Carl Mayer

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Carl Mayer was an influential Austrian screenwriter best known for his work on seminal German Expressionist and early silent films of the 1920s and 1930s.

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Carl Mayer canonical 4

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instanceOf Austrian person
film screenwriter
person
screenwriter
activePeriod 1920s
1930s
birthDate 1894-11-20
birthPlace Austro-Hungarian Empire
surface form: Austria-Hungary

Graz
causeOfDeath cancer
collaboratedWith F. W. Murnau
Robert Wiene
Walter Ruttmann
countryOfCitizenship Austria
deathDate 1944-07-01
emigratedTo United Kingdom
era German Expressionist cinema
surface form: Weimar cinema
familyName Mayer
genre silent film
givenName Carl
influenced development of narrative techniques in silent film
knownFor innovative visual storytelling in silent films
minimal use of intertitles
languageOfWork German
movement German Expressionist cinema
surface form: German Expressionism
name Carl Mayer self-link
nationality Austrian
notableFor influential work on German Expressionist cinema
notableWork Berlin: Symphony of a Great City
Der letzte Mann
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
The Last Laugh
Warning Shadows
occupation screenwriter
placeOfDeath London, England
surface form: London

United Kingdom
style Kammerspielfilm
workedOn Berlin: Symphony of a Great City
Der letzte Mann
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
The Last Laugh
Warning Shadows

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Das blaue Licht screenwriter Carl Mayer
Mayer hasNotableBearer Carl Mayer
Carl Mayer name Carl Mayer self-link