Occupation ProducerDirector Name Peter Ostermayr Children Paul May, Olga Ostermayr | Years active 1907–1959 Role Film producer | |
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Born 18 July 1882 Muhldorf, BavariaGerman Empire Movies Napoleon at Saint Helena, Hubertus Castle, Militiaman Bruggler, The War of the Oxen Spouse Elisabeth Ebert (m. 1943), Olga Ostermayr (m. 1907–1939) Siblings Franz Osten, Ottmar Ostermayr Similar People Franz Osten, Hertha von Walther, Lupu Pick, Werner Klingler, Willy Haas | ||
Peter Ostermayr (1882–1967) was a German film producer, screenwriter and film director. Ostermayr was a significant film pioneer during the early years of German cinema. He was the brother of Franz Osten and Ottmar Ostermayr. In 1907 they took over their father's photography business and turned into a film studio. After serving in the First World War he founded a company which later evolved into Bavaria Film, and acquired the Emelka Studios in Munich. While Bavaria went on to become a leading German production company, Ostermayr had left by the mid-1920s and worked at several other studios including the giant UFA.
Following the Second World War he entered independent production, and specalised in heimatfilm. He was made an honorary president of the West German Film Producers' Association. His son was the film director Paul May.