About

Known credits:
35
Birthday:
1894-11-20
Place of birth:
Graz, Styria, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
Website:
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Carl Mayer

Overview

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.

Known for

Writing
2005 The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Writing Story 59
Average
1939 Pygmalion Writing Script Consultant 61
Fair
1937 Dreaming Lips Writing Writer 59
Average
1936 As You Like It Writing Adaptation 58
Average
1932 The Dreamy Mouth Writing Writer 58
Average
1932 Dreaming Lips Writing Writer N/A
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1932 The Blue Light Writing Writer 59
Average
1932 Ariane, Russian Maid Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1931 Ariane Writing Writer 58
Average
1931 The Man Who Committed the Murder Writing Dialogue 58
Average
1930 Storm Over Mont Blanc Writing Writer 59
Average
1929 Fräulein Else Writing Writer 59
Average
1928 4 Devils Writing Scenario Writer 59
Average
1927 Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans Writing Screenplay 70
Good
1927 Berlin: Symphony of a Great City Writing Author 61
Fair
1926 Tartuffe Writing Author 60
Fair
1924 The Last Laugh Writing Screenplay 66
Fair
1924 New Year's Eve Writing Writer 58
Average
1923 The Doll Maker of Kiang-Ning Writing Writer N/A
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1923 Earth Spirit Writing Writer 58
Average
1922 Vanina Writing Writer 58
Average
1921 Backstairs Writing Writer 58
Average
1921 Torgus Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1921 Nights of Terror Writing Screenplay N/A
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1921 Shattered Writing Writer 58
Average
1921 Danton Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1921 The Haunted Castle Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1921 Journey into the Night Writing Writer 58
Average
1921 Der Dummkopf Writing Screenplay N/A
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1920 Genuine: The Tragedy of a Vampire Writing Writer 58
Average
1920 The Hunchback and the Dancer Writing Screenplay N/A
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1920 Johannes Goth Writing Writer N/A
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1920 The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Writing Screenplay 74
Good
1919 Die Frau im Käfig Writing Writer N/A
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Crew
1921 Danton Crew Dramaturgy 59
Average