Carl Mayer

Birthday:: 11/20/1894
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.

Credits

	The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (2005) Story
	Pygmalion (1938) Script Consultant
	Dreaming Lips (1937) Writer
	As You Like It (1936) Adaptation
	Mélo (1932) Writer
	Der träumende Mund (1932) Writer
	Das blaue Licht (1932) Writer
	Ariane, jeune fille russe (1932) Screenplay
	Ariane (1931) Writer
	Der Mann, der den Mord beging (1931) Dialogue
	Stürme über dem Mont Blanc (1930) Writer
	Fräulein Else (1929) Writer
	4 Devils (1928) Scenario Writer
	Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) Screenplay
	Berlin, die Symphonie der Großstadt (1927) Idea
	Herr Tartüff (1926) Writer
	Der letzte Mann (1924) Screenplay
	Sylvester (1924) Writer
	Der Puppenmacher von Kiang-Ning (1923) Writer
	Erdgeist (1923) Writer
	Vanina oder Die Galgenhochzeit (1922) Writer
	Hintertreppe (1921) Writer
	Verlogene Moral (1921) Screenplay
	Grausige Nächte (1921) Screenplay
	Scherben (1921) Writer
	Danton (1921) Screenplay
	Danton (1921) Dramaturgy
	Schloß Vogelöd (1921) Screenplay
	Der Gang in die Nacht (1921) Writer
	Der Dummkopf (1921) Screenplay
	Genuine, die Tragödie eines seltsamen Hauses (1920) Writer
	Der Bucklige und die Tänzerin (1920) Screenplay
	Johannes Goth (1920) Writer
	Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (1920) Screenplay
	Die Frau im Käfig (1919) Writer