director
Die Ratte
1918
Director
Die platonische Ehe
1919
Producer
Die Gespensteruhr
1916
Director
Ehre
1917
Writer
Fünf Minuten zu spät
1918
Writer
Dagfin
1926
Writer
Die närrische Fabrik
1919
Writer
Die Legende von der heiligen Simplicia
1920
Director
Die Schuld der Lavinia Morland
1921
Writer
Derby
1926
Director
The Rolling Hotel
1918
Producer
Die Kaukasierin
1917
Writer
Das Gesetz der Mine
1915
Writer
Ein Ausgestoßener: 1. Teil
1913
Screenplay
Das Opfer
1918
Producer
Der Amönenhof
1920
Producer
Stuart Webbs: Die geheimnisvolle Villa
1914
Director
Die Silhouette des Teufels
1917
Producer
In der Tiefe des Schachtes
1912
Screenplay
Vorgluten des Balkanbrandes
1912
Screenplay
Nebel und Sonne
1916
Director
Two in a Car
1932
Director
Heimat und Fremde
1913
Screenplay
Her Majesty Love
1933
Producer
Love Letters of Baroness S
1924
Producer
Veritas vincit
1919
Director
Stuart Webbs: The Man in the Cellar
1914
Director
Hochzeitsreise zu dritt
1933
Director
Hit the Road
1941
Director
That's All That Matters
1931
Director
Staatsanwalt Jordan
1926
Producer
A Song for You
1933
Director
Der Farmer aus Texas
1925
Writer
The Countess of Paris
1923
Director
The Tragedy of Love
1923
Director
La dactylo se marie
1934
Director
Honeymoon Trip
1933
Director
Companion Wanted
1932
Director
His Highness Love
1931
Director
The Mistress of the World, Part VII: The Benefactress of Mankind
1920
Screenplay
The mistress of the world, Part VI: The woman with the millionaires
1920
Writer
The Mistress of the World, part V: Ophir, the city of the past
1920
Writer
The Mistress of the World, Part III: The City of Gold
1919
Writer
The Mistress of the World, Part II: The Race for Life