Paul May
Paul May was a German film director and editor. He directed 40 films between 1935 and 1972.
Biography
He was the son of Peter Ostermayr, a film producer with Universum Film AG, and his wife Olga, née Wernhard. After secondary school in Feldkirch, he entered to film industry and trained in film laboratory work. He became a film editor in 1930 and assistant director in 1935. His first film as director was Edelweißkönig, in 1938.After the Second World War, he adopted the pseudonym Paul May. His greatest successes were 08/15, The Forests Sing Forever, Via Mala from the book by John Knittel, and Scotland Yard Hunts Dr. Mabuse with Peter van Eyck. He also directed for television. He directed more than forty films between 1935 and 1972.
Selected filmography
Editor
Panic in Chicago Shooting Festival in Schilda The Spanish Fly The Champion Shot Secret of the Blue Room The Peak Scaler William Tell Holiday From Myself The Four Musketeers- Peter, Paul and Nanette Miracle of Flight Home Guardsman Bruggler The Hunter of Fall His Best Friend Triad Frau Sixta
- ''Storms in May''
Screenwriter
- '' Night of the Twelve''
Director
Film- 1939: Der Edelweißkönig
- 1939: Waldrausch
- 1940: Beates Flitterwoche / Sonderbare Flitterwochen
- 1940: Left of the Isar, Right of the Spree
- 1942: Violanta
- 1943: Die unheimliche Wandlung des Alex Roscher
- 1949: Duel with Death ; Prod. G. W. Pabst
- 1950: King for One Night
- 1952: Two People
- 1953: Young Heart Full of Love
- 1954: 08/15
- 1954: The Phantom of the Big Tent
- 1955: Doctor Solm
- 1955: '
- 1955: '
- 1956: Weil du arm bist, mußt du früher sterben
- 1957: Weißer Holunder
- 1957: '
- 1957: The Fox of Paris
- 1958: '
- 1959: The Forests Sing Forever
- 1959: Heimat, deine Lieder
- 1960: '
- 1960: '
- 1961: Via Mala
- 1961: Freddy and the Millionaire
- 1962: Waldrausch
- 1963: '
- 1963: Scotland Yard Hunts Dr. Mabuse
- 1967: '
- 1964: Die Truhe —
- 1965: ' —
- 1965: Glück in Frankreich —
- 1965: Acht Stunden Zeit —
- 1966: ' —
- 1967: In Sachen Erzberger gegen Helfferich —
- 1967–1968: Sherlock Holmes —
- 1968: Eine Gefangene bei Stalin und Hitler —
- 1969–1972: Königlich Bayerisches Amtsgericht
- 1969: Nennen Sie mich Alex —
- 1970: Theatergarderobe
- 1971: Die Schrott-Story
- 1971–1972: Fünf Tage hat die Woche
- 1972: Nicht Lob – noch Furcht. Graf Galen, Bischof von Münster —
- 1972–1975: ''''