CARL MAYER
Carl Mayer
Gender: Male
Known for: Writing
Birthday: November 20, 1894
Deathday: July 1, 1944
Place of Birth: Graz, Styria, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
Biography
Carl Mayer (20 November 1894 – 1 July 1944) was an Austrian screenwriter who wrote or co-wrote the screenplays to The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), The Head of Janus (1920), The Haunted Castle (1921), Der Letzte Mann (1924), Tartuffe (1926), Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927), and 4 Devils (1928), most of them being films directed by F. W. Murnau. Mayer was a fundamental figure in the dramatic and narrative establishment of both German Expressionist cinema and Kammerspielfilm.
Filmography
Production
Story
1938·
PygmalionScript Consultant
1937·
Dreaming LipsWriter
1936·
As You Like ItAdaptation
1932·
The Dreamy MouthWriter
1932·
Ariane, Russian MaidScreenplay
1932·
The Blue LightWriter
1932·
Dreaming LipsWriter
Dialogue
1931·
ArianeWriter
Writer
1929·
Fräulein ElseWriter
1928·
4 DevilsScenario Writer
Idea
Screenplay
1926·
TartuffeWriter
1924·
New Year's EveWriter
1924·
The Last LaughScreenplay
Writer
1923·
Earth SpiritWriter
1922·
VaninaWriter
1921·
Der DummkopfScreenplay
1921·
Nights of TerrorScreenplay
1921·
TorgusScreenplay
1921·
DantonDramaturgy, Screenplay
1921·
ShatteredWriter
Writer
1921·
BackstairsWriter
1921·
The Haunted CastleScreenplay
Screenplay
1920·
Johannes GothWriter
Screenplay
Writer
1919·
Die Frau im KäfigWriter