Lothar Mendes(1894-1974)

German director, a former actor with Max Reinhardt's theatrical company. In Hollywood from 1926-33 under contract to Paramount. Married silent star Dorothy Mackaill. Moved to Britain in 1934 and worked for Gaumont and at Alexander Korda's Denham Studios, where he turned out his best-known film, Der Mann, der die Welt verändern wollte (1936). Subsequently returned to Hollywood as a freelance director in the early 1940s. Retired in 1946.