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Carl Mayer

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

Birthday

November 20, 1894

Deathday

July 1, 1944

Gender

Male

Known Movie Credits

34

Place of birth

Graz, Styria, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]