Paul May (8 May 1909 – 25 February 1976) 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 The Forests Sing Forever (1959), Via Mala (1961) from the book by John Knittel, and Scotland Yard vs. Dr. Mabuse (1963) 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 (1931)
- The Spanish Fly (1931)
- The Champion Shot (1932)
- The Peak Scaler (1933)
- William Tell (1934)
- The Four Musketeers (1934)
- Peter, Paul and Nanette (1935)
- Home Guardsman Bruggler (1936)
- The Hunter of Fall (1936)
- Triad (1938)
Director
- 1939: Der Edelweißkönig
- 1939: Waldrausch
- 1940: Beates Flitterwoche / Sonderbare Flitterwochen
- 1940: Left of the Isar, Right of the Spree
- 1942: Violanta (also co-script)
- 1943: Die unheimliche Wandlung des Alex Roscher
- 1949: Duell mit dem Tod (also script); Prod. Georg Wilhelm Pabst
- 1950: King for One Night (also producer)
- 1952: Two People
- 1953: Junges Herz voll Liebe / Der Haflinger Sepp
- 1954: 08/15
- 1954: Phantom des großen Zeltes (de)
- 1955: Oberarzt Dr. Solm
- 1955: 08/15 – Im Krieg
- 1955: 08/15 – In der Heimat
- 1956: Weil du arm bist, mußt du früher sterben
- 1957: Weißer Holunder
- 1957: Flucht in die Tropennacht
- 1957: Der Fuchs von Paris (de)
| - 1958: Die Landärztin (de)
- 1959: The Forests Sing Forever
- 1959: Heimat, deine Lieder
- 1960: Der Schleier fiel
- 1960: Soldatensender Calais
- 1961: Via Mala
- 1961: Freddy and the Millionaire
- 1962: Waldrausch
- 1963: Barras heute
- 1963: Scotland Yard vs. Dr. Mabuse
- 1965: Acht Stunden Zeit (TV film)
- 1964: Die Schlüssel (TV miniseries)
- 1966: Melissa (TV miniseries)
- 1967: Mittsommernacht (de)
- 1967/68: Sherlock Holmes (TV series)
- 1969: Königlich Bayerisches Amtsgericht (TV series)
- 1970: Theatergarderobe (TV series)
- 1971/72: Fünf Tage hat die Woche (TV series)
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