Biographie

He began his career as a stage actor, later he was also busy as a writer and director at the Zentral Theater in Berlin.

He died during the last days of World War II and his death remained nearly unnoticed because of the chaos at that time.

He made his first contact with the film business as a screenwriter.

In the 10's he became one of the most influential film workers of the early German film.

From 1913 he realised numerous movies as a director, for most of them he also wrote the script. To his huge repertoire belong comedies, thrillers and sensation movies which were very popular in those days.