{{Short description|German screenwriter and film director}} {{Infobox person |image = |imagesize = | name = Philipp Lothar Mayring | birth_date = 19 September 1879 | birth_place = [[Würzburg]], [[Bavaria]] <br> [[German Empire]] | death_date = {{d-da|6 July 1948|19 September 1879}} | death_place = [[Leipzig]], [[Saxony]] <br> [[Soviet occupation zone in Germany]] | othername = | occupation = [[Film actor]] <br> [[Screenwriter]] <br> [[Film director]] | yearsactive = }} '''Philipp Lothar Mayring''' (19 September 1879 – 6 July 1948) was a German [[screenwriter]], [[actor]] and [[film director]]. He worked on the screenplays for over seventy films, and directed another twelve.
==Selected filmography== {{div col|colwidth=30em}}
===Screenwriter=== * ''[[Love's Carnival (1930 film)|Love's Carnival]]'' (1930) * ''[[My Wife, the Impostor]]'' (1931) * ''[[The Upset Plan]]'' (1932) * ''[[The White Demon]]'' (1932) * ''[[Narcotics (film)|Narcotics]]'' (1932) * ''[[The Black Hussar (1932 film)|The Black Hussar]]'' (1932) * ''[[Spoiling the Game]]'' (1932) * ''[[Things Are Getting Better Already]]'' (1932) * ''[[A Mad Idea]]'' (1932) * ''[[When Love Sets the Fashion]]'' (1932) * ''[[The Oil Sharks]]'' (1933) * ''[[Young Dessau's Great Love]]'' (1933) * ''[[Invisible Opponent]]'' (1933) * ''[[Today Is the Day (film)|Today Is the Day]]'' (1933) * ''[[Decoy (1934 film)|Decoy]]'' (1934) * ''[[The Girlfriend of a Big Man]]'' (1934) * ''[[Hubertus Castle (1934 film)|Hubertus Castle]]'' (1934) * ''[[The Higher Command]]'' (1935) * ''[[The Man with the Paw]]'' (1935) * ''[[Fresh Wind from Canada]]'' (1935) * ''[[Last Stop (film)|Last Stop]]'' (1935) * ''[[One Too Many on Board]]'' (1935) * ''[[The Girl from the Marsh Croft (1935 film)|The Girl from the Marsh Croft]]'' (1935) * ''[[The Devil in the Bottle]]'' (1935) * ''[[Harvest (1936 film)|Harvest]]'' (1936) * ''[[Thank You, Madame]]'' (1936) * ''[[Love's Awakening (1936 film)|Love's Awakening]]'' (1936) * ''[[Tango Notturno]]'' (1937) * ''[[Patriots (1937 film)|Patriots]]'' (1937) * ''[[Mother Song]]'' (1937) * ''[[Andalusian Nights]]'' (1938) *''[[The Secret Lie]]'' (1938) * ''[[Red Orchids]]'' (1938) * ''[[Secret Code LB 17]]'' (1938) * ''[[The Night of Decision (1938 film)|The Night of Decision]]'' (1938) * ''[[The Roundabouts of Handsome Karl]]'' (1938) * ''[[Uproar in Damascus]]'' (1939) * ''[[Target in the Clouds]]'' (1939) * ''[[Escape in the Dark]]'' (1939) * ''[[Alarm at Station III]]'' (1939) * ''[[Maria Ilona]]'' (1939) * ''[[The Three Codonas]]'' (1940) * ''[[Sky Hounds]]'' (1942)
===Director=== * ''[[The Stolen Face]]'' (1930) * ''[[The Battle of Bademunde]]'' (1931) * ''[[A Beautiful Day (1944 film)|A Beautiful Day]]'' (1944)
===Actor=== * ''[[Sklaven der Rache]]'' (1921) * ''[[Viennese Nights]]'' (1930) * ''[[The Dance Goes On (1930 film)|The Dance Goes On]]'' (1930) * ''[[Demon of the Sea]]'' (1931) * ''[[Alarm at Station III]]'' (1939) {{div col end}}
==Bibliography== * Richards, Jeffrey. ''Visions of Yesterday''. Routledge, 1973.
==External links== *{{IMDb name|0563030}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mayring, Philipp Lothar}} [[Category:1879 births]] [[Category:1948 deaths]] [[Category:Film people from Bavaria]] [[Category:German male film actors]] [[Category:Film directors from Würzburg]] [[Category:20th-century German male actors]] [[Category:German male screenwriters]] [[Category:Male actors from Bavaria]] [[Category:20th-century German screenwriters]] [[Category:20th-century German male writers]]
{{Germany-film-bio-stub}}