# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-may
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:40:24.456Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-may"
name: "Paul May"
slug: "paul-may"
description: "Paul May was a German film director and editor. He directed 40 films between 1935 and 1972."
tagline: "German film director, film editor, screenwriter and film producer (1909-1976)"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/ps0NAVEk1ZoytfJtEy2ngl7BUST.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1909-05-08"
deathDate: "1976-02-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.09
  momentum:             15
  historical:           13.613284
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003904/"
    handle:    "nm0003904"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/371427"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A"
    title: "باول ماي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%89"
    title: "پول ماى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_May"
    title: "Paul May"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_May"
    title: "Paul May"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_May"
    title: "Paul May"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%88%D9%84_%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C"
    title: "پائول مای"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_May"
    title: "Paul May"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_May"
    title: "Paul May"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_May"
    title: "Paul May"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_May_(Filmregisseur)"
    title: "Paul May (Filmregisseur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Ostermayr"
    title: "Paul Ostermayr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BB_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%98"
    title: "Паул Мај"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_May"
    title: "Paul May"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_May"
    title: "Paul May"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%84_%D9%85%DB%92"
    title: "پال مے"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76381"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/49415"
    title: "Paul May"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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