# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joe-may
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:41:52.047Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joe-may"
name: "Joe May"
slug: "joe-may"
description: "Joe May was an Austrian film director and film producer and one of the pioneers of German cinema. He later contributed to the American film industry mostly through \"B-movies\" after he fled from the Nazis in the 1930's."
tagline: "Austrian film director (1880–1954)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joe_May_-_The_Mistress_of_the_World_-_Cast_and_Crew_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Austria"
  isoCode: "AT"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1880-11-07"
deathDate: "1954-04-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.32
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.70659066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0562004/"
    handle:    "nm0562004"
sources:
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    title: "Джое Май"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A"
    title: "جو ماي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%89"
    title: "جو ماى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_May"
    title: "Joe May"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_May"
    title: "Joe May"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_May"
    title: "Joe May"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_May"
    title: "Joe May"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_May"
    title: "Joe May"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88_%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C"
    title: "جو مای"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_May"
    title: "Joe May"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_May"
    title: "Joe May"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_May"
    title: "Joe May"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_May"
    title: "Joe May"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_May"
    title: "Joe May"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D1%8D_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9"
    title: "Джоэ Май"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_May"
    title: "Joe May"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_May"
    title: "Joe May"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q85134"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/100593"
    title: "Joe May"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump