Carl Mayer

Carl Mayer

Personal Info

  • Known for

    Writing

  • Gender

    Male

  • Birthday

    1894-11-20

  • Day of Death

    1944-07-01 (49 years old)

  • 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.

Known For

Crew