# Paul May > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Paul_May > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Paul_May.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_May > Source revision: 1357089659 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|German film director}} {{distinguish|Paul Maye}} {{for|the Luxembourgian footballer|Paul May (footballer)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox person | image = | name = Paul May | birth_date = {{Birth date|1909|5|8|df=yes}} | birth_place = [Munich](/source/Munich), [German Empire](/source/German_Empire) | death_date = {{Death date and age|1976|2|25|1909|5|8|df=yes}} | death_place = [Taufkirchen](/source/Taufkirchen_(bei_M%C3%BCnchen)), [West Germany](/source/West_Germany) | occupation = Film director, film editor | years_active = 1935-1972 }} '''Paul May''' (8 May 1909 – 25 February 1976) was a German [film director](/source/film_director) and [editor](/source/film_editor). He directed 40 films between 1935 and 1972.{{cite web|url=https://www.filmportal.de/person/paul-may_d3f869c92d5b4da29a452aec68279ad9 |title=Paul May |work=Film Portal |access-date=29 October 2019}} ==Biography== He was the son of [Peter Ostermayr](/source/Peter_Ostermayr), a film producer with [Universum Film AG](/source/Universum_Film_AG), and his wife Olga, ''née'' Wernhard. After secondary school in [Feldkirch](/source/Feldkirch%2C_Vorarlberg), he entered to film industry and trained in [film laboratory](/source/film_laboratory) work. He became a [film editor](/source/Film_editing) in 1930 and [assistant director](/source/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](/source/08%2F15_(1954_film))'' (1954), ''[The Forests Sing Forever](/source/The_Forests_Sing_Forever)'' (1959), ''[Via Mala](/source/Via_Mala_(1961_film))'' (1961) from the book by [John Knittel](/source/John_Knittel), and ''[Scotland Yard Hunts Dr. Mabuse](/source/Scotland_Yard_Hunts_Dr._Mabuse)'' (1963) with [Peter van Eyck](/source/Peter_van_Eyck). He also directed for television. He directed more than forty films between 1935 and 1972. ==Selected filmography== ===Editor=== {{div col|colwidth=28em}} * ''[Cadets](/source/Cadets_(1931_film))'' (1931) * ''[Panic in Chicago](/source/Panic_in_Chicago)'' (1931) * ''[Shooting Festival in Schilda](/source/Shooting_Festival_in_Schilda)'' (1931) * ''[The Spanish Fly](/source/The_Spanish_Fly_(1931_film))'' (1931) * ''[The Champion Shot](/source/The_Champion_Shot)'' (1932) * ''[The Tsar's Diamond](/source/The_Tsar's_Diamond)'' (1932) * ''[Secret of the Blue Room](/source/Secret_of_the_Blue_Room_(1932_film))'' (1932) * ''[The Peak Scaler](/source/The_Peak_Scaler)'' (1933) * ''[When the Village Music Plays on Sunday Nights](/source/When_the_Village_Music_Plays_on_Sunday_Nights_(1933_film))'' (1933) * ''[William Tell](/source/William_Tell_(1934_film))'' (1934) * ''[Holiday From Myself](/source/Holiday_From_Myself_(1934_film))'' (1934) * ''[The Four Musketeers](/source/The_Four_Musketeers_(1934_film))'' (1934) *''[Peter, Paul and Nanette](/source/Peter%2C_Paul_and_Nanette)'' (1935) * ''[Miracle of Flight](/source/Miracle_of_Flight_(1935_film))'' (1935) * ''[Home Guardsman Bruggler](/source/Home_Guardsman_Bruggler)'' (1936) * ''[The Hunter of Fall](/source/The_Hunter_of_Fall_(1936_film))'' (1936) * ''[His Best Friend](/source/His_Best_Friend_(1937_film))'' (1937) * ''[Triad](/source/Triad_(film))'' (1938) * ''[Frau Sixta](/source/Frau_Sixta)'' (1938) * ''[Storms in May](/source/Storms_in_May_(1938_film))'' (1938) {{div col end}} ===Screenwriter=== * ''[Night of the Twelve](/source/Night_of_the_Twelve)'' (1949) ===Director=== '''Film''' {{div col|colwidth=28em}} *1939: ''Der Edelweißkönig'' *1939: ''Waldrausch '' *1940: ''[Beates Flitterwoche](/source/Beates_Flitterwoche) / Sonderbare Flitterwochen'' *1940: ''[Left of the Isar, Right of the Spree](/source/Left_of_the_Isar%2C_Right_of_the_Spree_(1940_film))'' *1942: ''[Violanta](/source/Violanta_(1942_film))'' (also co-script) *1943: ''Die unheimliche Wandlung des Alex Roscher'' *1949: ''[Duel with Death](/source/Duel_with_Death)'' (also script); Prod. [G. W. Pabst](/source/G._W._Pabst) *1950: ''[King for One Night](/source/King_for_One_Night)'' (also producer) *1952: ''[Two People](/source/Two_People_(1952_film))'' *1953: ''[Young Heart Full of Love](/source/Young_Heart_Full_of_Love)'' *1954: ''[08/15](/source/08%2F15_(1954_film))'' *1954: ''[The Phantom of the Big Tent](/source/The_Phantom_of_the_Big_Tent)'' *1955: ''[Doctor Solm](/source/Doctor_Solm)'' *1955: ''{{ill|08/15 – Part 2|de|08/15 Zweiter Teil}}'' *1955: ''{{ill|08/15 at Home|de|08/15 in der Heimat}}'' *1956: ''Weil du arm bist, mußt du früher sterben'' *1957: ''[Weißer Holunder](/source/Wei%C3%9Fer_Holunder)'' *1957: ''{{Ill|Flucht in die Tropennacht|de}}'' *1957: ''[The Fox of Paris](/source/The_Fox_of_Paris)'' *1958: ''{{Interlanguage link|Die Landärztin (film)|de|3=Die Landärztin (Film)|lt=Die Landärztin}}'' *1959: ''[The Forests Sing Forever](/source/The_Forests_Sing_Forever)'' *1959: ''Heimat, deine Lieder'' *1960: ''{{ill|Der Schleier fiel|de|Der Schleier fiel…}}'' *1960: ''{{ill|Headquarters State Secret|de|Soldatensender Calais (Film)}}'' *1961: ''[Via Mala](/source/Via_Mala_(1961_film))'' *1961: ''[Freddy and the Millionaire](/source/Freddy_and_the_Millionaire)'' *1962: ''[Waldrausch](/source/Waldrausch_(1962_film))'' *1963: ''{{ill|Barras heute|de}}'' *1963: ''[Scotland Yard Hunts Dr. Mabuse](/source/Scotland_Yard_Hunts_Dr._Mabuse)'' *1967: ''{{Interlanguage link|Midsummer Night (film)|de|3=Mittsommernacht (1967)|lt=Midsummer Night}}'' {{div col end}} '''Television''' *1964: ''Die Truhe'' — (based on a play by James Liggat and Alan Reeve-Jones) *1965: ''{{ill|Die Schlüssel (miniseries)|de|3=Die Schlüssel (1965)|lt=Die Schlüssel}}'' (TV miniseries) — (remake of [Francis Durbridge](/source/Francis_Durbridge)'s ''The Desperate People'', 1963) *1965: ''Glück in Frankreich'' — (based on a story by [Ernst von Salomon](/source/Ernst_von_Salomon)) *1965: ''Acht Stunden Zeit'' — (based on a play by Charles Maître) *1966: ''{{Interlanguage link|Melissa (German miniseries)|de|3=Melissa (1966)|lt=Melissa}}'' (TV miniseries) — (remake of [Francis Durbridge](/source/Francis_Durbridge)'s ''Melissa'', 1964) *1967: ''In Sachen Erzberger gegen Helfferich'' — (screenplay by [Axel Eggebrecht](/source/Axel_Eggebrecht)) *1967–1968: ''[Sherlock Holmes](/source/Sherlock_Holmes_(1967_TV_series))'' (TV series) — (remake of ''[Sherlock Holmes](/source/Sherlock_Holmes_(1965_TV_series))'', 1965) *1968: ''Eine Gefangene bei Stalin und Hitler'' — (based on ''Under Two Dictators'' by [Margarete Buber-Neumann](/source/Margarete_Buber-Neumann)) *1969–1972: ''[Königlich Bayerisches Amtsgericht](/source/K%C3%B6niglich_Bayerisches_Amtsgericht)'' (TV series, 7 episodes) *1969: ''Nennen Sie mich Alex'' — (film about [Oleg Penkovsky](/source/Oleg_Penkovsky)) *1970: ''Theatergarderobe'' (TV series) *1971: ''Die Schrott-Story'' *1971–1972: ''Fünf Tage hat die Woche'' (TV series) *1972: ''Nicht Lob – noch Furcht. Graf Galen, Bischof von Münster'' — (screenplay by [Luise Rinser](/source/Luise_Rinser)) *1972–1975: ''{{Ill|Im Auftrag von Madame|de}}'' (TV series, 32 episodes) ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{IMDb name|0003904|Paul May}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:May, Paul}} Category:1909 births Category:1976 deaths Category:Mass media people from Munich Category:German film directors Category:German film editors --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Paul May](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_May) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_May?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.